tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-492588043053072132024-03-09T21:46:42.147-05:00PURE ReformQuestionerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04349071186140766778noreply@blogger.comBlogger1811125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49258804305307213.post-48735301054556652302018-05-23T10:00:00.002-04:002018-05-23T10:01:28.512-04:00Protest of cancellation of Obama musicalFrom the PG:<br />
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"<a href="http://www.post-gazette.com/news/education/2018/05/23/Obama-students-plan-protest-over-canceled-musical-Benedum-Theater/stories/201805220128">http://www.post-gazette.com/news/education/2018/05/23/Obama-students-plan-protest-over-canceled-musical-Benedum-Theater/stories/201805220128</a><a href="http://www.post-gazette.com/news/education/2018/05/23/Obama-students-plan-protest-over-canceled-musical-Benedum-Theater/stories/201805220128">http://www.post-gazette.com/news/education/2018/05/23/Obama-students-plan-protest-over-canceled-musical-Benedum-Theater/stories/201805220128</a> "Questionerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04349071186140766778noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49258804305307213.post-88778829486927894122018-05-23T09:59:00.001-04:002018-05-23T09:59:41.834-04:00Principal reassignmentAnonymous wrote:<br /><br />"<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">New post</span><br />
<br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; position: relative !important;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Rumors are that Perry's principal, on leave for inappropriate behavior, is about to be reassigned to Carrick. We should be outaged. This man shouldn't be allowed back in a school building, yet he was touring the building yesterday. As parents we need to stand up and stop this from happening."</span>Questionerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04349071186140766778noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49258804305307213.post-58712122580487047882018-04-23T14:52:00.002-04:002018-04-23T14:52:42.362-04:00Teaching via the plays of August WilsonAnonymous wrote:<br /><br />"<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">New Post: Speaking to' marketing ' city schools.</span><br />
<br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; position: relative !important;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">This week the Pittsburgh Playwrightd Theatre Co. opens with " King Hedley II "- celebrating August Wilson. </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; position: relative !important;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">August Wilson plays are terrific vehicles for teaching PA core standards. The students will love it.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; position: relative !important;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; position: relative !important;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">The marketing: Teaching Standards using August Wilson Plays!</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; position: relative !important;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">This is useful information. Where is the 'spotlight ' PPS? "</span>Questionerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04349071186140766778noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49258804305307213.post-12994710624146091822018-04-23T14:50:00.001-04:002018-04-23T14:50:43.267-04:00What happened to the Obama musical?Anonymous wrote:<br /><br />"<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">*New Post* Hey, anybody, what happened to the Obama musical?</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> "</span>Questionerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04349071186140766778noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49258804305307213.post-62181492304065920152018-04-23T14:46:00.001-04:002018-04-23T14:46:46.372-04:00Thousands spent on marketingAnonymous wrote:<br /><br /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">"New Post:City Schools spending thousands on marketing.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; position: relative !important;" /><a href="http://www.post-gazette.com/news/education/2018/04/22/Pittsburgh-Public-Schools-Anthony-Hamlet-district-advertising-marketing-commercials/stories/201804210012" style="background-color: white; color: blue; cursor: pointer; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; position: relative !important;" target="_blank">http://www.post-gazette.com/news/education/2018/04/22/Pittsburgh-Public-Schools-Anthony-Hamlet-district-advertising-marketing-commercials/stories/201804210012</a><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; position: relative !important;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; position: relative !important;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Achieve 70, 80, 90% " proficiency" - and they will come."</span>Questionerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04349071186140766778noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49258804305307213.post-68120494723506644452018-04-21T21:25:00.003-04:002018-04-21T21:25:13.996-04:00Personnel issuesAnonymous wrote:<br /><br />"<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Start a new post</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Perrys projectmanger and football coach on leave since December 2017</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; position: relative !important;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">What about NAME DELETED- another golden guy part of team Hamlet on leave since December- accused of sexual harassment by 3 women, still getting paid - doesn't PPS care about women? "</span>Questionerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04349071186140766778noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49258804305307213.post-69424051723881474622018-04-20T10:27:00.001-04:002018-04-20T10:27:55.086-04:00Decisions by HamletAnonymous wrote:<br /><br />"<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">*New post please As a PPS parent, I am increasingly concerned about the unfolding events surrounding Hamlet et al. I questioned the Board’s decision to honor his contract when his blatant plagiarism was discovered. I questioned his ability to lead a parade, much less a school district, when the fairy-tale data increases he cited on his resume were exposed as fantasy. I suppose, then, I should have expected nothing more from those with whom he surrounded himself. Instead, I turned a blind eye, taking my cue from Regina Holly, and drove a leg of the Welcome Wagon’s pilgrimage to pave the road to “superintendentdom”. Are we now experiencing the backlash of karma?</span><br />
