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Rubber Room Perv Stories Spark Calls for Reform
Alan Rosenfeld Following a barrage of exposés on the Department of Education's Rubber Room—a paid purgatory for union teachers booted from the classroom— Sen. Ruben Diaz of the Bronx slammed the system. "New York City must...
Another Pervy Story from the DOE's Rubber Room
And now for this week’s installment of Stories from the Rubber Room: today meet Francisco Olivares, a Queens math teacher who knocked up and then married his 16-year-old student, then decades later sexually molested two 12-year-olds...
Rubber Room Exposé Wins Praise from Bloomberg
Alan Rosenfeld, a creepy butt-watching ex-teacher who was booted from the classroom in 2001, is actually a multimillionaire, thanks to a side business he runs from the Department of Education's infamous Rubber Room. For almost a...
Teachers Union, NAACP to Sue Over School Shut-Downs
After hundreds protested last week as a Department of Education board moved to close 19 under-performing schools, the teachers union and NAACP are filing a lawsuit to reverse the decision. The union will argue that shuttering...
DOE Seeks Champion Bedbug Assassin
The Department of Education is taking bids in search of a pest-control specialist to eradicate any sign of those troublesome bedbugs in schools around the city. A spokeswoman tells the Post that the listing is "a...
Hypnotherapist Consultant Makes Bank At Education Dept
A management consultant and hypnotherapist got paid $374,000 from the Education Department to help save money by improving managers' morale and boosting productivity. William Howatt Ph.D. had previously served as a consultant for Bear Stearns, and...
School Vending Machines Get Healthier
Okay, so the school Bake Sale is on its way out, and with that the kiddies vending machines will also be trimmed of their fat. The NY Times reports that under their new regulations the Department...
Parents Oppose Pre-K Testing
Even though the state has required developmental screening for pre-K students for years, parents are confused as to why the city has just begun to enforce it. Developmental screening for subsidized and public preschool programs is...
Parents, Teachers' Union Sue Department of Education
The NY Times reports, "A parent council in Manhattan and the city’s teachers’ union sued the Department of Education on Monday, contending that the department had not adequately consulted with the council in deciding which schools...
Lawmakers Unhappy With Mayoral Control Of Schools
Schools Chancellor Joel Klein faced a tough crowd in Albany yesterday, as state lawmakers grilled him about mayoral control of the public school system. State Sen. Bill Perkins (D-Harlem) said, "Mayoral control has been a disaster...
Dept. Of Ed's Kindergarten Moves Anger Parents Further
As if parents weren't upset enough over their children being wait-listed for kindergarten classes (at public schools TBD by the Dept. of Education), the DOE is rocking the boat further by considering to relocate prekindergarten programs...
Public Schools Are Too Crowded
The NYC public school system, the largest in the country, is way too crowded, according to the Daily News. Some of the statistics: One school in the Bronx is "at 200% capacity"--kindergarten students are bused to other...
Lost Bus Driver Takes Kids for 5 Hour Ride
Worst second day of school ever! Over 20 five- and six-year-olds students from Achievement First Charter School in Brownsville were stuck on a bus for five hours when their driver "got lost but wouldn't admit it." One...
From Bear Stearns to the NYC Department of Education
The Department of Education has hired a former Bear Stearns managing director to be the new CFO. George Raab has accepted the $180K/year job--which involves overseeing $20 billion--but the Sun says the the "appointment will not become...