Article 75
Petition My petition, pursuant to Article 75 of New York Civil Practice Law and Rules, to vacate the findings and recommendtions of panel selected under section 3020-a of education law.
Brief My brief to Appellate Division of the Supreme Court arguing my appeal from Judge Vaughan's dismissal of my Article 75 petition.
Answer New York City Board of Education's brief to the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York State, Second Department, in answer to my Article 75 petition.
Affidavit Repy affidavit in support of my Article 75 petition to vacate the findings and recommendations of the arbitration panel that terminated me.
Article 78
Application Petition pursuant to Article 78 of the CPLR to vacate an order and decision of the Public Employment Relations Board and reinstate me to my position as a teacher. Relations Board and Reinstate Petitioner to His Position As Teacher at Edward R. Murrow High School<
Violations Improper practice charge I filed against the United Federation of Teachers and the New York City Department of Education.
Dismissal Decision and order of the board of the Public Employment Relations Board upholding dismissal of the improper practice charge I filed against the United Federation of Teachers and the Board of Education.
Amendment My letter to the Public Employment Relations Board amending the improper practice charge.
Exception My appeal to Public Employment Relations Board from the decision of the Director of PERB to dismiss my charges.
Decision Decision of the Director of the Public Employment Relations Board Concerning the improper practic charge I brought against the UFT and the New York City Department of Education.
Essays
Scientism This essay explains the superstition called scientism by relating it to metaphysics and atheism.
Shroud This essay discusses the history and theological significance of the Shroud of Turin.
Federal Lawsuit
Certiorari Petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of the United States I filed against the New York City Board of Education, the Public Employment Relations Board, and various individuals.
Gold Report and recommendation of the magistrate judge to dismiss the complaint for lack of subject matter jurisdiction and lack of timeliness.
Gershon Memorandum and order of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York dismissing the civil rights lawsuit.
Roemer1 Letter to district judge asking for oral argument.
Gershon2 United States District Judge Gershon's refusal of request for reconsideration of the order to dismiss lawsuit.
Roemer2 Letter to district judge, N. Gershon, criticizing J. Gold's report and recommendation.
Complaint Civil rights complaint I filed in the US District Court in the Eastern District of New York against the Board of Education of the City School District of the City of New York, the Public Employment Relations Board, Herbert Monte Levy, Joyce Coppin, and Tom Pappas.
Gershon3 Order from J. Gershon threatening sanctions against me.
Walker The denial of a judicial misconduct complaint I filed against Magistrate Judge Gold in the second circuit of the United States Court of Appeals pursuant to 28 U.S.C. section 372(c)
Wesley Order of second circut court of appeals affirming the order and decision of the Eastern District of New York
General
Book Reviews This page has links to reviews of books by Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett, Karl Giberson, Marcus Borg, John Dominic Crossan, Francis Ayala, Barbara King, Anthony Kenny, C. Stephen Layman, Lee Silver, Michael Ruse, and Karen Armstrong.
Teaching Links to legal documents about the filing of disciplinary charges against a tenured teacher, the ensuing arbitration hearing, and the appeal to the United States Supreme Court.
Misconduct Letter to New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct explaining the circumstances and events that led to my termination from my position as a tenured public school teacher in New York City.
Lessons
Sconyc Text of a workshop given to teachers about a learner-centered method of teaching science by giving students a lesson plan with science activities.
Speed Lesson plan on average and instantaneous speed.
Rates Lesson plan in general science and physics for the concept of rates.
Kinematics Science lesson plan on uniform acceleration, kinematics, and average speed.
Force Lesson plan for teaching Newton's first law of motion.
Newton Science lesson plan on Newton's second law, inertia, and the units of force.
Weight Science lesson plan on weight and the acceleration due to gravity at Earth's surface.
Incline Science lesson plan on the inclined plane.
Friction Science lesson plan on coefficients of friction, rolling friction, static friction, and kinetic friction.
Heat Science lesson plan on the mechanical equivalent of heat.
Gas Science lesson plan on the ideal gas law.
Potential Science lesson on electrical potential energy and electrical potential
Ohm Science lesson plan on Ohm's law
Magnet Science lesson on magnetism: ferromagnetism, diamagnetism, and paramagnetism.
Slope Science lesson plan for the slope of a straight line.
Reviews
Dawkins 2 Review of a book by Richard Dawkins about evolution.
