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Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Gerald Bracey

I didn't know much about Jerry Bracey and had little contact with him, but the work he did in battling the Ed Deformers was immense. (Ju...

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Test Questions on Outer Space Lead Eva Moskowitz to Book Space Shuttle for Harlem Success Field Study

Ed Notes News Scoop Having learned from her impeccable sources that there would be a passage on outer space on the next reading test, Eva Mo...

Weingarten Playa Manchurian Candidate as She Brokers Deal in New Haven

There's nothing surprising in Weingarten's dealing in New Haven. The AFT/UFT doesn't play the role as teacher advocate but as br...

Monday, October 19, 2009

Russia’s Leaders See UFT Unity Caucus as Template for Ruling

52 Broadway — Nearly two decades after the collapse of the Communist Party, Russia ’s rulers have hit upon a model for future success: Unity...

Why was Arne Duncan hyping now-discredited nonprofit?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ex7bLGb1sk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=seIAv1z2wSc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0_-RGLCQgk&feature...

Sunday, October 18, 2009

New Video: The Renovation and Heartbreaking Dismantling of the John Ericsson Middle School 126 Library to make way for a Charter School Teacher Lounge

UPDATE: See Steve Krashen piece for Substance: Charter school in New York kicks public schools kids out of their school library... Educators...

Saturday, October 17, 2009

Chicago Resistance to Ed Deform Grows as Does Opposition in the Union

Maybe it takes 15 years of mayoral control and the entire ed deform program to get things moving. Chicago has been the poster boy, having ha...

Friday, October 16, 2009

Nick Kristof Strikes Again, and Gets It Wrong Again

Updated: Oct 17, 9PM (GO YANKEES!) The letters in today's Times in response to Kristof's column were unanimously thumbs down, someth...

Cornell Students Protested Rhee's Speech On Campus

I'm cross posting this important piece from Candi Peterson's blog as the Rhee blowback continues. Ok, I do disagree with this point...

Thursday, October 15, 2009

Endorse Thomson Resolution Trashed at DA Fearful UFT Leaders Surrender to Bloombergs’s Reich

Special to Ed Notes By Philip Nobile Sometimes union loyalty asks too much. Like heeding the advice of UFT leaders at yesterday’s...

The Disastrous UFT Policy on Charter Schools

Hard copy of the October edition of Education Notes distributed at the UFT Delegate Assembly, Oct. 14, 2009. If you want a copy to distribut...

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

More on NAEP from Steve Koss

Koss to the NYC Education News listserve: In Jennifer Medina's NY Times story today ("No Gains by New York Students on U.S. Math Te...

Letters to the NY Post on ATR situation

CONTRACT WITH DISASTER: HELP KIDS AND TEACHERS Click on the link below to access the story. http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/letters/con...

Foreign and Domestic

For my School Scope column in the October 16 edition of the Wave, www.rockawave.com. By Norman Scott The day after Obama’s election, wo...

Proof of NY State Grade Inflation: NAEP math scores just released; no gains for NY State

Watch BloomKlein spin themselves into the ground. Thompson, of course, will take little advantage because he hasn't hit Bloomberg hard o...

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Philly Student to Sharpton, Duncan and Gingrich: Why are you on a "listening" tour...

...but don't listen or learn from the community? The Philly Student union puts the ed deformers on the spot. "We wanted to put fort...

Monday, October 12, 2009

Fear and Loathing at Evil's Harlem Success Empire - Another Deep Throat Emerges

Deep throats at HSA seem to be coming out of the woodwork. Starting tomorrow: lie detector tests . Can't wait for the people who left ...

Reacting to Rhee in DC

The next time the Post's editorial board tells you that Rhee's plans are wonderful, reread Gittleson's story of how a grade-scho...

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