<br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; position: relative !important;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Rumors aside, the band of merry men brought in to support Hamlet’s superintendency are falling like Trump cabinet members. First, we had Seema Ramji, the CAO who lasted less time than the smoke rings Hamlet blew to distract us. We collectively waved goodbye to a woman who leapt from a position as a Reading Director to that of a member of the triumvirate.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; position: relative !important;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; position: relative !important;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Next is Milton Walters, brought in via the sunny streets of Youngstown, Ohio after meeting our superintendent at a professional development session. Forget for a moment that Walters resigned from his post as the Chief of Human Resources in Youngstown, citing “personal reasons”. Better yet, instead of forgetting it, file it away for a moment. He came and was given carte blanche to fill the offices around him, which he did. He brought in an “assistant” to work under him (literally it seems), a woman without a track record to support her salary. Not enough of a red flag even when coupled with his past “resignation”? When the relationship started to go south (coincidentally the same direction from which our leader arrived), Walters initiated charges against her for poor performance. One has to wonder exactly which job she was performing poorly, but she returned the serve with allegations of her own of unwanted advances from Milton. His response was Clintonesque as he denied any involvement. At just about the same time those words were being spoken, texts were uncovered in which this man was gushing like a middle school boy. So it was adios to them both, leaving empty (and yet unfilled) positions in a department that has suffered from poor management since, it would seem, its inception.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; position: relative !important;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; position: relative !important;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">The third strike in Hamlet’s hiring just emerged, and it may be the most spectacular example of why not to hire your friends. The “newly” appointed principal of Perry High School is now on administrative leave, trailing a chain of allegations of inappropriate behavior. While the details have yet to fully float to the surface, the murky waters surrounding Cooper can’t obscure the fact that he was hired by our super superintendent. In Cooper’s place we once again see Dr. Spadafora, the man who was once responsible for a spate of vicious fights and for letting in-place initiatives wither and die. So far, in his short term as the boss there, Perry has already again made the news when a student was suspended for a fight, his mother wasn’t notified, and the child was sent home on his regular bus without consideration for his safety. In retaliation for the altercation at school, three boys jumped the kid and beat him mercilessly, while someone with a phone filmed the event and posted it to YouTube to ensure its infamy. Spadafora didn’t see that coming?</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; position: relative !important;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; position: relative !important;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">We may have chosen as a district to overlook Hamlet’s resume, his lies and lack of character, but his transgressions keep piling up, now in the form of misguided hiring. The money his poor judgement is now costing us is unforgivable. Rehiring and retraining personnel in important positions of leadership is expensive. Additionally, these positions are, in some cases, still empty at a time when their work is critical. </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; position: relative !important;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; position: relative !important;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Trump, while stumping, repeatedly promised his supporters to “drain the swamp”. Perhaps it’s time for us to drain our own swamp, the Bellefield Bog, before the creatures there devour us whole and leave behind only the broken psyche and mismanaged education of our children. "</span>Questionerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04349071186140766778noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49258804305307213.post-60521483131757944012018-04-09T17:18:00.001-04:002018-04-09T17:18:34.851-04:00PPS Calendar 2018-19Anonymous wrote:<br /><br />"<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">new topic please 2018-2019 calendar</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">After people voted on calendar- there were notes somewhere that said that the day after Easter and the day after Thanksgiving were vacation for students/ PD for teachers-- I cannot find this anywhere in writing now?? "</span>Questionerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04349071186140766778noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49258804305307213.post-61284767500177468982018-03-12T20:58:00.002-04:002018-03-12T20:58:33.579-04:00Events in Florida/ suspension policyAnonymous wrote:<br /><br />"<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Has anyone questioned the no suspension policy in light of the recent tragedy in Florida. Please start a new post."