NYC Teacher Challenges U Rating Based on Corporal Punishment in Court and Wins

Corporal Punishment Claim Against Brooklyn Teacher Is Overturned, NYT, 5/28/09, A22

Glenn Storman gets U rating overturned in NYS Supreme Court

NYCDOE Implements Student Data Tracking Website Parent Link

"Parents Will Get Access to Student-Tracking Site," NYT, 5/29/09, at A19

NYC Principals Are Younger and Have More Control, but Not Necessarily Effective

New York City Principals Are Younger and Freer, but Some Raise Doubts, NYT, 5/26/09, at A1

NYCDOE to Fill Teacher Posts Using Staff Now in Absent Teacher Reserve

Klein: Fill Teacher Posts Using Staff Now in ATR | www.thechief-leader.com | The Chief-Leader NYC Civil Service Newspaper

State Unlikely to Give Mayor Bloomberg Carte Blanche Mayoral Control

In Albany, Signals That Bloomberg’s Control of Schools May Have Conditions - NYTimes.com

See NYT, 5/6/09, A24

Parents Angry by DOE Plans for Kindergarten Placements

Parents Angered by City’s Effort to Ease Kindergarten Wait Lists - NYTimes.com

NYT, 5/6/09, at A22

NYCDOE Found to Wrongly Rejected Ex-Convict Teacher In Face of Evidence of Rehabilitation

Rule DOE Rejected Ex-Con Despite Evidence of Rehab | www.thechief-leader.com | The Chief-Leader NYC Civil Service Newspaper, 5/1/09

Controversial bully Queens principal resigns after protests

Middle School 8 principal resigns after protests from families and staff, NYDN, 4/29/09

-John Murphy from Queens Middle School 8 resigns under pressure after ruling by intimidation and pressuring teachers to inflate grades

Most NYC teachers in rubber room waiting more than a year for charges-NYDN

Despite pledge to fix $61M problem, troubled teachers spending longer in 'rubber room' NYDN, 4/30/09