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Monday, August 18, 2008

"The Deciders" at the Fringe

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On Saturday, I was asked by Tati Sena from the Fringe to videotape an event at the Fringe Festival after the show "The Deciders," ...
Sunday, August 17, 2008

Creating 5th Columns Inside Teacher Unions

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The next wrinkle in the assault on teacher unions and public education will be to creat e a 5th Column* of teachers within unions that advoc...
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Saturday, August 16, 2008

Sol Stern misses the boat...

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...in his Marshall Plan for reading in K-3 as he turns to a narrow view of reading methodology as a solution to whatever gap is being discu...

NY Sun Speechless Over NY Times Editorial

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A remarkable editorial appeared in the NY Sun criticizing an editorial in the NY Times. Leonie Haimson's reaction was like mine: "I...
Friday, August 15, 2008

Tyranny of the test: One year as a Kaplan coach in the public schools

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A fascinating article at Harper's by a former NYC teacher on the Kaplan and test prep scan. Long, but worth a read as the author, Jerem...
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Bushra Rehman

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I was hanging out at Teachers Unite Sally Lee's office yesterday and Sally introduced me to her friend Bushra Rehman, apparently a write...

Still Campaign '08

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Maybe I was wrong. It is not campaign '12 but still campaign '08. I am on the mailing list for some reason of a North Carolina Democ...

They Call me Mr. Fry - Teacher in LA at FringeNYC

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http://theycallmemisterfry.com/Mister_Fry_.html I ran into Jack Freiberger at Fringe Central the other day. Jack is a teacher from Los Angel...
Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Hill in '12 - Leo and Randi Attack Me

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I've been writing on the issue of whether the Clinton/AFT/UFT machine really wants McCain to win so they can run Hill for Pres in '1...
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Level Playing Fields Are Full of Weeds

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Skoolboy over at Eduwonkette's place has an analytical post on education and socio-economic status, one of the issues addressed by the ...

Rubber Room Suit Out - Kaufman Comments

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Elizabeth Green writes about the tossing of the rubber room suit by a state judge in today's NY Sun. Jeff Kaufman provides more extensi...
Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Campaign 2012: Pro-Clinton Group Runs Anti-Obama Ad

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More on the Clinton undermining of Obama so McCain can win. Told ya so. (And for anyone who doesn't think the Clintons aren't behind...

A Typical Retiree Day- A JOKE

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Working people frequently ask retired people what they do to make their days interesting. I have a great example. The other day my wife and ...
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Accountability?

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Think it costs too much to reduce class size and provide other services to kids and parents in urban school systems? Create a phony one way ...

Exporting NYC's Education "Miracle": Buyer Beware!

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"As class sizes remain maxed out, dynamic teachers continue to depart the system in droves, and student dropout rates remain static, re...
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Why Didn't The UFT Demand An Independent Investigation For Alleged Teacher Misconduct...

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... Asks Chaz's School Daze. Chaz writes: The UFT spin machine is at it again as they proclaim in their propaganda rag, The New York Tea...
Monday, August 11, 2008

2012: A Presidential Odyssey

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by David B.

John Merrow, NCLB - and Randi Too

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Last week we posted on the clear bias of John Merrow who chaired a loaded on line conference on NCLB which included few if any people who ta...
Sunday, August 10, 2008

And Then There's THIS

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If you doubt the post below this on Hill in '12, check out the Huffington Post reports on Clinton campaign internal memos to be printed ...

A Shill for Hill in '12

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To Hillaryites, the Democratic Convention is all about the 2012 presidency With the death of Bernie Mac yesterday, the dearth in comedy is m...
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