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Sunday, May 18, 2008

If We hadn't Talked to Vietnam....

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....John McCain would still be at the Hanoi Hilton. Also read Thomas Friedman in today's NY Times on Obama and the Jews. An excerpt: &q...

NY State State Test ELA Used for Teach For America Propaganda

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WOW! Wendy makes the ELA exam. This one by A Voice in the Wilderness at The Chancellor's New Clothes even surprised Susan Ohanian, the ...
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Jamaica High School: Sabotage and Shock Doctrine

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The ICE blog prints James Eterno's letter published by the NY Teacher over their error in publishing that Jamaica HS, where James is th...

Notes on a visit to a school in New York City

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See how schools have improved under BloomKlein? Susan Ohanian reprints a letter from teacher Bill Schechter . I grew up in New York City and...
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Saturday, May 17, 2008

Rubber Room News: David Pakter's 3020a Hearing (Number 2)

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Make sure to read David Pakter's essay over at Norm's Notes on his upcoming 3020a hearing - this is the hearing that can lead to a ...
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Friday, May 16, 2008

Russo Thoughts on Ed Blogger Summit

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Here. Russo says teacher bloggers were a big hit, as opposed I guess, to ed policy wonk types and quasi reform politicos. Does anyone get t...
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NY Times Drinking the Kool Aid on Teach for America

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Today's NY Times had an editorial praising TFA. They will grasp at any straw. Some excerpts: To maintain its standing as an economic p...
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Teachers Who Say NO to Testing

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I've been working with the NYCORE Justice Not Just Tests group this year (coming soon: a blog). We've talked about teachers boycott...

Klein's Cajones: Budget Cuts? Blame the UFT

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"Sol" and I developed this cartoon based on a recent post by Eduwonkette. Read it here . Oh, and that's Andy Eduwonk holding u...
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Thursday, May 15, 2008

Corruption in the World of BloomKlein

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"Next time someone goes on about the corruption and waste that pervaded the system in the days before Mayoral control, perhaps you migh...
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Baltimore Union Elections: Referendum on Andres Alonso?

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It's really hard to generalize with so few teachers voting. With even worse turnout than we had in NYC last year (22% of working teacher...
Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Blogger Summit - I Registered But I Ain't A-Goin'

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Given a choice of heading down to Washington to join in the Ed Bogger Summit or attend today's UFT Delegate Assembly, I am choosing t...
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Tuesday, May 13, 2008

The Education Sector's Biased Survey

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Check that apple for worms Last week the Education Sector held a pat themselves on the back event ( Teacher Voice: How Teachers See the Tea...
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Monday, May 12, 2008

John Merrow - Only an Idiot...

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...would overlook Merrow's one-sided coverage of education on the News Hour With Jim Lehrer. (What other news are they doing one-sided r...
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What Will the Tough Liberals in the UFT Do?

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With a UFT Delegate Assembly coming up this week, it will be interesting to watch how Randi plays the Obama/Clinton issue, if she does so at...
Sunday, May 11, 2008

One Big Happy Family - The Roots of Rotherham

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One Big Happy Edu-Family at Chancellor's New Clothes. where the Ed Sector gang is compared to, well, a gang of the Godfather type – Eli ...

Under Assault: Teaching in NYC: Picking up where I left off...

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Under Assault: Teaching in NYC: Picking up where I left off...

More Obama from Fiorillo, Schmidt and Others

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Some follow-up debate on Hillary in '12 and Obama from ICE-mail: UPDATED THREADS AS THEY COME IN: LAST UPDATE: SUNDAY, May 11, 10:30 PM ...
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Fassella and Prisco

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It all could have been avoided back in 2000. If the UFT had endorsed then teacher, and subsequently one of the founders of ICE, Gene Prisco ...
Saturday, May 10, 2008

Coalition Against Privatization Protests GHI/HIP Privatization

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Posted by CAP On May 9 th , a group of determined protesters gathered in front of the office of State Superintendent of the Insurance Eric ...