#NYC DOE school being probed for attendance, grade fraud

#NYC DOE school being probed for attendance, grade fraud

“#NYC DOE school being probed for attendance, grade fraud” Cobble Hill School of American Studies kept a 14-year-old “phantom student” on its roster for nearly three months despite teachers telling administrators back in October that he never showed up for remote classes, staffers told The Post. “I told them the child was not in my…

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#Why city public schools keep failing the pandemic challenge

#Why city public schools keep failing the pandemic challenge

“#Why city public schools keep failing the pandemic challenge” Nine months into the pandemic, the city teachers’ union is still pushing for maximum school closures while administrators remain both distant and disastrously incompetent. After long waffling on the issue, Mayor de Blasio now says schools should remain open for the rest of the year. Yet…

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#Lessons from Georgia and other commentary

#Lessons from Georgia and other commentary

“#Lessons from Georgia and other commentary” From the right: Lessons From Georgia After Republicans lost both Senate seats in a runoff that will go down as “the most consequential in history,” the party must “have the courage to face the depth and scale” of what happened in Georgia, advises ex-Speaker Newt Gingrich at Fox News….

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#Cyberattack cripples NYC DOE’s teacher disciplinary system

#Cyberattack cripples NYC DOE’s teacher disciplinary system

“#Cyberattack cripples NYC DOE’s teacher disciplinary system” A ransomware attack has crippled the city’s teacher discipline system, The Post has learned. A contractor that provides hearing transcripts for the city Department of Education, the Ubiqus Group, said it “was hit by a  ransomware-type cybersecurity incident” on Dec. 4.  “As a precautionary measure, we have shut…

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