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Monday, January 6, 2014

1-6-14 Ed Notes Online

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Advice for de Blasio: ASAP - Make Patrick Sullivan Your First PEP Appointment
...here is a chance for Patrick Sullivan to bring his considerable talents in service of NYC parents, students and teachers by working with the majority at long last. What a shame to deny Patrick this opportunity. ... EdNotesOnlineScott Stringer also deserves a lot of thanks for sticking by Patrick and letting him vote his conscience even after being pressured by Bloomberg’s minions to fire him...


1-5-14 Ed Notes Online
Ed Notes Online: The Carmen Farina FilesHer management took the form of a Machiavellian benevolence — the kind of approach you imagine is taught to aspiring executives in certain classes at Wharton, whereby the party about to be demoted or fired is encouraged to believe that what is happening is the best possible result for him or her. At P.S. 6, Ms. Farina got rid of only three teachers outright,