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Sunday, January 7, 2007

Teacher Union Actions in LA and Boston

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Union calls for action by its teachers Members urged to boycott meetings, activities BY NAUSH BOGHOSSIAN, Staff Writer Article Las...
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Thursday, January 4, 2007

Tilden Teacher John Lawhead

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Here is a posting from Leonie Haimson’s list followed by Tilden teacher John Lawhead’s excellent analysis. “See message from John Lawhead of...
Tuesday, January 2, 2007

The Battle of Lafayette - see It's da Norm at the UTP website

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Teachers at Lafayette HS, in open revolt over the proposed closing of the school, were joined by parents, students, community members, polit...
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Monday, January 1, 2007

Inside the UFT Negotiating Committee

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From the very beginning we have maintained the 350 member UFT negotiation committee was basically bogus -- the usual gimmick by Unity Caucus...
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Friday, December 29, 2006

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Can Joel be totally oblivious to the oncoming Tsunami? Thanks to http://dbellel.blogspot.com/ for the photo.

What Randi Weingarten said about Lafayette High School

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"It is no secret that there have been problems at Lafayette, so its closing is not surprising. We are working with the DOE to create a ...
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Thursday, December 28, 2006

Unity Spins and Grins: A History Lesson

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NYC Educator has posted a proposal for a petition calling for divisions to elect their own VP's instead of at-large. Here is an explana...

Counter Attack! - The Wave, Dec. 29, 2006

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by Norman Scott Last time I wrote (“ The Empire Strikes Back ”) about the very favorable NY Times article on Region 5 Superintendent Kath...
Wednesday, December 27, 2006

On Closing Large High Schools

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From Leonie Haimson listserve: The Comptroller has received several calls from other elected officials concerned about the closings of these...

A Primer on Mayoral Control

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by John Elfrank, chapter leader, Murray Bergtraum HS In NYC it has been a corporate-style takeover. An extreme historical analogy would be t...
Tuesday, December 26, 2006

Where’s Waldo – er– the Union at Far Rock?

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With the recent announcement that 5 schools would be closing, 3 of them large high schools in south Brooklyn, I thought this story of how th...
Monday, December 25, 2006

peter the cat comments from Seattle

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peter the cat comments (on "The Empire Strikes Back" post below and raises an interesting point: How do we fashion a grass roots/...
Sunday, December 24, 2006

Ed. Notes Has No (Great) Expectations

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While rummaging through the Feb. '02 edition of Ed Notes I came across this article. The Exec Bd meeting referred to probably took place...
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Bloomberg and Weingarten to Tie The Knot

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In an attempt to forge an alliance that would result in a fast track towards a new teachers’ contract, UFT President Randi Weingarten and Ma...
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NEW READING TEST REVEALED

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Some words that will appear on this year’s reading tests. Start preparing your children now! Coffee (n.), a person who is coughed upon. Flab...

Tilden H.S. Refuses to Go Quietly Into That Dark Night

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(From Flatbush Life) By Michèle De Meglio Community residents are putting up a fight to stop the city fro...
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Saturday, December 23, 2006

The Rubber Room—The Department of Education’s Black Hole

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by Benjamin Zibit, Freelance journalist New York City, August 2006 The Pentagon has Guantanamo Bay. New York City’s Department of Education ...
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Thursday, December 21, 2006

Failed Executive Rescued by Klein

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JOEL I. KLEIN ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENT OF CHRISTOPHER CERF AS DEPUTY CHANCELLOR FOR ORGANIZATIONAL STRATEGY, HUMAN CAPITAL, AND EXTERNAL AFFAIR...
Wednesday, December 20, 2006

NEA Attack on anti-NCLB petition - a response

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This is an interesting development since the AFT cooperated in developing NCLB. Ed Notes was on the case from the beginning, criticizing San...

The Empire Strikes Back – Part 1

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by Norman Scott (From The Wave, Dec. 15, 2006) The first shot in the school wars circa 2009 was fired in the glowing Dec. 4 NY Times article...
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