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Sunday, July 19, 2009

Fernandez: More city grads lacked basic skills under Bloomberg

Gotham's Green in Explosive Interview with Bronx Bd of Ed Rep Fernandez Part one of the interview: http://gothamschools.org/2009/07/16...

Saturday, July 18, 2009

Responding to Obama Admin's Joanne Weiss' Threat to NY Tenure

UPDATED: Ed Notes addressed this issue recently: Obama Admin Hits New Low on Ed Deform as it Seeks to Gut NY State Tenure Here are some furt...

A Blueprint for Teachers to Take Back Ed Reform

by Seung Ok One of the main pillars by which bloomberg and all other privateers stand on, is fraudulent statistics. If these non pedagogues...

Friday, July 17, 2009

Are Charters Beginning to Run Out of Kids to Cream?

Dorothy asked this yesterday on the NYC Ed News List: I know everyone is aware that there is a meeting tonight in D-22 over a new charter s...

Thursday, July 16, 2009

The Resistance Grows: GEM News and CAPE Press Release

GEM finally met some members of Brooklyn-based CAPE at the GEM meeting on July 14. And a group from PS 123 in Harlem. Kismet. GEM formed com...

Arne and Randi Get Out the Collaborationist Shovel

See video of an exchange at QUEST between the U.S. education secretary and AFT members on educational issues, with Randi Weingarten moderat...

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

The Study That Should Make Milwaukee Famous

Remember that much praised Milwaukee school system voucher program that got so many ed deformers salivating? (Check out this Rethinking Scho...

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Seung and Steve Slap Goliath David (Cantor)

People on the NYCEd News listserve actually get hot when DOE press chief David Cantor decides to respond to a posting,which is what he did o...

Monday, July 13, 2009

AFT Hack Attack on Portland Local 5017

Some of you may not be paying attention to this "small" story in Portland, Or. But the role being played by the AFT against a loca...

Brooklyn Dreams Charter School Update

According to a Sheepshead (Bay) Bites update , the information on Brooklyn Dreams Charter School was inaccurate. Some excerpts: Officials o...

Staten Island CEC Takes Stand on Charter Schools

Staten Island is getting its first charter school. And there has been a reaction. This reso from the Staten Island Community Education Counc...

Sunday, July 12, 2009

Stringer and Avella Speak at PS 123 Protest of Harlem Success Takeover Attempt

July 10, 2009 Stringer speaks before entering the school on a tour. See the follow-up video of what he has to say when he comes out. Avella...

TQ and Class SIze

John Thompson has made some great comments at this debate at Gotham: "I written about the mess four years ago when we became The Wire....

Saturday, July 11, 2009

What if NEA and AFT stop caring what other people think?

Antonucci asks the right question and we have the answer. Let's try to stop worrying what other people think and start organizing the c...

Angel Gonzalez and George Schmidt at PS 123 Protest of Harlem Success Takeover Take 2 - July 10, 2009

Gem began receiving calls on Thursday evening from PS 123 parents and teachers that the DOE had ruled in favor of Eva Moskowtiz and the move...

Randi Goes to Portland As AFT Threatens Local Considering Disaffiliation

Members of local discuss disaffiliation, AFT responds with phony charges and will attempt to put them in trusteeship. Unity Caucus hackism g...

Friday, July 10, 2009

Obama Admin Hits New Low on Ed Deform as it Seeks to Gut NY State Tenure

UPDATE: Obama addresses NAACP in NYC at Hilton Thurs. at 7PM. There's some buzz about a protest outside over his education policies. A m...

UFT Exec Bd Nominates Mulgrew As Lone Candidate for Pres as ICE Attempt to Nominate Eterno is Rejected

Putin, Ahmadinejad, Kim Il Jong Jealous of Model of Undemocratic Precedure Continuing a 25 year tradition, the UFT executive board again rub...

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