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Thursday, February 15, 2007

LA Lessons for Teacher Union Dissidents?

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The excerpt s below are from an article in the LA Times about the dissident movement that took over the LA teachers union in the Feb. 2005...
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SOS Tilden Rally - Feb. 6, 2007

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Pictures from the rally. See commentary posted on this blog below in "Deconstructing the System, School by School" Check out htt...
Wednesday, February 14, 2007

UFT Election Notes - Feb. 14, 2007

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Happy Valentines Day to all! UFT election petitions were turned in this past Monday. Getting this organized is quite a task and thanks to I...
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Another ICE'er in the Times

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One of the best things about being associated with ICE have been the phenomenal people I've had the chance to work with. It is no accide...
Tuesday, February 13, 2007

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Sunday, February 11, 2007

Why We Need Independent Voices on the UFT Executive Board

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Unity Caucus is not satisfied with holding over 90% of the seats on the Executive Board. High School teachers will get to decide whether the...
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WANTED: NYC DEPT of EDUCATION

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Posted on nyceducationnews listserve. Also check out: Jim Horn's Bloomberg's Corrupt Headmaster of School Privatization
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Saturday, February 10, 2007

Class Size in California

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I've posted a great post responding to critics of the class size reduction in California by Leonie Haimson on her listserve on another b...
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Friday, February 9, 2007

Unity Hack of the Week: Frank Desantis

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Unity Caucus Chapter Leader at McKee HS in Staten Island: For denying access to UFT mailboxes by ICE reps. They'll be baaaaack.
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Cerf and Klein, Time to Resign

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See today's Times article on the outrageous lies and misinformation by Cerf and Klein (sounds like a vaudeville act.) Even the picture ...
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Deconstructing the System, School by School

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by Norman Scott (Modified from The School Scope Column in The Wave, February 9, 2007.) A couple of years ago I spoke at one of Joel Klein’s ...
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Wednesday, February 7, 2007

From: Cerf Chris

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Note: Cerf will be holding a talent search, tap dancing included. Isn't amazing that they all need a chief of staff. Anyone been near a ...
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Tuesday, February 6, 2007

Doing Guidance at Bayard Rustin HS

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Dear Randi: I know you're busy, but I wanted you to know that things are becoming intolerable at Bayard Rustin. Half of the Guidance sta...
Monday, February 5, 2007

U-Rating Hearing Notes from Lafayette HS

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Ed Note: Our correspondent received a UFT transfer into Lafayette in the summer of 2005, one of the last UFT transfers before the onerous...
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Sunday, February 4, 2007

Bloomberg Builds Stadiums, Not Schools

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from Leonie Haimson listserve We have plenty of resources to do the job in NYC. We are not living in Afghanistan but in the richest city i...
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Saturday, February 3, 2007

Rigorous Class Size Debate

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A debate in the comment section over whether class size should have been a priority contract demand by the UFT in the last 2 contracts appea...
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Did Washington go to Vegas before he crossed the Delaware while his troops were freezing at Valley Forge?

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Randi Weingarten was at the AFT convention in Vegas for a week with her top aide Maureen Salter who is not an AFT delegate. Before she left,...
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Thursday, February 1, 2007

In Praise of Elementary School Teachers

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When I was in college in the early 60's we used to look down on the future elementary school teachers who were education majors and got ...
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THE UNKINDEST CUT OF ALL

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by Gary Babad, reprinted from nyceducationnews list January 31, 2007 (AP ): Flush with their success in saving $12,000,000 by cutting out ...
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Tuesday, January 30, 2007

Who is Killing Tenure, Klein or Weingarten?

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While Joel Klein has used sturm und drang in his attack on tenure, Randi Weingaten has actually gone out and done something about it by ...
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Spitzer's Speech - Pataki Wannabe?

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The UFT has leaped to embrace Spitzer's speech with a self-congratulatory pat on the back — "Look, mommy, we endorsed him. He's...
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Bus Routes: Just Another Bump in the Road for Klein

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The bus route fiasco showed the effectiveness of the $15 million that went to the A&M consulting firm to save money on the backs of the ...
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Sunday, January 28, 2007

Major New Contract Gain for UFT

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The DOE and the UFT have renegotiated Article Two (“Fair Practices”). All teachers who meet the following criteria will be covered under th...