tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post4892311080020124693..comments2024-03-26T11:07:03.496-04:00Comments on Ed Notes Online: Moaning Mona Vergara Copycat Suit Is Also An Attack on Parents and Students Facing Bully Principalsed notes onlinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15018047869059226777noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post-77202776973269110582014-07-07T01:00:31.590-04:002014-07-07T01:00:31.590-04:00Of course I understand the possible damage that a ...Of course I understand the possible damage that a Vergara-type victory would do here in NYC, though I think it unlikely to succeed. <br /><br />But tenure rates have collapsed across the City, though they are very variable....something like 50% overall but with some districts as low as 10-15%. When Bloomberg said that "tenure as we know it will end" he wasn't kidding. 96% tenure rates were a little hard to justify but with so few third year teachers receiving tenure and either being dismissed or having their probation extended so that they can spend another year with a principal's Sword of Damocles hanging over his or her head, I think the larger battle has already been lost. I'm not suggesting we take Vergara-like lawsuits lightly.....just that tenure for most teachers is an unlikely endpoint in their careers. They become year-to-year "at will" employees unable to exercise free speech in side their own schools until they are finally forced out of the system.Harmiclirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09168245556779455388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post-80657480322115719552014-07-05T09:08:10.870-04:002014-07-05T09:08:10.870-04:00This may happen - but due to the fact that they do...This may happen - but due to the fact that they don't want to offend the UFT which they now may feel they may be doing given that this suit for Mona crosses the Rubicon. She sees more opportunities on the other side of the fence. Apparently when she "worked" with the UFT they were not coming across with much support, financial or otherwise. If Randi had still been around, Mona would have had an office and a staff just to shut her up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post-33710172676046363152014-07-05T09:05:06.027-04:002014-07-05T09:05:06.027-04:00Norm,
Those real education activists who are Mona...Norm,<br /><br />Those real education activists who are Mona's "friends" should openly criticize her, expose her. She should not be allowed at parent events that are organized by true education activists. People need to distance themselves from her pronto. I always felt she was up to no good and others let her tag along. Yes a virus is a good way to describe her.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com