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Sunday, December 14, 2008

The Fearless Forecaster Prediction on Darling-Hammond Chances

With the battles swirling around the potential next Education Secretary - for and against the Joel Klein/Michelle Rhee/Arne Duncan, a major ...

More from Moore on NCLB

Paul Moore Comment on WaPo article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/14/AR2008121401924.html NCLB is the evil sp...

Saturday, December 13, 2008

Pathetic Letter to Times From Weingarten

Want to get a bead on why teachers are in a losing two front war where the enemy is within? Instead of castigating David Brooks for his outr...

British Columbia Teachers to Boycott Tests

When will teachers in the States get as fed up one day? A solid majority of B.C. Teachers' Federation members voted this week in favour ...

A Voice speaks da trut about Rhee....

.....at The Chancellor's New Clothes Quite frankly, I’ve never met anyone who works in the system for a few years, who does not eventual...

Friday, December 12, 2008

The New Know Nothings

I just heard Jonathan Alter rant against teacher unions on Don Imus while praising Bill Gates as a reformer. Alter joins David Brooks, anoth...

Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Randi in Miami

Paul Moore sent this link to Randi's speech today in Miami. http://www.teachdade.com/Randi-Weingarten-Addresses-Board She sure brought a...

When Schools Close

My column for the Dec. 12 edition of The Wave (www.rockawave.com) The geniuses at the Tweed Courthouse (the HQ of the NYCDOE) have done it ...

Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Are Racial Achievement Gaps Closing in Chicago?

Gee, has it only been 13 years of mayoral control and market-based education with 2 Superintendents (Vallas and Duncan) who were not educato...

Gov. Patterson to Sell Senate Seat to Randi

Gov. Patterson is expected to enjoy his food at UFT Ex. Bd meetings along with his (free) copy of Ed. Notes in exchange for giving Randi the...

Klein Lied to the National Press Club

Trevor Cobbold of Save Our Schools has been in touch. They have followed up on Klein's recent visit. Leonie Haimson sent out this exc...

Monday, December 8, 2008

More on Rhee from DC

I posted themail' s editor Gary Imhoff's insightful editorial on Rhee over at ed notes last week and there were some interesting c...

Sunday, December 7, 2008

Data-Zilla Comes to Gotham

Click to enlarge. Print and share with your school. Graphic by David B

OK for Scarsdale, Off Limits to City Kids

From my first days as a teacher, I felt the the key to reading well was an interest and joy in reading. So, what comes first? An enriched cu...

Saturday, December 6, 2008

Update on Cerf Investigation....

Graphic by David ....from Leonie Haimson , who foiled the report. (I mistakenly gave the NY Times credit in my last post. I shoulda known be...

Friday, December 5, 2008

NYC Deputy Chancellor Cerf "Chided" About Soliciting Donation

Chided? That's it? Would you buy a used car from Christopher Cerf? A teacher would be hung. Remember the librarian at Brooklyn Tech who ...

DC POV on RHEE

You can't say this any better . From Gary Imhoff Editor themail@dcwatch.com Practice Makes Imperfect Dear Practitioners: I’m reluctant t...

Thursday, December 4, 2008

The Left Wing of Teach for America

Updated Thurs Dec. 4, 8PM: Chancellors New Clothes has an excellent post on Teach for America (and not because she mentions me favorably a ...

Weingarten to Meet with Washington TU Exec Bd Tonight

The Washington Teacher blog reports: WTU Executive Board members have been notified that a special meeting of the executive board will be h...

Wednesday, December 3, 2008

ATRs/Seniority Rights: The Fight for All Members' Rights

Guest column By Angel Gonzalez, Retired UFT Teacher - November 30, 2008 The October Delegate Assembly (DA) resolution calling for a mass Nov...

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