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nyc cutting 6000 teaching positions
« on: May 07, 2011, 02:53:06 AM »
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Leonie Haimson: The mayor's budget proposal passes the buck and puts children last

The mayor tried to pass the buck today to the state and the federal government, blaming them for the elimination of over 6,000 teaching positions. What happened to mayoral accountability?

And yet he added that if the state provided extra funding or mandate relief, he would not necessarily restore these positions, but he might spend it on the police or fire department instead.

He said he was “very sympathetic” to Gov. Cuomo, but he mentioned no sympathy for NYC children, who will have to bear the brunt of these cuts in the form of the largest increases in class size in at least 30 years. While he commented that he would not put city's fiscal "future at risk," he seems all too willing to put our kids' futures at risk instead. This is not a budget which puts children first...

The city's overall spending on contracts has doubled to more than $10 billion in the last five years – with a huge part of the increase for technology. In the next year alone, the DOE plans to spend more than half a billion dollars on technology in its capital plan, with $350 million to buy computers to implement more online learning and testing...

http://ednotesonline.blogspot.com/2011/05/leonie-haimso...




http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x1057130

Could be worse, he could be stopping the unions from collective bargaining, like that evil Scot Walker, who isn't cutting any teachers.

I'm sure the fine folks who spent weeks in Madison are hoping on buses to go protest, right?




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Re: nyc cutting 6000 teaching positions
« Reply #1 on: May 07, 2011, 03:15:00 AM »
Quote from: Freeper on May 07, 2011, 02:53:06 AM
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x1057130

Could be worse, he could be stopping the unions from collective bargaining, like that evil Scot Walker, who isn't cutting any teachers.

I'm sure the fine folks who spent weeks in Madison are hoping on buses to go protest, right?






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Re: nyc cutting 6000 teaching positions
« Reply #2 on: May 07, 2011, 07:19:00 AM »
If they cut the teachers, then they'll cut the bus drivers, or worse yet, privatize them, and ole Hanna would be out of a job.
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Re: nyc cutting 6000 teaching positions
« Reply #3 on: May 07, 2011, 07:24:25 AM »
How many of those 6000 teachers will be coming from the "rubber rooms" where they sit all day, collecting full salary?
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Re: nyc cutting 6000 teaching positions
« Reply #4 on: May 07, 2011, 07:36:02 AM »
Quote from: NHSparky on May 07, 2011, 07:24:25 AM
How many of those 6000 teachers will be coming from the "rubber rooms" where they sit all day, collecting full salary?


None?
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Re: nyc cutting 6000 teaching positions
« Reply #5 on: May 07, 2011, 09:17:09 AM »
Quote from: thundley4 on May 07, 2011, 07:36:02 AM

None?

Yep, those ones have seniority. Ain't unions grand?
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Re: nyc cutting 6000 teaching positions
« Reply #6 on: May 07, 2011, 09:19:32 AM »
How many admin jobs are being dissolved?
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Re: nyc cutting 6000 teaching positions
« Reply #7 on: May 07, 2011, 11:29:03 AM »
Quote from: NHSparky on May 07, 2011, 07:24:25 AM
How many of those 6000 teachers will be coming from the "rubber rooms" where they sit all day, collecting full salary?

Their system is going to stay FUBAR until they muster the guts to clean house on the union and put sane work and discipline rules in place.
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Re: nyc cutting 6000 teaching positions
« Reply #8 on: May 07, 2011, 11:29:57 AM »
Quote from: SGT Snuggle Bunny on May 07, 2011, 09:19:32 AM
How many admin jobs are being dissolved?
That's a good point. Way back when kids still learned to read, write, and do arithmetic, we had a principal, assistant principal, and teachers for each subject. Now, every school has a management structure like an aircraft factory. Layers and layers of principals, assistant principals, vice principals, assistant vice principals, department heads, assistant department heads, special adminisrators, dozens of subjects of no practical worth, etc., etc., etc. And so far, that system has churned out a couple of generations who are dumb as bricks.
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