By YOAV GONEN
November 12, 2009
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/teachers_must_give_to_take_XHX2YDuF4mlCFHHiOkYH0I
The city can’t afford to give raises to teachers in line with those given to other unions without significant cost-saving concessions, according to a new report released yesterday.
Mayor Bloomberg this week suggested that the current union bargaining pattern of a 4 percent pay hike for two consecutive years — for which [...]
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November 10, 2009
By PATRICK EGAN
http://www.mounthopemonitor.org/?p=373
When school started this past September at three local schools, hundreds of kids, and their parents, had to face the reality that the afterschool program they’d once counted on no longer had room for them.
The program, run by the non-profit Committee for Hispanic Children and Families, served 635 children last year. [...]
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By Thomas W. Carroll
November 13th 2009
http://www.nydailynews.com/opinions/2009/11/13/2009-11-13_get_into_shape_to_win_the_race.html
New York has the chance to win up to $350 million in federal education dollars through the Obama administration’s Race to the Top competition.
But unless the state’s leaders reach agreement on several key reforms quickly, our application will likely be stuck in the middle, not sitting on top, of the [...]
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by Rachel Monahan
Friday, November 13th 2009
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/education/2009/11/13/2009-11-13_dept_of_ed_oks_3m_survey_deal.html
A Department of Education panel approved a $3 million contract for an annual school survey Thursday night even as critics assailed it for being too costly while city agencies brace for massive budget cuts.
The Panel for Education Policy (PEP) okayed the contract with KPMG, which surveys teachers, students and parents [...]
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November 12, 2009
by Maura Walz
http://gothamschools.org/2009/11/12/confident-state-ed-officials-press-forward-on-race-to-the-top/
Brushing aside criticism that current state laws could jeopardize New York’s chances at Race to the Top Funds, state officials say they will enter the contest in round one.
On Monday, the State Education Department will release a comprehensive plan to overhaul teacher training, Board of Regents Chancellor Merryl Tisch said today. [...]
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By SCOTT WALDMAN, Staff writer
November 13, 2009
http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=865152&category=ALBANY&BCCode=&newsdate=11/13/2009
The race is on for $4.5 billion in federal education dollars.
On Thursday, the U.S. Department of Education ended months of anxiety for school administrators nationwide when it announced its criteria for the Race to the Top funds, which will be awarded to about a dozen states that can demonstrate [...]
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