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Thursday, September 17, 2009

Delegate Assembly Ramblings

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Some would think that the major item at yesterday's first UFT Delegate Assembly of the year was all about contract. But it was way more ...
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Wednesday, September 16, 2009

ATRs: The Final Solution?

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There are rumors that the NYCDOE has ordered 1600 blindfolds and packs of cigarettes for Monday's mandatory meeting of ATRs. Clergy of ...
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Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Separate and Unequal: First Day of School Protest at PS 123 against HSA Charter School’s Invasion

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Ed Notes has been reporting on the escalating battles between charter schools and the public schools they co-occupy all summer. PS 123 and P...
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PEP Boys (and Girls)

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No rally materialized at the first meeting of the Panel for Educational Policy last night under the reconstituted mayoral control. There was...

CAPE Press Release: Support Red Hook Public School Sept. 17

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In the spring of 2008, the Red Hook community was informed that a charter school would be placed in their longstanding successful school, P....
Monday, September 14, 2009

The Truth About Social Promotion

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This was posted by Leonie Haimson at the NYC Public School Parent blog on August 10 when the mayor again played politics with the lives of c...
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Sunday, September 13, 2009

Jeff Kaufman on ATR Wrinkle

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From JW's Email listserve: The ATR pool, with the so-called hiring freeze, is actually being used to fill hard to staff schools. As my o...
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Three Events This Week

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Monday Sept 14: First PEP (bogus NYC board of Ed) meeting at Tweed, 6pm. Sign up for speaking time at 5:30. There will be lots of people the...
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Bloomberg Race Pandering on School Funding Bounces Back

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Mayor distorts school funding for black audiences The history of the BloomKlein administration is littered with mistruths and misdirections....
Saturday, September 12, 2009

Are We Close to a Contract?

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UFT Changes Sept 16 Chapter Leader Meeting into a Delegate Assembly The usually somnolent early September chapter leader meeting has been co...
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Candi is Dandy in DC But Will Rhee Have All the Glee?

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Bill Turque in the Washington Post reports: Rhee, Union May Be Close to Deal While making it appear that Rhee has backed off on some of he...
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Friday, September 11, 2009

Obama Calls for Public Option in Healtcare While Undercutting Public Option in Education

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If you've been following the Obama/Duncan support for the Ed Deform plan, the headline pretty much says it all. But you might want to ch...
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Nine Eleven, UPDATED

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I guess this is a day of reminiscence. On 9/10 I had a melanoma removed from my side. It wasn't a serious operation. It was at Northshor...
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Thursday, September 10, 2009

Goldstein Tells a Tale of Two High Schools

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At Gotham Schools' Community Center , Francis Lewis HS chapter leader Arthur Goldstein compares his school to underutilized Jamaica HS, ...
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The UFT and the Gates Project to Evaluate Teachers

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The UFT attempt to portray Bill Gates as some benevolent force just looking to find an innocent way to evaluate teachers is one of the gre...
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Wednesday, September 9, 2009

PS 123 Rally Update...and more

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The protest/rally for 6:30 AM this morning is still on. For background read our report from the other day: Separate and Unequal Schools in...
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