Mayor de Blasio insisted Wednesday that requiring his OK to hire and fire an education watchdog would make the person more independent — but critics called it an abuse of power. After Department of Investigation Commissioner Mark Peters fired the special commissioner of investigations for city schools last week, de Blasio issued an executive order Sunday saying a person could only be appointed to or removed from the post with his consent. The firing, reported Monday by The New York Times, came after Peters sought to increase his oversight of the office — which long enjoyed a bigger title and more independence than other agency-specific investigators general — and after the SCI, Anastasia Coleman, resisted those efforts ahead of her firing. She’s now filed a whistleblower complaint being investigated by the Law Department, the city said. “I was surprised at how he handled the situation through the special commissioner; there was no consultative process … [Read more...] about De Blasio denies conflict in requiring City Hall OK for education watchdog firing
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Parents protest outside Hackney town hall over ‘frightening’ special educational needs funding cuts
PUBLISHED: 16:25 22 February 2018 | UPDATED: 14:17 26 February 2018 Sam Gelder Deputy mayor, Cllr Anntoinette Bramble announced the U-turn yesterday. Picture: Adam Holt/Hackney Council Archant Parents of special educational needs children protested against “frightening” funding cuts before the full council meeting last night. A huge protest took place outisde Hackney Town Hall. Picture: Melissa Byers Plans published in October will seen the town hall reduce the amount of high-needs funding given to mainstream schools by 5 per cent in 2018/19, with another reduction of the same amount next year. The rally was organised by campaign group Hackney Special Education Crisis. During the town hall meeting, one mother of three children with SEND explained how, in real terms, for a visually impaired child, a 5pc cut could mean no money to pay for software used to help enlarge texts. It could also mean no money to pay for a specialist teacher to work with a child once each … [Read more...] about Parents protest outside Hackney town hall over ‘frightening’ special educational needs funding cuts
Legislators Push For Education Of Safe Haven Law In Public High Schools
A bipartisan group of legislators asked their colleagues Wednesday to support a bill that would require the state’s public high school students to be educated on Connecticut’s Safe Haven law, intended to save the lives of newborns.“We are not doing enough to promote awareness of this law,” Rep. Jeff Currey, D-East Hartford, said at a Capitol news conference. “Including instruction on this law in public high school health classes will expose thousands of teens each year to this information.”H.B. 5546 would require education about the Safe Haven law in high school health classes. The Department of Children and Families would provide the curriculum to the public schools at no cost, Currey said.The bill passed unanimously in the education committee last week. The same legislation was proposed last year and made it out of committee and into the House with bipartisan support but time constraints at the end of the session didn’t allow for a vote in … [Read more...] about Legislators Push For Education Of Safe Haven Law In Public High Schools
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos asked if leakers could be prosecuted, internal report shows
Visit The Boston Globe Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Comment on this Scroll to top of page By Valerie Strauss Washington Post April 04, 2018 WASHINGTON — Education Secretary Betsy DeVos asked her department’s Office of Inspector General if grounds existed to prosecute employees who leaked budget data to The Washington Post and unclassified information to Politico, according to an internal department report.The response: It would be difficult because the department has ‘‘little’’ written policy or guidance on how employees are supposed to handle information.‘‘While evaluating the . . . incidents of alleged unauthorized releases of non-public information, we identified challenges to criminal prosecution or taking significant administrative actions against individuals responsible for the release of this type of information,’’ the report said. Advertisement The author of the report, Assistant … [Read more...] about Education Secretary Betsy DeVos asked if leakers could be prosecuted, internal report shows
Wrong viewpoints on Vietnam’s education
However, some individuals, who do not have objective and comprehensive viewpoints, deny Vietnam’s educational achievements due to several incidents that have happened recently in the sector. Distortion and wrong linkages Recently, the society, especially those who care about the educational sector have been worried and sad when they heard about the case when a female primary school teacher in Long An province had to kneel in front of some students’ parents. This was a rare incident worth criticizing because it seriously damaged the educators’ honor, prestige, and dignity. After the incident occurred, relevant agencies immediately investigated the matter to clarify the nature, level, and consequences of the incident. Consequently the individual who forced the teacher to kneel was expelled from the Party. When many media agencies, lawyers, and educators voiced their concerns at the time, analyzed thoroughly, and commented with consideration to the reasons and … [Read more...] about Wrong viewpoints on Vietnam’s education