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The Rubber Room — New York City Department of Education’s Purgatory for Teachers

By DTRTFK | February 2nd, 2010

With almost 80,000 school­teach­ers, over 1.1 mil­lion stu­dents and 1,400 schools, New York City is home to our country’s largest school sys­tem. Stories con­cern­ing the New York City Department of Education’s Rubber Room have shed light on an issue in pub­lic edu­ca­tion that plagues all school sys­tems. Have teach­ers unions in their efforts to pro­tect dues pay­ing mem­bers, lost sight of the impor­tance of edu­cat­ing our stu­dents? Click on the link above to read more and decide for your­self: Is it best for the children?

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Idea That Works — Putting Teachers in Charge of Schools

By DTRTFK | October 29th, 2009

Imagine a group of teach­ers and com­mu­nity mem­bers run­ning your local school, decid­ing school cal­en­dars and set­ting staff work hours inde­pen­dent from their district’s cen­tral office. This type of self-governing model is prov­ing effec­tive in improv­ing stu­dent per­for­mance. Read more about what states are putting this model to the test and add your com­ment by click­ing on the link above.

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Mentors for New Teachers

By DTRTFK | October 22nd, 2009

A col­lab­o­ra­tive effort between UMKC and KCMSD pro­vides 14 men­tors to over 170 new and sec­ond year teach­ers in the KCMSD. Read more and post your com­ments by click­ing on the link above.

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