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Mulgrew: Mayor’s tenure tone not conducive to evaluation talks | GothamSchools

Mulgrew: Mayor’s tenure tone not conducive to evaluation talks | GothamSchools

Mulgrew: Mayor’s tenure tone not conducive to evaluation talks

Far from living up to its promise, the city’s tenure reform in fact amounts to a quota system for teacher evaluations, UFT President Michael Mulgrew said today.

Mulgrew was responding to comments made by Mayor Bloomberg and Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcottduring Bloomberg’s weekly radio address this morning. They said they expect the number of tenure denials to rise next year.

Mulgrew questioned how they could predict more denials when evaluations for teachers up for tenure next