tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post1238173180491753268..comments2024-03-26T11:07:03.496-04:00Comments on Ed Notes Online: Saturday With Susan: Randi and UFT Pal Steve Barr in Yet Another Charter Scandal - ho humed notes onlinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15018047869059226777noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post-57765662878724588482014-10-20T05:07:42.706-04:002014-10-20T05:07:42.706-04:00I have yet to hear of any AFT members with Ebola. ...I have yet to hear of any AFT members with Ebola. Call the Ebola Czar!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post-23323718601630097782014-10-19T21:16:30.979-04:002014-10-19T21:16:30.979-04:00Randi is as we speak preparing to ramp up her figh...Randi is as we speak preparing to ramp up her fight against Ebola. I for one feel a little sad she is so far from the action. Just as she got herself arrested in Philly and involved in Newark merit pay from a ringside seat I think Randi needs to get to Liberia asap where she can do the most good. If anyone knows how to set up one of those crowd sourcing accounts put me down for $100.00 and let's get this labor leader cum virus hunter into the front lines where she does her best work. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08125018774502675730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post-32785437820237490122014-10-19T13:15:08.862-04:002014-10-19T13:15:08.862-04:00Norm,
Gary Rubenstein did a brilliant critique of...Norm,<br /><br />Gary Rubenstein did a brilliant critique of Barr’s performance in that god-awful, Oprah-produced high school reality show about their take-over of New Orlean's John McDonough High school, commenting that Barr, in his opinion, badly mistreated the community members critical of his school in one scene.<br /><br />Well, apparently Barr’s contempt and mistreatment is not limited to them.<br /><br />When Gary wrote that, he might not have been aware of Steve’s attitude towards career teachers—long-timers, unionized, teaching at traditional public schools… and who, as a reward for a demanding career and all a teacher’s hard work, will have something to look forward to—retirement, decent old age health benefits—once a teacher’s long haul of a career is over.<br /><br />Well check out this little nugget BELOW. (The Internet rocks!)<br /><br />If one has any doubt about Steve Barr’s contempt for unionized teachers at traditional public schools, and the work that those teachers do, check what Steve say about them here.<br /><br />Envisioning a world where public education is extinct, and privatization rules, Barr opines…<br /><br />(again, CAPS mine)<br />– – – – – – – – – – – – – –<br /><br />“Says Barr, in his classic no-nonsense style:<br /><br />” ‘Where are these SHITTY TEACHERS going to go? Where are these LIFETIME BENEFITS going to go? What will happen to all of these GROUPS PROTECTING THEIR INTERESTS AND JOBS (read: “GROUPS” = “teacher’s unions”… Jack) and their construction contracts?<br /><br />“The political puzzle of this is really fascinating. But I have no doubt that within five years, you’re going to see our impact. And it’s going to be huge.’ ”<br /><br />– – – – – – – – – –<br /><br />This 2006 piece is from the L.A. Weekly, which is ever-worshipful of all things privatization, so this gushing article might be hard to take (or amusing, as I found it):<br /><br />http://www.laweekly.com/2006-12-07/news/the-secret-of-his-success/2/<br /><br />That’s the page with the quote. Here’s a link to the first page:<br /><br />http://www.laweekly.com/2006-12-07/news/the-secret-of-his-success/<br /><br />Barr says, let’s see how things are “in five years.” Well, it’s been eight since the article (2006), and five since Green Dot took over Locke….<br /><br />… well for one thing, ex-Green Dot teacher Brett Wyatt, Green Dot’s equivalent of “THE INSIDER”—the tobacco industry’s Jeffrey Weigand, played by Russel Crowe in the movie—has part of that answer here:<br /><br />http://dianeravitch.net/2013/06/05/the-inside-story-of-the-green-dot-charter-schools/<br /><br />and the L.A. Times bathroom article has another part of that answer here:<br /><br />http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-locke-restrooms-20130513,0,2501944.story<br /><br />Check out the photo of the students' bathrooms bereft of bathroom stall dividers. Does this look like a bathroom at a school with an extra $15,000,000 of private funding?<br /><br />Again, a 30-second Google search yielded a site where bathroom stall dividers cost a mere $ 90 each:<br /><br />http://www.allpartitions.com/panels.html<br /><br />$ 15,000,000 of private funding—on top of the per-pupil allotment that LAUSD gives charters? Where did all that money go? Based on that photo, not to fix the bathrooms!<br /><br />As to Barr’s disgust for lifetime health and retirement benefits given to teachers after a long, difficult career, that’s been taken care of to his satisfaction, at least with Green Dot teachers… since how much retirement or post-career health benefits can you collect if your teaching career is 3 years or less? (that time frame based on Wyatt’s list in the link ABOVE).Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16911854468188214107noreply@blogger.com