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With 2 Days Remaining, StudentsFirstNY Counts Down to Jan. 17 Teacher Evaluation Deadline

Day #9: $300 million could pay for 50,000 Smart boards equaling 29 for each of New York City’s 1,700 schools

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With 3 Days Remaining, StudentsFirstNY Counts Down to Jan. 17 Teacher Evaluation Deadline

Day #8: $300 million could pay for the enrollment of an additional 28,487 kids in Head Start programs

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What Could NYC Schools Do With $300 Million?

NYC schools will lose $300 million if leaders from the UFT and DOE don't agree on a new teacher evaluation system by January 17th.

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With 4 Days Remaining, StudentsFirstNY Counts Down to Jan. 17 Teacher Evaluation Deadline

Day #7: $300 million could pay for 97.1 million school lunches or enough lunches to feed 539,374 NYC students for an entire school year

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With 5 Days Remaining, StudentsFirstNY Counts Down to Jan. 17 Teacher Evaluation Deadline

Day #6: $300 million could pay for 937.5 million pencils, which equals 852 pencils for each of the 1.1 students in NYC

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With 6 Days Remaining, StudentsFirstNY Counts Down to Jan. 17 Teacher Evaluation Deadline

Today marks the fifth day of StudentsFirstNY’s effort to stress the urgency of a deal on a new evaluation system for New York City public school teachers.

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With 7 Days Remaining, StudentsFirstNY Counts Down to Jan. 17 Teacher Evaluation Deadline

Today marks the fourth day of StudentsFirstNY’s effort to stress the urgency of a deal on a new evaluation system for New York City public school teachers.

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New Report Reveals the Unsatisfactory Distribution of Teacher Quality in NYC

Schools with high rates of poverty, low student achievement and high percentages of black and Hispanic students have a disproportionate share of Unsatisfactory rated teachers.

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Press Release: First Ever Research Study of NYC's Teacher Rating Data: Students of Color and High-Needs Students Most Likely to be Taught by Teachers Rated 'Unsatisfactory'

A new report finds those students in NYC who most depend on highly effective teachers are instead the students most likely to be taught by teachers rated “Unsatisfactory."

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Press Release: With 8 Days Remaining, StudentsFirstNY Counts Down to Jan. 17 Teacher Evaluation Deadline

Today marks the third day of StudentsFirstNY’s effort to stress the urgency of a deal on a new evaluation system for New York City public school teachers.

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