Your DOEnut Of the Week: 'Nothing Up My Sleeve'

Through the smoke emanating from Albany's corruption issues comes a brief glimpse of good old fashioned demagoguery. Several months ago,...

The New Teacher Evaluation Matrix(?)

Reading over the text of the law . Is it me, or are there are only two scenarios where a teacher can receive an ineffective rating? I'm ...

Why Teachers Won't Receive Their Final Scores Until the Following Year

Update: The DOEs own PowerPoint confirms this (look on the fifth slide: "All teachers receive summative rating by September of the fol...

Oh, John King, You Slay Me (No, I mean seriously. You're going to get me fired, dude. What's up with that?).

It hasn't been what you'd consider a real good day for NYC teachers. The evaluation decision from NYSED is being applauded by the DO...