Wednesday, November 28, 2007
How important is Early Childhood Education?
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Saturday, November 24, 2007
Increase in Teacher Resignations
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/19/education/19mbrfs-TEACHERS.html?_r=1&ex=1353646800&en=38c5d76d14a03368&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&oref=login
November 19, 2007
More teachers resigned during the last school year than at any time in recent history, according to figures released yesterday by the United Federation of Teachers, the city’s teachers union. According to the figures, 4,606 certified teachers resigned last year, not including teachers who retired or had problems with certification. The numbers have been steadily increasing since 2001, when 2,544 resigned; last year 4,273 teachers did so. Of the 7,069 teachers who were hired in 2006, nearly 14 percent resigned by the end of the year, the union said, up from about 11 percent the year before. The numbers showed that “losing good teachers is the predominant staffing issue that the City Department of Education needs to address,” said Randi Weingarten, the president of the union. Chris Cerf, a deputy chancellor at the Education Department, said in a statement that the numbers were inaccurate, and called the release of the figures a “media stunt.”
Thursday, November 15, 2007
Information about MRSA
