Save Our School

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24535475670196116032012-02-16T07:35:15.268-05:00Save Our School"To whom much is given much is required"SOS1http://www.blogger.com/profile/15628412846474680880noreply@blogger.comBlogger231100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2453547567019611603.post-45004770157653239002008-07-02T14:11:00.001-04:002008-07-02T14:14:35.260-04:00Daily News - Brownsville parents...

Brownsville parents and teachers outraged over students sharing PS 140BY RACHEL MONAHAN DAILY NEWS WRITERTuesday, July 1st 2008, 10:56 PMBrownsville parents and teachers are outraged over plans to put two transfer schools - for overage, undercredited students - into a building where middle schoolers attend classes.They're also asking why Brownsville isn't slated for a high school for neighborhood

SOS1http://www.blogger.com/profile/15628412846474680880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2453547567019611603.post-81300376553426682382008-07-02T14:06:00.001-04:002008-07-02T14:09:04.771-04:00The New York Times

July 2, 2008Students, Teachers and Parents Weigh In on State of the SchoolsBy JENNIFER MEDINAFor the second year in a row, a vast majority of New York City parents, teachers and students who responded to a Department of Education survey said they were satisfied with their schools, with more teachers saying their schools maintain order and make it a priority to help students achieve.Mayor Michael

SOS1http://www.blogger.com/profile/15628412846474680880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2453547567019611603.post-65130406081850006632008-07-01T11:28:00.002-04:002008-07-01T11:31:59.226-04:00The NY Sun - Mayor Sees a Test Scores Triumph

Mayor Sees a Test Scores TriumphOr is it a case of inflation of results?By ELIZABETH GREEN, Staff Reporter of the SunJune 23, 2008http://www.nysun.com/new-york/mayor-sees-a-test-scores-triumph/80476/Mayor Bloomberg will announce an education victory today: Test scores are up across the city, by double digits at some schools. But a cloud is already gathering, as education experts are raising the

SOS1http://www.blogger.com/profile/15628412846474680880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2453547567019611603.post-28921760342431340322008-06-30T12:48:00.003-04:002008-06-30T13:06:33.249-04:00Goverment Lies, Corruption and Mismanagement

Bloomberg's Secret Government is Unknown Even to HimTake Guy Velella, for example. If the CEO of our city government doesn't know what political favors are being done by people who work for him, is this good management? Or did Mayor Bloomberg know that the Local Conditional Release Commission was doing? You Decide. October 17, 2004A Back Door Out of Rikers, Suddenly FamousBy BENJAMIN

SOS1http://www.blogger.com/profile/15628412846474680880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2453547567019611603.post-15733764090407989562008-06-27T09:27:00.002-04:002008-06-27T09:33:45.867-04:00Bloomberg and Council Reach Deal on Budget

Bloomberg and Council Reach Deal on BudgetBy DAVID W. CHEN and MICHAEL BARBAROPublished: June 27, 2008With a legal deadline four days away, city officials brokered a deal on Thursday night on a $59.1 billion budget that would preserve a popular tax cut for homeowners and a $400 rebate and add $129 million in education spending to what had originally been proposed.Over all, the size of the budget

SOS1http://www.blogger.com/profile/15628412846474680880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2453547567019611603.post-48310532303232595862008-06-25T14:33:00.001-04:002008-06-25T14:37:36.607-04:00Hey City Council, what are those $800 million in "nondiscretionary" DOE cost increases?

