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Showing posts with label GEM. Show all posts
Showing posts with label GEM. Show all posts
Thursday, August 28, 2014

ICE Meeting Friday - ICE and MORE - A Lesson for New Action

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At the MORE meeting with New Action last October, we offered the ICE model to New Action as a way for their people to work within MORE fo...
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Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Mollie Bruhn: Challenging “Waiting for Superman” in Kappan Mag

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Our film was not the first nor the only thing to clue people in to the dangers of the corporate reform movement, but “The Inconvenient Trut...
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Tuesday, July 31, 2012

GEM's Julie Cavanagh Debates KIPP's Mike Feinberg on Charters

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Costco's monthly magazine, Costco Connections, with a circulation of 8 million, contacted GEM a year ago asking us to debate on the issu...
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Sunday, May 6, 2012

Change the Stakes and GEM Invitate you to high stakes testing meeting this Wednesday

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The Change the Stakes Committee formed by GEM last July has picked up a massive head of steam in fighting high stakes testing both locally a...
Tuesday, April 17, 2012

One on One With Diane Ravitch and Deb Meier

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Diane Ravitch and Deb Meier knock it out of the park in an interview with GEM for the upcoming film, The Inconvenient Truth Behind High Sta...
Monday, April 16, 2012

Teacher Evaluation Nightmare Updated - Forum - April 17

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GEM, Class Size Matters and Parents Across America along with the GEM high stakes testing committee, Change the Stakes, are sponsoring this ...
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Monday, April 9, 2012

GEM's Mollie Bruhn Keynote at Connecticut Educators Association

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GEMers Mollie Bruhn and Julie Cavanagh were invited to give the keynote at the Connecticut Educators Association on March 31, 2012. Mollie...
Friday, January 20, 2012

Sign the Damn Petition on High Stakes Testing

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Liza and Janine are two of the fab activists in GEM. Liza is a 4th year teacher and Janine is the parent of a 7 year old. They work with the...
Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Eva Walks Out When Facing the Heat

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 I have a lot of material on the push-back Eva received on Saturday when she pulled a bait and switch - applying for a charter in Dist 13 an...
Thursday, August 4, 2011

SOS Photos/Links

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I keep trying to do a long piece on SOS but just can't type for that long. Maybe tomorrow. Here is a slide show I made of the fab GEM ...
Wednesday, August 3, 2011

August 15th: High-stakes testing GEM committee builds for the school year

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Subj: August 15th: High-stakes testing GEM committee builds for the school year After an inspiring Saturday at the Save Our Schools march ...
Friday, April 8, 2011

GEM Statement on Cathleen Black, David Steiner, and the Appointment of Deputy Mayor Dennis Walcott

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Posted at the GEM blog. (Last modified, Friday, April 8, 11PM) It is Time to Break the Cycle Since 2003, public school parents, children...
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Thursday, May 27, 2010

A Busy Day: A Reporter, Old Friends, GEM Meets

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Updated Given the schlep from Rockaway, I try to schedule multiple events when I go into the city. Yesterday (Wednesday) turned out to be a ...
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Friday, April 9, 2010

Next GEM Meeting: Tuesday, April 13

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Come to the GEM Meeting to Discuss and Plan Next Steps For: The fight Against School Closures and Co-locations Setting up School...