The Pension Department is holding preliminary 55/25 meetings to answer general questions about 55/25. [Update:] Additional sessions will be held after the legislation is enacted and more details are known.
More on school progress reports from UFT President Randi Weingarten, parents of students at PS 220 in Queens, Dan Brown and an editorial, op-ed and 5 letters to the editor in the New York Times.
And a look at one school’s reaction to their school progress report.
A city pilot program to use cell phones to motivate students is moving forward (prior discussion here), but the cell phones will still be banned from city schools.
A new study found that kindergartners with disruptive or antisocial behaviors and well-behaved kindergartners performed at the same level in reading and math when they reached fifth grade.
A look at the city’s Leadership Academy.
A new school is slated to be built in lower Manhattan.
Field trips to the United Nations building may be off.
And look for city teachers in Esquire.
2 Comments:
1 xkaydet65
· Nov 14, 2007 at 10:52 am
Just a question. How does the Union schedule these meetings for days and nights that are being used for parent teacher conferences? This is poor planning. Many JHSs have both sessions incorporated into the one day, 11/20, and so the Queens meeting is useless.
2 Teacher News of the Day | Edwize
· Nov 15, 2007 at 3:04 pm
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