Wednesday, June 25, 2008Hey City Council, what are those $800 million in "nondiscretionary" DOE cost increases?I recently sent this letter to City Council Member Dan Garodnick, and similar letters to Speaker Christine Quinn and Council Member Alan Gerson, with copies to Council Member Robert Jackson of the Education Committee. I encourage other parents to do the same. Dramatic cuts to school

SOS1http://www.blogger.com/profile/15628412846474680880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2453547567019611603.post-38024487954988300042008-06-13T11:09:00.000-04:002008-06-13T11:10:43.924-04:00NYCLU - School to Prison Pipeline

Every day, more than 93,000 New York City school children must pass through a gauntlet of metal detectors, bag searches and pat downs administered by police personnel who are inadequately trained, insufficiently supervised and often belligerent, aggressive and disrespectful. This burden weighs most heavily on the city's most vulnerable children, who are disproportionately poor, Black and Latino.A

SOS1http://www.blogger.com/profile/15628412846474680880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2453547567019611603.post-54421013917660477772008-06-12T14:10:00.001-04:002008-06-12T14:14:09.659-04:00Douglaston mom sues city to regain voice in school leadership teams

BY JESS WISLOSKI DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERTuesday, June 10th 2008, 4:00 AMhttp://www.nydailyn/ews.com/ny_local/queens/2008/06/10/2008-06-10_douglaston_mom_sues_city_to_regain_voice.htmlMarie Pollicino of Douglaston has filed a lawsuit against the city in an effort to gain more power for parents.Mayor Bloomberg has never stood trial for the ongoing charges parent groups have made that his

SOS1http://www.blogger.com/profile/15628412846474680880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2453547567019611603.post-37832986603412682342008-06-03T12:56:00.005-04:002008-06-03T13:01:40.999-04:00School Rally

SAVE OUR SCHOOL .Join us on Tuesday, June 17, 2008 and June 25, 2008 in front of 1300 Greene Ave for the save Philippa Schuyler Rally from 7 am to 9 am.

SOS1http://www.blogger.com/profile/15628412846474680880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2453547567019611603.post-56292777691817993242008-06-03T12:46:00.002-04:002008-06-03T12:53:29.167-04:00NYC Violating the law on class size

To: NYC parents and other interested parentsFrom: Leonie Haimson, Class Size Matters; 212-674-7320; leonie@att.netDate: 4/20/2006Re: NY State Comptroller’s audit of NYC’s use of state class size fundsOn March 16, the State Comptroller released the results of an audit, showing that because the Department of Education has been misusing state funds , NYC

SOS1http://www.blogger.com/profile/15628412846474680880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2453547567019611603.post-7747320700876405712008-06-03T12:35:00.002-04:002008-06-03T12:43:21.654-04:00NYC Parents to DC Parents

NYC parents to DC Parents:"Buyer Beware!"December 2006On December 13, 2006, Leonie Haimson of Class Size Matters, along with Eugenia Simmons-Taylor and Monica Ayuso, parent leaders in District 4 East Harlem and District 28 Queens, traveled to Washington DC to speak about Mayoral control, at the request of Parent Watch, a DC parent advocacy group. The Class Size Matters presentation is posted

SOS1http://www.blogger.com/profile/15628412846474680880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2453547567019611603.post-1839166420939402142008-06-03T11:41:00.001-04:002008-06-03T11:43:01.029-04:00New Report Shows City Misusing $153 Million in class size funds

See the new report, produced by an independent consultant for the UFT, showing that based on DOE’s own data, the city has utterly failed to reduce class size with the $153 million in state funds targeted for this purpose -- and that in one third of schools receiving class size reduction funds, class sizes actually increased. Comptroller Thompson said he would audit the use of these funds to see

SOS1http://www.blogger.com/profile/15628412846474680880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2453547567019611603.post-87647570049371699452008-06-03T11:23:00.000-04:002008-06-03T11:25:03.088-04:00Public Hearing on the Contracts for Excellence

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SOS1http://www.blogger.com/profile/15628412846474680880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2453547567019611603.post-86949001794667724462008-06-03T08:29:00.000-04:002008-06-03T08:30:46.050-04:00Schools Chancellor Clashes With City Council

NY1 NewsJun 3, 2008 Weather: Warm and Sunny. High 84Top News • NY1 Living Schools Chancellor Clashes With City CouncilMay 27, 2008Schools Chancellor Joel Klein appeared before the City Council Tuesday to discuss his wish to shift school funding around, in lieu of a $99 million budget gap projected for the next school year. Klein previously proposed using $63 million in state aide to help close