Kenneally Review of a book by Christine Kenneally about the evolution of language.
Miller Review of book by Kenneth Miller about evolution, Darwinism, intelligent design, and Christianity.
Giberson Review of book by Karl Giberson about evolution, Darwinism, intelligent design, and Christianity.
Crossan Review of a book about the birth Jesus by Dominic Crossan and Marcus Boyd, which argues that the Catholic Church was the forerunner of Western Civilization.
Ayala Review of a book about religion and science by Francisco Ayala, which discusses intelligent design, Michael Behe, Stephen Jay Gould, and papal encyclicals.
King Review of a book by an anthropologist, Barbara King, about the origin of religion.
Kenny Review about a book by a philosopher and ex-priest, Anthony Kenny, explaining why he lost his faith.
Wolpert Review of a book written by an atheist and anthropologist, Lewis Wolpert, about the origin of religion.
Layman Review of a book by a Christian philosopher, Steven Layman, about the proof of God's exitence.
Dawkins Review of a book about atheism written by an atheist, Richard Dawkins.
Dennett Review of a book about God written by Daniel Dennett, an atheist.
Silver Review of a book about the morality of stem cell research written by Lee Silver, an atheist and materialist.
Ruse Review of book by Michael Ruse about Darwinism, science, religion, and Christianity.
Armstrong Review of a book by Karen Armstron about theology, metaphysics, the proof of God, and history.
Termination
Speech Speech to New York City Board of Education at its monthly puplic meeting concerning charges filed against David Roemer under section 3020-a of New York Education Law
Majority Findings and recommendation of hearing officer in arbitration proceedings about the disciplinary charges against me, pursuant to section 3020-a of education law.
Charges Specification of charges filed pursuant to section 3020-a of education law in New York State
Cohen Observation report written by Assistant Prinicpal of Supervision at Edward R. Murrow High School in Brooklyn, New York.
Bruckner Observation report by Saul Bruckner, Prinipal of Edward R. Murrow High School in Brooklyn, NY.
Request Request to the New York City Department of Education by the United Federation of Teachers for professional conciliation under Article 24 of the teacher's contract on my behalf.
Conciliation Letter from the Board of Education to the Brooklyn Superintendent concerning Professional Conciliation with me.
Contract Article 24, titled Professional Conciliation, from the teacher's collective bargaining agreement
Grievance Grievance I filed against Saul Bruckner, Principal of Edward R. Murrow High School, for violating provisions of Article 24 (Professional Conciliation) and for discriminating against me for being a member of the United Federation of Teachers
Stipulation Agreement to settle disciplinary charges against me negotiated during the pre-hearing conference conducted by Howard Edelman and mandated by education law.
Minority Findings and recommendation of the dissenting panelist.
Fesko Letter from the United Federation of Teachers refusing to take my grievance to step 3 and saying the dispute should be settled through the conciliation process.
Coppin2 Disciplinary letter from Joyce Coppin, Superintendent of Brooklyn High Schools, to me for not going to post-observation conferences.
Response My response to the disciplinary letter sent to me by the Superintendent of Brooklyn High Schools.
Cohen2 Observation report of one of my lessons by Assistant Prinicipal of Supervision of the Science Department of Edward R. Murrow High School.
Transcript Exerpts from tesitmony at the arbitration hearing conducted under section 3020-a of education law.
Bruckner2 Principal's denial of the grievance I filed against him for refusing to conciliate.
Testimony Testimony about discipline and violence in New York City public schools given to the New York State Education Department by David Roemer
Raab Letter from the attorney assigned to me by the UFT to the Board of Education about settling the case.
Matthes Letter from the conciliator assigned to the case to the coordinator of conciliations for the New York City Board of Education terminating the conciliation process.
Forster Letter from Chapter Chairperson of the United Federation of Teachers at Edward R. Murrow High School to the Board Conciliator of the New York City Board of Education.
Positron Lesson plan used for the lesson observed on June 9, 1995.
Greenbaum Step 3 decision of the Office of the Chancellor of the New York City Board of Education after a hearing where I was represented by the United Federation of Teachers.
Explain Letter I gave to Chapter Chairperson of the United Federation of Teachers, Bill Forster, about my unsatisfactory ratings and teaching methods.
Coppin Letter from Superintendent of Brooklyn High Schools describing the meeting about teaching methods in connection with Article 24 in the teacher's contract.