No layoffs: Union agrees to concessions in budget deal *[Updated: 10:06]* Plans to lay off 4,100 teachers were averted late Friday evening as part of a deal struck between the Bloomberg administration, the City Council and the teachers unions. At least two union concessions and restoration money from ...
Remainders: Teacher bonuses can’t buy you plastic surgery - Special education teachers need more English and math knowledge. (Joanne Jacobs) - If Cameron Diaz were a real teacher, a bonus probably couldn’t buy her breast implants. (JJ) - Many are still waiting to find out where they will ...
Teacher layoff phone drive results are in and underwhelming A desperate phone push to save thousands of teacher layoffs has yielded underwhelming results, according to city call data. On Tuesday, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio launched a phone drive to implore New Yorkers to dial 311 – the city’s service line ...
