Comments on: Rise & Shine: Curtains for a controversial school yoga program http://gothamschools.org/2009/11/09/rise-shine-curtains-for-a-controversial-school-yoga-program/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:27:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: I noticed that... http://gothamschools.org/2009/11/09/rise-shine-curtains-for-a-controversial-school-yoga-program/comment-page-1/#comment-232061 I noticed that... Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:59:25 +0000 http://gothamschools.org/?p=27168#comment-232061 I forgot to mention that the city has set aside $1.2 million to create an office called Teacher Performance Unit (TPU) where retired principals and lawyers were hired to fire incompetent teachers. So much money to deal with only less than .1% of incompetent teachers from the teaching staff. I forgot to mention that the city has set aside $1.2 million to create an office called Teacher Performance Unit (TPU) where retired principals and lawyers were hired to fire incompetent teachers. So much money to deal with only less than .1% of incompetent teachers from the teaching staff.

]]> By: I noticed that... http://gothamschools.org/2009/11/09/rise-shine-curtains-for-a-controversial-school-yoga-program/comment-page-1/#comment-232008 I noticed that... Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:13:37 +0000 http://gothamschools.org/?p=27168#comment-232008 Let's start the cut at Tweed with its unnecessary expenses. Did they truly needed to spend so much money on a hynotist?! Does the DoE need that many PR/media people working there to put these endless spin on the successes of the education mayor? How about the $80 million dollar ARIS, which is rarely used? How about the city paying for these high-priced education consultants whose office is nothing else but a post office mailbox? So once there's a cut at Tweed then we can talk about cuts in other agencies. Let’s start the cut at Tweed with its unnecessary expenses. Did they truly needed to spend so much money on a hynotist?! Does the DoE need that many PR/media people working there to put these endless spin on the successes of the education mayor? How about the $80 million dollar ARIS, which is rarely used? How about the city paying for these high-priced education consultants whose office is nothing else but a post office mailbox?

So once there’s a cut at Tweed then we can talk about cuts in other agencies.

]]> By: QueensParent http://gothamschools.org/2009/11/09/rise-shine-curtains-for-a-controversial-school-yoga-program/comment-page-1/#comment-231813 QueensParent Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:20:31 +0000 http://gothamschools.org/?p=27168#comment-231813 No inclusion here of the NY Times editorial that urges the State Legislature to not let New York's fiscal situation become like California's, with junk credit ratings and paying people with IOUs. For sure, thing are headed that way. New Yorkers, particularly those involved with schools, seem to think money grows on trees. They don't want to cut. The healthcare unions don't want to cut. No one wants to cut. Just create some new tax. We're certainly on our way . . . . No inclusion here of the NY Times editorial that urges the State Legislature to not let New York’s fiscal situation become like California’s, with junk credit ratings and paying people with IOUs. For sure, thing are headed that way. New Yorkers, particularly those involved with schools, seem to think money grows on trees. They don’t want to cut. The healthcare unions don’t want to cut. No one wants to cut. Just create some new tax. We’re certainly on our way . . . .

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