Thursday, May 8, 2014

5-8-14 Perdido Street School

Perdido Street School:





Mulgrew Gets Definitive At The DA: No Paying For Health Care
There was a leaked memo going around that said city workers will pay a percentage of their salaries toward health care as per a "savings" agreement made between the city and the Municipal Labor Committee.Here's how the payments will work according to the memo:Salary<$30,000Contribution Percentage of Salary0.0%$30,000 - $40,0000.5%$40,000 - $50,0001.0%$50,000 - $60,0001.5%$60,000+2.

Student Suspended For Opting Out Of Assessment Test
More negative news for the testing regime: An Alabama teen says she was suspended from school after she refused to take a local assessment test, contrary to an earlier report from WAAY-TV that the test was aligned with the state's Common Core curriculum. Alyssa McKinney, an eighth-grade student at Whitesburg Middle School in Huntsville, Ala., told the station she was given two in-school suspension
5-7-14 Perdido Street School
Perdido Street School: Is The Tentative UFT Contract Changing How The System Deals With Teachers Rated "Ineffective" On Testing Components?The tentative contract language is finally available to peruse - you can find it here.I noticed this:Measures of Student Learning Options1. For the 2014 - 15 school year and thereafter the DOE shall create new measures (referred to as “Linked Measures