On Thursday, October 4, 2012, I took my plight to a whole new level when I created aLive Stream of a NYC Rubber Room (that does not exist). For months I have been blogging about it on my site and giving the world a “play by play” of what is… Continue reading
My name is Francesco Alexander Portelos. I am a parent and educator in Staten Island. I was teaching technology at Berta Dreyfus IS 49 for 5 years after I left a 7 year career in the Environmental Engineering/Inspection field. My record, as a teacher and school community member, was stellar. After I became a new father in the community, my focus transcended past my praised classroom and I looked at the issues at the school as a whole. Continue reading
As many educators returned to school to set up classrooms this week, so did I. Had things been different with logic and rational playing a role, I would be upgrading my STEM Lab to all the new latest and greatest programs to teach my middle school students. Being that I… Continue reading
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