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Thursday, January 16, 2014

1-16-14 Ed Notes Online

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PS 106 Update: Why There's No Payroll Secretary
Who is responsible from above Marcella Sills after a decade of this kind of stuff? Will the NY Post blame Farina?From a source:Our last payroll secretary who had retired teturned to PS 106 part time after being begged by [Principal] Sills to return. But Sills was so nasty to her and treated her with gross disrespect. Finally the payroll secretary told her she was leaving due to the way Sills treat
Press Advisory from City-As-School present recommendations on the future of NYC education for Mayor Bill de Blasio at “Performance-Based Education”
This was organized by my friend and fellow MORE steering committee member John Antush. John's mind never stops working. City-As-School High School 16 Clarkson Street  New York NY 10014 Alan Cheng, Principal For Immediate Release: January 8th, 2013 Contacts:  Kimberly Acosta (student): kimberly.acosta.13@cityas.org Naomi Richards (student)John Antush (Teacher): Johna@cityas.org Tel: 212.337.6884 P
The Daily Howler On NY Times Confusing Farina Story
Do you understand that story? We don’t! If the school [PS 6] was so good when Farina was assigned there, why did it need a “renaissance” or an “upward swing?” If Farina was tasked with bringing the school “to an even higher level of performance,” why did it need to “blossom?”... Daily HowlerWhile I generally liked the Javier Hernandez story on Farina, I to was puzzled by this contradiction the How


Leonie on MSNBC On Why Charters Should Pay Rent
My appearance on MSNBC and Daily News oped: Why de Blasio is right to charge rent to co-located charters: A  shortened version of the oped below is published in today's Daily News; along with the StudentsFirst opposing view. Also below is my brief appearance Saturday on Melissa Harris-Perry Show  on MSNBC. --Leonie HaimsonDuring his campaign for mayor, Bill de Blasio promised to focus the city’s



1-15-14 Ed Notes Online
Ed Notes Online: PS 106 Update: The Network Up to Ears in Coverup With a Tisch on the ChainIn addition to the Mayor in control of our schools, his appointed Chancellors, Deputies and Sups, what about the Networks that provide support and oversight, in al things pedagogical and not in the current operational structure? Bill Colavito is the NL of the old PSO CEI-PEA whose Board includes:Seymour Flie