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Thursday, September 18, 2008

Let ATR Teachers Teach - Petition

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More voices from ATR's. First, a petition from Marjorie Stamberg which hopefully people will reproduce and pass around their schools. Th...
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Not Qualified for President? Try Lincoln

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With all the talk of Obama's "lack" of qualifications, check out the Lincoln bio. Failed in a number of elections, he did serv...
Wednesday, September 17, 2008

The Human Face of an ATR

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UPDATED This was posted as an amazing comment on the ICE blog and bears more exposure to counter the lies Klein and the NYC ed press help hi...

Time for a Bailout ... of ATR's

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"If the ATRs lose, the union is dead.... it might as well close up shop" {SEE UPDATE BELOW FROM SOUTH SHORE HS} It's bailout p...
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Tuesday, September 16, 2008

The Real Face of Ed Reform in NYC - Oops! or EEPs!

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Want to see the real face of the "reform" movement in NYC? Try reading through some of these pieces without gagging. I'm not...
Monday, September 15, 2008

Did I See Geoffrey Canada Endorse Excuses?

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I'm watching the PBS program on education - slightly tainted by the funding sources at PBS - you know, Broad and the rest of the brood. ...
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DEEEEE- REGULATION!

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Bloggers (Daily Howl, Chancellors New Clothes) have compared Wendy Kopp, Michelle Rhee, BloomKlein, Sharpton, all the EEPs and other educat...

ICE-Mail Debate on McCain/Obama/Biden/Palin

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Worth checking out some of the angst on the left. Comparisons to Germany in the early 30's are not crazy. I've been reading Alan Fur...

Klein (Naomi) and Klein (Joel)

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I finally got a glimpse of Naomi Klein, author of "The Shock Doctrine" at a panel discussion on the presidential election at Coope...
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Sunday, September 14, 2008

Alaskan Women Reject Palin in Largest Protest in Alaskan History

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Read the story of how threats and intimidation could not stop this protest of women in Alaska, along with pics at Daily Kos. And do not mis...
Friday, September 12, 2008

NYCDOE Office of Accountability Grows...and Grows...

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....AND GROWS (Updated 10:30 AM) Is Tweed a kudzu mutant? What the face of EEP ed "reform" really looks like What's another m...

NYCoRE Announcement--Plan book campaign in final stages!

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With the new school year just beginning, we wanted to take a moment to update you on our campaign to promote Planning to Change the World , ...
Thursday, September 11, 2008

The Achievement Gap and Civil Rights

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Is a dropping percentage of African-American teachers in urban areas contributing to THE DREADED ACHIEVEMENT GAP? An article in the Philade...
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Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Throwing BB’s at EEPs – With a Dollop of Common Sense

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The following column will appear in The Wave on Sept. 19, a reworking of some of the material on this blog. Note: Thanks to Tom Hoffman'...
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Tuesday, September 9, 2008

Has "Liberal: Become a Dirty Word?

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While liberalism in the sense of the New Deal is in retreat - witness the Democratic move to the center/right - most people are not aware of...
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Separate and Unequal: When Parents Hire the Teachers

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Recent articles ( NY Post ) have pointed to the enormous disparity in the amount of money raised between Parent Associations in...

Green Dot Charter and UFT Update

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In case you missed it, Yoav Gonen in the NY Post wrote a piece on Green Dot and the UFT. I posted it at Norms Notes . Some excerpts: He'...
Monday, September 8, 2008

Common Sense, Rational Education Reform

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REVISED & UPDATED What lies between the Joel Klein/Al Sharpton Education Equality Project (market based, narrow outcome oriented, punis...
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Saturday, September 6, 2008

Bailing Out the Fannies & Freddies

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Well what can you say about today's bailouts ? Didn't McCain say the other day there is TOO MUCH REGULATION? Which planet is he liv...
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Sarah Palin: Thank God for Jesus so she didn't have to be Jewish (spoof)

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....and dinosaurs were around 4000 years ago. She didn't actually say these things which were made up by Bob . These "quotes"...