SOS1http://www.blogger.com/profile/15628412846474680880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2453547567019611603.post-67491686579356508162008-06-03T08:27:00.000-04:002008-06-03T08:28:32.304-04:00Right Way to Grade Teachers

Right Way To Grade TeachersBy RANDI WEINGARTENApril 7, 2008http://www.nysun.com/opinion/right-way-to-grade-teachers/74223/Chancellor Joel Klein of New York City's Department of Education and superintendents from other parts of the state are opposing language in the budget bill clarifying last year's agreement that teachers shouldn't be evaluated on student test scores; they should be assessed on

SOS1http://www.blogger.com/profile/15628412846474680880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2453547567019611603.post-85410896506255953252008-06-03T08:23:00.000-04:002008-06-03T08:25:36.011-04:00How To Evaluate Teachers

How To Evaluate TeachersEditorial of The New York SunApril 11, 2008http://www.nysun.com/editorials/how-to-evaluate-teachers/74567/The schools chancellor, Joel Klein, and the president of the teachers' union, Randi Weingarten, are locked in a bitter debate over whether test scores should be used to evaluate teachers. Mr. Klein thinks they should and Ms. Weingarten thinks they shouldn't. The

SOS1http://www.blogger.com/profile/15628412846474680880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2453547567019611603.post-55918726411535254762008-05-29T14:32:00.000-04:002008-05-29T14:34:59.790-04:00Hey, school cuts aren't my fault - Sheldon Silver slams Mayor Bloomberg

Hey, school cuts aren't my fault - Sheldon Silver slams Mayor BloombergBY ERIN EINHORN and CARRIE MELAGO DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERSFriday, May 23rd 2008, 4:00 AMPowerful State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver lashed out at Mayor Bloomberg and his schools chancellor Thursday for trying to blame school budget cuts on the state."That's a smokescreen," Silver said. "The chancellor's cuts are for one

SOS1http://www.blogger.com/profile/15628412846474680880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2453547567019611603.post-78332425067508034582008-05-29T14:27:00.000-04:002008-05-29T14:29:09.841-04:00NY Daily News - School group to 'air' gripe

School group to 'air' gripeBY Carrie MelagoSunday, May 25th 2008, 4:00 AMCritics of school budget cuts are taking their message to new heights.A single-engine plane carrying a banner that reads "Mayor Bloomberg, keep your promise to schools" will fly over several city beaches Sunday.The Keep the Promises Coalition, made up of the teachers union and other education advocates, has been hammering

SOS1http://www.blogger.com/profile/15628412846474680880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2453547567019611603.post-68656697085515085742008-05-29T13:49:00.001-04:002008-05-29T13:52:46.528-04:00City Council Members Vow to Oppose Cuts

Council Members Vow to Oppose Bloomberg School Budget Cutsby Elaine RiveraNEW YORK, NY May 28, 2008 —More than 20 council members say they will oppose the Mayor Michael Bloomberg's proposed budget if he does not restore more than $400 million in school cuts.At yet another large rally at City Hall, elected officials came together with education activists and parents to protest the cuts. Brooklyn

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Save Our School Join us on Tuesday, June 3, 2008, in front of 52 Chambers Street in Manhattan for the save Philippa Schuyler Rally from 4 pm to 6 pm.

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May 6, 2008 - Rally at Philippa Schuyler

SOS1http://www.blogger.com/profile/15628412846474680880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2453547567019611603.post-66470532144016486092008-05-29T09:21:00.000-04:002008-05-29T09:23:54.354-04:00Letter to Chancellor Klein

Joel Klein, School Chancellor52 Chambers StreetNew York, N.Y. 10007Dear Chancellor Klein:I am certain that you would not dispute that a strong, structured and consistent educational foundation plays an important role in fostering academic success. Middle school is a time when students are going through major life changes; transitioning from childhood into their early teens. This is a time when

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