NYC Educator: What Do Large Schools Need to Reopen? What Do Large Schools Need to Reopen? UFT President Michael Mulgrew has a column  in the...

NYC Educator: Does It Pay to Do Nothing? Does It Pay to Do Nothing? I was in a meeting the other day in which we were discussing NX grades. ...

NYC Educator: The School Calendar and Losing 15 Minutes of Fame The School Calendar and Losing 15 Minutes of Fame During the apocalypse I...

NYC Educator: Support Small Class Sizes (and Hire Regents Who Make a Difference) Support Small Class Sizes (and Hire Regents Who Make a Diff...

NYC Educator: Is Remote Learning Here to Stay? Is Remote Learning Here to Stay? A Daily News article  explores that  this morning.  It works...

NYC Educator: What's With Kids Who Hand Us Nothing? What's With Kids Who Hand Us Nothing? I honestly don't understand why anyone...

NYC Educator: A Portrait of My Student A Portrait of My Student This is one of my students. She's lovely, isn't she? Or he? Or them?...

NYC Educator: Putting Children First, Always, by Selling them Vapes and Third-Rate Education Putting Children First, Always, by Selling them...

NYC Educator: The Myth of Learning Loss The Myth of Learning Loss Life is simple for people like Bill Gates. Everything has a formula. You a...

NYC Educator: Farewell from the Chancellor Farewell from the Chancellor Dear Colleagues,    Today is my last day serving as New York City’s ...

NYC Educator: My New Job My New Job My first year as a teacher was my worst. I did a lot of on-the-job learning. One thing I learned was tha...

NYC Educator: To Open or Not to Open? Depends What "Open" Means To Open or Not to Open? Depends What "Open" Means Every ...

NYC Educator: Hail and Farewell from the Chancellor Hail and Farewell from the Chancellor Dear Colleagues,   I hope you and your families ar...

NYC Educator: The Teacher as Living Martyr The Teacher as Living Martyr That's the idealized version of what we do, and  this is a great...

NYC Educator: Big Lie on Testing from Biden Big Lie on Testing from Biden The Biden administration is  insisting on standardized testing  fo...

NYC Educator: Reflections on Apocalypse Teaching Reflections on Apocalypse Teaching I have an accommodation this year, so this picture descr...

NYC Educator: Geniuses in Albany Strike Again Geniuses in Albany Strike Again It looks like the folks in Albany, the ones who control educat...

NYC Educator: If We Can't Learn from Crisis, School Doesn't Matter If We Can't Learn from Crisis, School Doesn't Matter Well...