Queens Crap (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
From the Gotham Gazette : Following his narrow victory last night, Michael Bloomberg may make changes — Ben Smith reports in Politico that he has “already promised a major shakeup of his senior aides.” So who’s headed out the door? David Bloomfield, an education professor at Brooklyn College, bets on Schools Chancellor Joel Klein. “Eight years seems...
Lost in the Ozone... (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
The Mayor allows Chancellor Joel Klein and the Department of Education to ignore the recycling laws, as well...I suppose, the laws of New York City are only for ordinary people and don't apply to King Bloomberg and his administration.... Read original... ECO NO-NO: Cleanup workers at city parks are told by supervisors to cut corners and send recyclables, like plastic water bottles,...
Lost in the Ozone... (Free subscription) | 16 hours ago
... 2008 by another Bear Stearns refugee, former Managing Director George Raab 3rd, who was hired by Chancellor Joel Klein after the firm crashed. Howatt was paid about $68,000 from November 2008 through January 2009. Beginning in January, Howatt no longer collected checks directly. The DOE wired him an additional $306,000 through a fast-track contract. The DOE got around a more...
Gothamist (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
... like that — we have ." Students have started a letter-writing campaign to Schools Chancellor Joel Klein and have created a "Save Mr. V" group on Facebook . Junior Frankchesca Jimenez, 16, defended her teacher's decision to assign the "Guts," which was first published in Playboy. "He didn't mean it to be anything other than something we could...
JammieWearingFool (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
... The suspension has the student body up in arms, leading to a letter-writing campaign to Schools Chancellor Joel Klein and the creation of a "Save Mr. V" page on Facebook.
Gothamist (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
... family filed a federal lawsuit along with the NYCLU , naming NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly, School Chancellor Joel Klein and the supervisory officer at the 107th Precinct as codefendants for their roles in allegedly covering up the incident and for their failure to properly train, screen, discipline or supervise school safety agents. Yesterday a federal judge approved a settlement...
Ednotes Online - The Blog (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
... asked about the state law barring test scores for being used for granting tenure and how outraged Joel Klein was I pointed out that the law was irrelevant and everyone (but the press) understands that since non-tenured teachers can be fired if the principal doesn't like the way they cut their hair. This didn't make the cut. By the way, when Obama talks about the firewall separating...
Gothamist (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
A management consultant and hypnotherapist got paid $374,000 from the Education Department to help save money by improving managers' morale and boosting productivity. William Howatt Ph.D. had previously served as a consultant for Bear Stearns, and then the firm went under . Luckily for him, a former Bear Stearns manager got hired by Chancellor Joel Klein after the firm crashed,...
The Plank (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
... candidate) Tim Pawlenty and included such education policy heavyweights as New York City Schools Chancellor Joel Klein and D.C. Chancellor Michelle Rhee. The report's 20 recommendations for improving teacher effectiveness include providing more funding for alternative teacher training and certification routes (like Teach for America), requiring school districts to create...
New York Magazine (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
Meetings to discuss the new contract have been under way for more than a month, alternating between the lower-Broadway offices of the United Federation of Teachers and the nearby Tweed Courthouse, headquarters of schools chancellor Joel Klein. The main issues are the eternal ones: money and work rules. Historically, those two things have been sufficient to make the negotiations...
