tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post7755176600518944861..comments2024-03-26T11:07:03.496-04:00Comments on Ed Notes Online: Weingarten Gives Credence to the BloomKlein Testing Mythed notes onlinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15018047869059226777noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post-3231750770601104372008-06-30T07:24:00.000-04:002008-06-30T07:24:00.000-04:00How cynical is teachers' union big Randi Weingarte...How cynical is teachers' union big Randi Weingarten?<BR/><BR/>NY Post Opinion PAge:<BR/>Just look at her reaction last week to city schoolkids' substantial gains on state math and English exams.<BR/><BR/>In a full page ad in Thursday's New York Times, Weingarten's United Federation of Teachers congratulated students on their progress - then laid into schools Chancellor Joel Klein for denying teachers "the support they need."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post-8776318888864354442008-06-28T21:37:00.000-04:002008-06-28T21:37:00.000-04:00They re just as qualified if not more so than Wein...They re just as qualified if not more so than Weingarten was. And she had a school hand-picked out for her - Clara Barton was a good place to be in the early-mid 90's when she was there for her 6 months of full-time teaching where everyone knew she was going to be the next UFT pres - think she got preferential treatment?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post-38557505062445121502008-06-28T16:37:00.000-04:002008-06-28T16:37:00.000-04:00Talking about obfuscation. She loves letting peop...Talking about obfuscation. She loves letting people think she's a teacher, like she did (yet again) in the interview I caught this morning with Richard Heffner on the Open Mind. (It may have been a re-broadcast.)<BR/><BR/>He reminded the audience she was a "teacher," and she just sat there and agreed with him. Convinced yourself, dearie?<BR/><BR/>There was a lot more obfuscation, like when she claimed that when the starting salary was raised 20% to 39,000-ish, it attracted so many applicants to the profession that they could put a qualified teacher in every classroom, qualified in both the subject and how to convey the material to students. Really? Grad students fresh out of college with a BA are now the same as fully qualified teachers? TFA's fresh out of college with a BA and a short training program are qualified teachers? That's who's in our classrooms these days, and tons more of them waiting in the wings once these push off to other professions.<BR/><BR/>I'd like Weingarten to look not at a camera but straight into our eyes and tell us face to face that she's a teacher. Then tell us how "qualified" all the young teachers are in the system, as they step all over themselves trying to complete their MA in 2 years so they can leave. Betcha she couldn't do it with a straight face.Under Assaulthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18222267229529062957noreply@blogger.com