</span>Questionerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04349071186140766778noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49258804305307213.post-89589846627102264262018-02-23T21:12:00.001-05:002018-02-23T21:12:35.450-05:00Superintendent travel expensesAnonymous wrote:<br /><br />"<a href="http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2018/01/18/pittsburgh-schools-superintendent-travel-expenses/" style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; position: relative !important;" target="_blank">http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2018/01/18/pittsburgh-schools-superintendent-travel-expenses/</a><br />
<br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; position: relative !important;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">I seriously doubt this little old lady sitting at her desktop typing on an twenty-year-old Dell keyboard will have any impact to negotiations, but curiosity got the best of me and I had to go looking for the story referenced above about travel. Sorry to lack the control needed to post this at a later date, say once contracts are signed. Seriously, Dude? Dublin? You can bet somebody will go look at the request made to approve that and listen to a board meeting where it was discussed. Looking forward to seeing the tangible results of these trips "</span>Questionerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04349071186140766778noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49258804305307213.post-40755548788855716432018-02-18T09:41:00.001-05:002018-02-18T09:41:49.637-05:00State of the Pittsburgh PromiseAnonymous wrote:<br /><br />"<br />
<br style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; position: relative !important;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">New Post:Buying into the Pittsburgh Promise.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; position: relative !important;" /><a href="http://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/Op-Ed/2018/02/18/The-Pitts-burgh-Promise-reaches-into-the-fu-ture/stories/201802110040" style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; position: relative !important;" target="_blank">http://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/Op-Ed/2018/02/18/The-Pitts-burgh-Promise-reaches-into-the-fu-ture/stories/201802110040</a><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; position: relative !important;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; position: relative !important;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">When PPS can boast 90% proficiency in the minmum basic competency skills required to be taught and learned in its schools - only then will the community 'buy-in' to the Promise.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; position: relative !important;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">Pittsburgh struggles with its self-image because it's schools are failing. "</span>Questionerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04349071186140766778noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49258804305307213.post-33239718434088137302018-02-17T11:02:00.001-05:002018-02-17T11:02:05.529-05:00Negotiations with teachers' unionAnonymous wrote:<br /><br />"<br />
<br style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; position: relative !important;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">New Post</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; position: relative !important;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; position: relative !important;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">As just an interested citizen I have to admire that no teacher took the issues surrounding contract negotiation to the PURE site and the court of public opinion it provides. As some solution or action gets closer and as we learn new terms used in news article (teacher churn) and just what sticking points still exist, could it be time for us outsiders to weigh in? What is best for kids is not always part of negotiations apparently. I say this because in the PG article of 2/16/18, (</span><a href="http://www.post-gazette.com/news/education/2018/02/15/Pittsburgh-Public-Schools-Pittsburgh-Federation-of-Teachers-strike-negotiations-contract-mediation/stories/201802150138" style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; position: relative !important;" target="_blank">http://www.post-gazette.com/news/education/2018/02/15/Pittsburgh-Public-Schools-Pittsburgh-Federation-of-Teachers-strike-negotiations-contract-mediation/stories/201802150138</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">) increase of coaches salaries is noted as an item still open in discussion. The arbitrator suggested a 10% increase. The amount of increase does not bother me in the least. What does is that nothing reported indicates whether or not a qualified teacher will be in a classroom while a teacher rides a bus to a game. Yes the game is after school hours but is the transportation time after school hours? Is there just a responsible human in the classroom until the final bell rings or is the coach's fill-in able to actually teach the subject? Maybe after contracts are complete we will hear answers to questions like this. Most likely the biggest issue parents want to hear about is class size. Nothing can ever convince some of us that smaller numbers are not better. I get tired of hearing Marty Griffin tout catholic school and charter school success when the comparison is so out-of-balance. Bring class size down in all grade levels but no classroom from Pre-K-3 should have more than 20 kids. actually no classroom of Pre-K or kindergarten should have more than 15. "</span>Questionerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04349071186140766778noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49258804305307213.post-82819586897191989372018-02-10T18:11:00.001-05:002018-02-10T18:11:15.743-05:00Mark Roosevelt's term at the PPSAnonymous wrote:<br /><br />"<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">New post, please. Perhaps the title of the post should be "Mark Roosevelt's term at the PPS".</span><br />
