E4E Teachers Talk Back: Lisa DeBlasi
March 4, 2013 – Lisa shares how creating a safe space for students in her classroom has improved attendance. »
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Newly hatched Common Core curriculums get city endorsement
February 28, 2013 – The city approved a number of curriculum that align with the Common Core to be used in city schools (Gotham Schools »
NY teachers use advertising to push for quality evaluations
February 28, 2013 – "We can't wait any longer," said NYC teachers to Albany in E4E's first television campaign in New York (U.S. Department of Education's "Teaching Matters" weekly digest). »
NYC launches award and grant program to honor teachers
February 26, 2013 – The "Big Apple Awards" program will reward teachers for their impact on student performance (GothamSchools). »
Cuomo to withold education aid until teachers, city agree on evaluation system
February 25, 2013 – The governor insisted that state education funds would not be made available while New York City does not have evaluations (NY1 News). »
Governor Cuomo unveils plan to introduce new teacher evaluation system in NYC
February 21, 2013 – E4E-New York Executive Director Jonathan Schleifer applauds the governor's leadership, but calls for the $250 million in cuts to be returned to city schools (Gotham Schools). »
Statement from Jonathan Schleifer, Executive Director of Educators 4 Excellence-New York, on Governor Cuomo’s teacher evaluation announcement
February 20, 2013 – Jonathan echoes NY teachers' thanks to the governor for making evaluations happen by next school year. »
State ed officials set to impose new city teacher evaluation system by June
February 20, 2013 – Gov. Cuomo's administration announced that New York state's education department is prepared to set a new evaluation system by June 1 (NY1 News) »
State to speed up its intervention in city's teacher evaluations
February 20, 2013 – Cuomo administration officials revealed late Tuesday that a state-imposed evaluation system could be implemented by July 1, nearly three months ahead of a previously announced deadline (NY Daily News). »
E4E coverage from last week's NYC ad and teacher eval decision
February 19, 2013 – See a full recap of last week's E4E coverage, including mentions from the Huffington Post, NY1, and other news sources. »
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