New Investigation on Me Takes the Cake -I’m telling students how to sneak...
I was called in to the Office of Special Investigation for a newinvestigation against me yesterday. It’s crazy. I attended the OSI conference andI was told that on March 11, 2013 Principal Linda Hill...
View ArticlePrincipal’s Failing School and Stellar Ratings – The Inverse Graph of...
The other day I was interviewed for two hours for a documentary pertaining to “School Closures”. The backdrop was the school I was exiled from for over 420 days, Berta Dreyfus IS 49. “But Mr. Portelos,...
View Article@NYCSchools Deputy Chancellor Grimm Hides Asbestos Disturbance
UPDATE: City of NY Visits the post below: Today’s DNAInfo.com article titled Eva Moskowitz’s Success Academy Got Preferential DOE Treatment, Emails Show, discusses how DOE leaders bent over backwards...
View ArticleNot So Fast Former Chancellor Walcott
Wait! Not so fast. Don’t go too far former Chancellor Dennis Walcott and former Superintendent Erminia Claudio. Some of you might have read that I filed a Federal lawsuit against Principal Linda Hill,...
View ArticleCase Tracker – 20 Investigations Closed, Whitewashed or Left Open
In the wake of thePS 106Q Marcella Sills “School of No” fiasco, I decided to make a list of the cases I initiated, or knew about, pertaining to my own community school of Berta Dreyfus IS 49. —-...
View ArticleDOE vs Portelos Termination Verdict Is In 826 Days After They Took Aim to Fire.
I want to say that I write this with overwhelming glee. I want to say that I write this while in a state of euphoria and with a Kool-Aid smile, but unfortunately I cannot. Continue reading
View ArticleA Case for Teacher Tenure Part 1 – The Dismissed Charges
Again, I spoke up on issues of PUBLIC CONCERN and had I not been tenured, I would have been fired. Continue reading
View ArticleDissecting the Pirozzolo vs State of NY Teacher Tenure Lawsuit
The fight for a proper public education in this country is multifaceted. If you want to get involved, you have to pick a front and get ready for battle. Myissueis that I get involved on many fronts,...
View ArticleTenure is for Girls! [and others who speak up]
Seriously… Is it not Read Below. Over a year ago I FOILed the number of probationary (nontenured) teachers discontinued in the NYC DOE inthelast two years. I know, I could have just asked the UFT, but...
View ArticleA Big Victory for Transparency in NYC Schools
"...remember the names of the lions at the main library: Patience and Fortitude. There is a terrible urge to lash out wildly in protest of injustice. Resist the urge. The battle must be won in the...
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