Wednesday, school’s out, I clean up for a while then hop on the 4 to see a movie downtown. By the way, The Road is probably the darkest movie I have ever seen. It creeped me out, made me uncomfortable, and I almost left. A few times. It was well-made,...

The math teacher entered the room yesterday, first period, and the kids were already seated. I saw (I’m the math teacher) that they had slightly rearranged the desks leaving the front a bit further back than it would normally be. I also noticed that of...

To all the teachers out there reading this, whether this has been a wonderful fall or a miserable fall or something in between, do your best to put it aside for a few days break is here enjoy it relax recharge and have a wonderful holiday (if...

New Action/UFT issued a statement on school closings last week. Over here.

Yesterday I noted that the UFT was helping schools build their individual cases against closings. I also wrote that it was important to fight the overall policy of school closings, and that signs were positive that the UFT was starting to do exactly...