<br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Back in 1969 Chuck Noll took over as the head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers. The Steelers won 1 game and lost 13 that year. Noll ended his Steelers career in 1991, with a record of 209–156–1, including four Super Bowl championships. Not bad!</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Given that, I've often wondered how Mark Roosevelt did as the "head coach" of the Pittsburgh Public Schools. He started in 2005, and he left in 2010. He turned the district upside down. So how did he do? What was Pittsburgh's overall state ranking in 2005, and what was it in 2010?</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">I've done a Google search on this. And I can't finding anything of value. If anyone has the data, I'd love to see it."</span>Questionerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04349071186140766778noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49258804305307213.post-73765920289262338652018-01-28T19:58:00.002-05:002018-01-28T19:58:16.724-05:00Q & A with Superintendent HamletFrom the PG:<br />
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<a href="http://www.post-gazette.com/news/education/2018/01/27/Pittsburgh-Public-Schools-superintendent-Anthony-Hamlet/stories/201801270012">http://www.post-gazette.com/news/education/2018/01/27/Pittsburgh-Public-Schools-superintendent-Anthony-Hamlet/stories/201801270012 </a>Questionerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04349071186140766778noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49258804305307213.post-90842640930732491162018-01-28T19:57:00.001-05:002018-01-28T19:57:06.450-05:00Alternative math<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">Anonymous wrote:</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">"This about sums it up.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; position: relative !important;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; position: relative !important;" /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zh3Yz3PiXZw" style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; position: relative !important;" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zh3Yz3PiXZw</a> "Questionerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04349071186140766778noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49258804305307213.post-83916916158714000812017-12-12T08:38:00.001-05:002017-12-12T08:38:06.812-05:00CAPA auditions and admissionsFrom the PG:<br />
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http://www.post-gazette.com/news/education/2017/12/11/capa-pittsburgh-public-schools-audition-creative-performing-arts/stories/201712110155Questionerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04349071186140766778noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49258804305307213.post-76153254651021230802017-12-03T11:34:00.003-05:002017-12-03T11:34:22.003-05:00Where's the strike?Anonymous wrote:<br /><br />"<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">New Post: PICKET THE UNION. Where's the strike? The union leaders are behind the deliberate delay. I guarantee you that Nina Esposito will say she can't strike because teachers need money for Christmas; after Christmas, she will say everyone's broke, so teachers can't strike then; in March, she will say that PSSA preparation and PSSA testing is no time to strike because it will hurt the STAR BONUSES for teachers. After the PSSA tests, she will say that it's the end of the year and teachers need money for the summer. Follow the pattern. She will never strike until she can retire first. Again, I am calling for the picketing outside of the UNION. They are the circle of traitors. Yes, I am calling for the picketing of own union. If you love money, don't care about other teachers, have no self- respect, and are so gullible to believe that you have a career, stay in this so- called district. You fit perfectly."</span>Questionerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04349071186140766778noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49258804305307213.post-41607470671139505762017-12-02T09:27:00.001-05:002017-12-02T09:28:31.636-05:00Are victims required to participate in restorative justice?Anonymous wrote:<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">My child was assaulted by another student. I don't want my child participating in a restorative justice process. I just want my child separated from this other child and for the school rules to be enforced. What are the parents' rights in regards to their child's nonparticipation in a restorative justice process? "</span>Questionerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04349071186140766778noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49258804305307213.post-6432482973225406362017-11-27T23:09:00.002-05:002017-11-27T23:09:37.741-05:00Resignations due to student behaviorAnonymous wrote:<br /><br />"<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">I know I am changing the subject, but did anyone see the teacher resignations in Harrisburg? I am thinking Pittsburgh will soon have teachers walking out. These buildings are crazy!!"