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Thursday, April 19, 2007

Filmmaker Arrested in Brooklyn Rubber Room

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April 19, 2007 A filmmaker doing a documentary on the rubber room was arrested yesterday while trying to take footage in the Brooklyn rubber...
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Monday, April 16, 2007

Principal Parrots Leadership Academy Lingo...

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... but seems to be having a hard time getting it straight. See Rafaela Espinal, principal of PS 147, say a few words of wisdom when she is...
Wednesday, April 11, 2007

Message from Atlanta

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April 11 Well, I've been up since 4am. The flight to Atlanta for the FIRST World Festival of robotics took off around 7 and I've be...

ICE Comments on UFT High Stakes Testing Task Force

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Check the High Stakes on ICE blog.
Tuesday, April 10, 2007

Tales From the Rubber Room: The Kathy Blythe Story

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This week's Chief has an article on Kathy Blythe, the teacher who was arrested (by 5-7 cops) and then released a few hours later after a...
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Monday, April 9, 2007

Administrators I Have Known....

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....was the heading of this email from a NYC teacher. Any system putting too much power in the hands of one person - whether a chancellor o...
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Sunday, April 8, 2007

High Stakes Testing and Standards

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Andrew Carlson, another ed "pundit" makes the case for privatization of schools with a twist, looking at schools from the perspect...
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Friday, April 6, 2007

UFT Election Results 2004/07 Compared

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Below is a spreadsheet comparing the 2004 and 2007 UFT elections. Make sure to use both scrolling arrows to see all of it. Note the followin...
Wednesday, April 4, 2007

Election results reflect UFT crisis

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By Megan Behrent, UFT | April 6, 2007 | Socialist Worker Online, Page 14 NEW YORK--Elections in the United Federation of Teachers (UFT) ende...
Tuesday, April 3, 2007

UFT Election Results: The Graph

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Thanks to Jeff Kaufman for preparing this graph. It works better as an attachment. If you want an emailed copy let me know.
Sunday, April 1, 2007

A Retiree Comments on the Election

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It is outrageous that we even vote in elections. I collect my tier 1 pension, after working in a system that, though not perfect, was at l...
Saturday, March 31, 2007

Anti-Klein Demonstrations in Tajikistan

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Dushanbe, Tajikistan, March 30 (GBN News): Numerous protests erupted around the country of Tajikistan today over the report that outgoing NY...
Friday, March 30, 2007

I'm Not a Fan of Stalin, but I am proud....

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.... to be part of ICE where we can work with people in PLP and the UTP (see comment below from a UFT official.) We are open and democrat...
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UFT Election Preliminary Results

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These are not final as they were counting ballots that came in yesterday -- 700 and not all were counted. These results also do not have the...

We Get Letters...

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I am a veteran teacher of 27 years, and I had an excellent, unblemished record until my East Harlem Principal, PS 50, Renee Pollard retired ...
Thursday, March 29, 2007

Breaking News: March 29, 2007

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UFT vote count all day at Park Central Hotel, 7th Ave & 55th St. Election committee announced that mail received today will be counted. ...
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Wednesday, March 28, 2007

Randi is outraged...

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At this past Monday night's Executive Board meeting, Randi Weingarten attacked the opposition for supposedly not fully supporting the re...

Where's the Outrage?

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Monday night I spoke at the UFT Executive Board meeting, asking, “Where’s your sense of outrage?” as I brought up the incident of the teache...
Monday, March 26, 2007

Robert Jackson at the Feb. 28 Rally

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I took footage of City Councilman Robert Jackson's speech at the rally organized by the UFT at St. Vartan Church on Feb. 28. He lays a w...

The Longest Day

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March 26, 2007 Today's NY Times has an article about schools implementing a longer day. A longer day can only be implemented with very ...