So far, the Department of Education has made no indication it is boarding this bandwagon. But there was a little bit of tree-saving inside this week’s Principals Weekly, the regular memo from Chancellor Joel Klein. ...
Because the UFT/DOE collective-bargaining agreement prohibits layoffs except in the event of a citywide fiscal emergency, it’s our view that the DOE does not have the authority to terminate you. We have asked the DOE to issue an ...
Ning is helping to sponsor a series of free live workshops around the United States on the use of Web 2.0 technologies (including Ning!) in education. Coming up: Hawaii, Sacramento, New York, and Boston. More details and information ...
Today, the UFT won a temporary restraining order against the Department of Education that prevents the DOE from firing the Teaching Fellows until at least Tuesday, when a judge will hear the union’s arguments about the validity of the ...
NEW YORK Authorities say a high school freshman in New York City has been struck and killed by a school bus.New York City Department of Education spokeswoman Margie Feinberg says the 14-year-old girl was struck while walking to ...
Changes in Store At the U.S. Department of Labor. Labor Department Accused of Straying From Enforcement is an interesting December 1, 2008, Washington Post article. It notes that the Bush labor department has been criticized for not ...
In response to suggestions that the Bush administration has been largely silent on bilingual education, and that NCLB has indirectly hindered the method, Samara Yudof, a spokeswoman for the Department of Education, said the department ...
A brief summary includes at least four re-organizations of the New York City Department of Education, with non-educators holding major posts in the system, none of whom care about the high standards of public education that New York ...
In a report released yesterday, state Auditor General Jack Wagner charged that the state Department of Education is doing a lousy job of enforcing laws that are designed to make schools safe learning environments.
Unlike other candidates mentioned for education secretary, who wear their ideologies strongly on their sleeves, Duncan has (like Obama) walked a finer line, signing onto both of the dueling petitions on where Obama should take his ...
