City scrubs failing teachers’ records if they leave district
Failing New York City teachers can have their poor ratings scrubbed from the record if they strike a deal with the city to quit or retire, according to…
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Educators sue Google for defamatory blog takedown
Two New York City school officials are suing for Google to unveil the identity of a blogger who has accused them of pedophilia, incompetence, rape and racism, the…
Teachers sue over new state ratings system
New York's new teacher-evaluation system--designed to rate them based in part on student scores in reading and math--is in jeopardy after the state teachers union filed a lawsuit…
Teacher-tenure standards raised
The city Department of Education changed its tenure policy yesterday with new rules designed to weed out its bad teachers and reward its best ones with jobs for…