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Sunday, January 5, 2014

1-5-14 Ed Notes Online

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The Carmen Farina Files
Her management took the form of a Machiavellian benevolence — the kind of approach you imagine is taught to aspiring executives in certain classes at Wharton, whereby the party about to be demoted or fired is encouraged to believe that what is happening is the best possible result for him or her. At P.S. 6, Ms. Farina got rid of only three teachers outright, she told me. The rest she counseled out
MORE Supports OTs and PTs in Quest for Equal Pay
...experienced OTs and PTs are paid 38 percent less than teachers and speech therapists with the same levels of education. A variation of this article will appear on the upcoming MORE newsletter. Occupational and physical therapists are an unseen part of New York City’s education community. But without OTs and PTs, thousands of the city’s promising – yet disabled – students would fall through th
1-4-14 Ed Notes Online Week
Ed Notes Online: Ed Notes OnlineThe Hero Superintendent DebunkedSupt Miles, the dancing queenMiles’ first year in Dallas was a nasty one. One-quarter of the district’s principals were gone after that year, including some favorites in South Dallas and Oak Cliff, where schools earned high marks from the state. Their departures sparked a fight with black community leaders like Dallas County Commissio