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-Section 3020-a defense of tenure rights (incompetency, corporal punishment, verbal abuse, etc.)
-Article 75 proceedings
-Article 78 proceedings
-Commissioner of Education appeals
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-Ineligible inquiry list inquiries
-Medical Bureau inquiries
-Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS) defense
-Office of Special Investigation (OSI) defense
-Special Commissioner of Investigation (SCI) defense
-Part 83 state certification proceedings
-PERB proceedings
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-Tenure by estoppel issues
-Time and attendance proceedings/FMLA defense
-Unemployment hearing defense
-U rating appeals advice

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Saturday, May 11, 2013

Will cameras make schools safer?

Vermonters debate using surveillance cameras at schools.





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Sunday, April 14, 2013


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Jersey boy wonder a new top DOE exec

By YOAV GONEN and M.L. NESTEL

Last Updated: 2:04 PM, April 13, 2013
Dudes, I’m the new COO!
City education officials yesterday appointed a fresh-faced 27-year-old — who graduated from college just in 2007 — as the chief operating officer of the nation’s largest school system.
Andrew Buher, a graduate of New Jersey’s Rider University, has had a meteoric rise to the pinnacle of the 135,000-employee Department of Education since he was hired in September 2010 as a “special assistant.”
Since then, in just 30 months, the political-science and public-policy major has more than doubled his salary — from $75,000 to $152,000 — while working his way up to chief of staff to the chancellor.
With his appointment as COO, Buher will be getting his fourth raise in fewer than three years — though a DOE spokeswoman said the size of his salary bump has yet to be determined.
But Buher’s predecessor as COO, Veronica Conforme, earned $202,000.
“Andrew’s experience managing key operations, his deep knowledge of the system and his commitment to driving solutions that work for students make him the ideal person to serve as our chief operating officer,” Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott said of the young third-year staffer.
Buher echoed Walcott’s enthusiasm. “I am excited and honored by this opportunity,” he said.
Buher grew up in Lawrence, NJ, and briefly attended Tulane University in New Orleans until returning home following Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
As a senior at Rider, Buher became the first student from the college to receive a presidential fellowship from the Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress in Washington, DC.
He also interned as a policy adviser in the office of then-NJ Gov. Jon Corzine.
He worked with several charter schools in New York City before earning a master’s degree in public policy and administration from Columbia in 2010.
Last year, he got married to Caroline Burns — also a New Jersey native and Columbia graduate, who works in physical therapy.
“Andrew was someone who carried himself with a degree of professionalism; he was always in business attire or, at the least, business casual,” said Jesse Forsythe, who was Buher’s teammate at Rider University’s mock-United Nations group.
“He was looked to as the guy who could handle the situation.”
Conforme, Buher’s predecessor, is leaving to become a vice president at the College Board.
She had worked at the DOE for eight years — including as chief financial officer and deputy chief schools officer for operations — before being appointed COO in 2011.
Also yesterday, Deputy Chancellor Marc Sternberg was tapped to be senior deputy chancellor for strategy and policy.

Monday, April 1, 2013

Editorial: Teachers shouldn't blame standardized tests


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Editorial: Teachers shouldn't blame standardized tests

Without testing, who knows how any system can improve?


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Sunday, March 31, 2013

NYTimes.com: Beleaguered? Not Teachers, Poll on ‘Well-Being’ Finds

 
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Beleaguered? Not Teachers, Poll on 'Well-Being' Finds

By MOTOKO RICH

Contrary to public perceptions that teachers are unhappy and demoralized, a Gallup survey measuring job satisfaction found that the instructors ranked second only to physicians.

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NYTimes.com: Curious Grade for Teachers: Nearly All Pass

 
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Curious Grade for Teachers: Nearly All Pass

By JENNY ANDERSON

New teacher evaluation systems were intended to provide useful feedback and weed out weak performers, but the reluctance to set a high bar has led to scores that seem impossibly rosy.

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Friday, March 29, 2013

Teachers Union criticizes upcoming state exams


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Teachers Union criticizes upcoming state exams

The President of the New York State United Teachers said parents should expect their children to do worse on next month's standardized tests.



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School crime falls 25%


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School crime falls 25%

Major and overall crime in the city's public schools dropped dramatically in the second half of 2012, with nearly 25 percent fewer incidents compared to the year prior, according to the Department of Education.The six-month decrease comes after crime took an unusual upswing during the 2011-12 school year...


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