City schools slated for turnaround last year, including seven in Queens, are now reopening. (Daily News)
A new “career ladder” plan will give quicker raises to D.C. teachers in needy schools. (Washington Post)
More than a dozen school districts nationally are facing legal challenges to same-sex programs. (WSJ)
Classes resumed in Chicago, but they could end again if teachers carry out a threatened strike. (Tribune)
The Gervais, Ore., school district is trying to close a funding gap by selling off most of itself. (Times)
Larry Littlefield
“High-performing D.C. public school teachers who work in high-poverty schools will be able to accelerate through the pay scale to reach top compensation levels more quickly under a ‘career ladder’.”
This would never be permitted here. More money for those with less seniority who are doing more difficult work. Here, all the money goes to the retired.
“The career ladder doesn’t change the pay ceiling” which means it doesn’t increase the pension.
I wonder what promises of pension increases for those cashing in and moving out and pay and benefit cuts for new hires the UFT is extracting from announced Mayoral candidates? And since new teachers will be worse and worse off, and discussion of actual compensation is verboten otherwise, that means teachers are underpaid, so less should be expected of all of them.
Guest
“More money for those with less seniority who are doing more difficult work.”
—— not true. Almost all teachers work very hard and that is an insult to all teachers. Please stop insulting teachers. I was at work until 7pm (for free) to prepare for the opening of school and I wasn’t alone.
You don’t have to like the pension plans, but you don’t need to insult all the teachers who work very hard for their kids. We don’t deserve it, we deserve your respect.
Shame on you for that comment.
manhattan mom
Isn’t the real news on School of One that it is proven by data-driven analysis not to have a positive effect and yet the DOE is doubling down on its failures to the tune of $46 million?? It is interesting to see where the DOE decides that “we can’t wait” for steady progress versus when it decides that a “potential … to solve” challenges is worth patience.
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