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Friday, November 16, 2007

Witch Hunts for Teachers

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graphic by DB Thursday's NY Times article on the DOE's attempt to start a with hunt to remove ""poor" - read - "...
Wednesday, November 14, 2007

Welch, Tweed, Farina, and Creative Destruction

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A great discussion (started by Woodlass) broke out on the NYC Public School Parent listserve that led to the ideology of "creative des...
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Tuesday, November 13, 2007

Bloomberg and Klein Get Desperate

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graphic by DB All it takes are a few messages from some rappers on a cell phone to motivate kids turned off by school. Jeez! Why didn't ...
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DOE Data as Doodoo

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Many of us believe in tests, but tests that help teachers learn what the problems are so they can fix them. Earth to Tweed: Teachers know st...
Monday, November 12, 2007

Your description of the hostile takeover...

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....of PS 97 by Bard with Burt Sachs as the agent misses a point (see post on Bard and PS 97). As staff, we were completely dedicated to o...
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Sunday, November 11, 2007

UFT PR on Merit Pay

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It is worth repeating this comment from proof of life as a prime example of how the UFT operates to obfuscate the issues and confuse the me...
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Saturday, November 10, 2007

Worth Noting

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Pseudo-Intellectualism takes a look at "A" rated school PS 188M that Joel Klein so raved about when the grades came out. On the s...
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Friday, November 9, 2007

Bard's Botstein says "Let 'em eat cake (or meat)"

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Bard College President Leon Botstein is being hailed a hero in some quarters for appealing the "C" rating his school (today's ...
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Thursday, November 8, 2007

The Stealth Contract

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special to Education Notes, author wishes to remain anonymous We need to challenge the union leadership’s maneuvering to prevent discussions...
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Survey on School Safety

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*Teachers Unite and NESRI invite you to take the survey on school safety!* You will find the link to the survey at: http://www.teachersunite...
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Wednesday, November 7, 2007

Places to go

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...and away we go (updated Thurs. Nov. 8, 8am) You're not alone. George Schmidt tells us all about the Chicago experience on merit pay a...

School Report Cards - Way to go 318

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DB comes through again IS 318 in Brooklyn didn't get an F but a B. Note the item below from Elizabeth Green's NY Sun article on sch...
Monday, November 5, 2007

Kudos to Teachers at PS 196X Who Reject Merit Pay

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Kudos to the gang at PS 196x and to the Lucy and Yoav from the Post for reporting the story. And for going to ICE'ers James Eterno an...
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Sunday, November 4, 2007

TAGNYC has been gathering feedback

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UPDATED: Materials have been circulating calling for an action at Tweed on Nov. 26 the evening of the monthly PEP meeting. Right now we ha...
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