Where we agree, where we disagree
From New Action’s May 2016 Leaflet Where We Agree We agree that 200 lawyers at Tweed is about 200 too many. But we need leadership that tells this to Fariña, sits down, and gets something done. We agree that the current funding formula for schools makes no sense, that principals are forced to
School Budgets – Return to Unit Costing
(from the New Action leaflet distributed at the March 2015 UFT Delegate Assembly). For a printable version click: May 2015 Leaflet Before Joel Klein, schools budgeted for a certain number of teachers (units). The DoE under Bloomberg/Klein deducted actual teacher salaries would be deducted from sch
Resolution in support of Unit Costing for the NYC Department of Education
The following resolution was submitted to the April 27, 2015 UFT Executive Board. Jonathan Halabi (me) motivated, and began by excusing the technical nature of the details. 1. School Closures + 2. Unit Costing + 3. End of Seniority Transfers + 4. Fair Student Funding have led to a crazy system where
Funding
The current teacher funding formula is another Klein leftover. It encourages principals to avoid hiring experienced educators. It punishes schools that hire them. This hurts principals, teachers, schools, kids. Shouldn’t Mulgrew and Fariña be ending Fair Student Funding?