</span>Questionerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04349071186140766778noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49258804305307213.post-69412119640266570762017-11-20T10:25:00.001-05:002017-11-20T10:25:39.587-05:00Contract negotiations/ schedulesAnonymous wrote:<br /><br />"<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">new thread please-- Contract negotiations as reported on the news...</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Teachers are NOT trying to set their own schedules- which sounds like, hey I think I'll come in at 10 am. Teachers are trying to teach the classes they have taught for years ( ie 30 years in Kindergarten, but a spiteful principal could at various times placed that teacher in 5th grade-- doesnt benefit students!) Or when possible -when PD and preps are-- there are reasons for these things-- it isnt a whim! Union step up and clarify! "</span>Questionerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04349071186140766778noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49258804305307213.post-49263025308530752042017-11-14T11:48:00.002-05:002017-11-14T11:48:46.918-05:00Passing a budget with contract undecidedAnonymous wrote:<br /><br />"<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">Pardon my ignorance. How can the district pass a budget with a contract undecided? I am an education/political outsider so maybe this is how it is done and I never paid attention before.</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;"> "</span>Questionerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04349071186140766778noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49258804305307213.post-6081185629865161992017-10-28T09:11:00.000-04:002017-10-28T09:11:13.158-04:00PA Dpt of Ed School Reports- PG article and link to individual school reportsAnonymous wrote:<br /><br />"<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">New Post: Tucked away in section B-3 of today's Post Gazette, the Education Department releases the SCHOOL REPORT.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">The Allegheny Intermediate Unit and Pittsburgh Public Schools who have histrically commented on such data ___ couldn't be reached for comment.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; position: relative !important;" /><a href="http://www.post-gazette.com/news/education/2017/10/27/With-little-fanfare-state-education-department-releases-school-report-cards/stories/201710270185" style="background-color: white; color: blue; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; position: relative !important;" target="_blank">http://www.post-gazette.com/news/education/2017/10/27/With-little-fanfare-state-education-department-releases-school-report-cards/stories/201710270185</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;"> "</span>Questionerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04349071186140766778noreply@blogger.com83tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49258804305307213.post-10626173943438325082017-10-26T14:03:00.002-04:002017-10-26T14:03:53.935-04:00Teachers' union/ "Win a trip for two"Anonymous wrote:<br /><br />"<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">New comment: "Win a trip for two". That's what Nina Esposito sent out to all of her members. You read that correctly. Win a Spring Break trip for two and get a $2,000 voucher to take to any travel agency. ARE YOU KIDDING ME! Can Esposito be this incompetent and this brazing to think that one teacher winning a trip for two will make hundreds of teachers who are being cheated out of their step increases, who are forced to do more work than any other group of teachers on the planet, and who are being hit with verbal assaults, punches, and now bricks,forget about the embarrassing,inhuman,macabre, introverted persona that a Pittsburgh Public School teacher must take on daily? Esposito, do us a favor, jam the raffle box with slips of paper that just have your name on it and take Harold Grant and Bill Heilmann with you.</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;"> "</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">- What exactly do teachers need to do to be eligible for the raffle?</span>Questionerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04349071186140766778noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49258804305307213.post-46971234451765850682017-10-26T08:47:00.000-04:002017-10-26T08:47:05.821-04:00How's parent engagement these days?Anonymous wrote:<br /><br />" <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">*New Post* What does parent engagement look like in your school? What grade your you give your kid's school in the area of engaging parents in a meaningful way?</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;"> "</span>Questionerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04349071186140766778noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49258804305307213.post-76053801058039249512017-10-25T18:00:00.001-04:002017-10-25T18:00:07.639-04:00Gates says he will "let schools and educators drive the process"Anonymous wrote:<br /><br />"<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">new topic:</span><br />
<a href="http://www.sacbee.com/news/nation-world/article180085876.html" style="background-color: white; color: blue; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; position: relative !important;" target="_blank">http://www.sacbee.com/news/nation-world/article180085876.html</a><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; position: relative !important;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">So now Gates and company decides that they arent putting their ed bucks into teacher evaluation-- well duh! How about correcting the disaster you made in schools and start to push for safe environments with plenty of opportunities (which by the way his "small high schools" did NOT do) How about looking at.... what works? "</span>Questionerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04349071186140766778noreply@blogger.com4