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Friday, September 24, 2010

Katie Couric Assistant Comes Calling- Be at Lincoln Square Today at 6PM to See Real Reformers

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I watched holding my sides laughing as Katie Couric interviewed WFS' Davis Guggenheim, who seems more pathetic every time I see him. (He...
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From the Grassroots - GEMNYC October Newsletter Available

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It's a beaut. Diamonds to Karen Lewis, Coals to Eva Moskowitz.  Fall into the Gap: High Stakes Testing, Mayor Bloomberg, and the Dis...
Thursday, September 23, 2010

Reviewing Waiting for Superman: A Real Reformer Stands Up

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The following review was written by a teacher with a decade of experience teaching special ed who got to see an advance screening of "...
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Trailer for The Inconvenient Truth About Waiting for Superman Released

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There's a new web site for the film GEM is doing (Thanks Mona): http://www.waitingforsupermantruth.org/ Here is the trailer. Pre...
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Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Movie Trailer to be Released- The Inconvenient Truth Behind Waiting For Superman

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There's been lots of excitement in GEMville over the last few days. We finally finished the trailer for our film last night and expect t...
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Tuesday, September 21, 2010

GEM Meets September 28: High-Stakes Testing and The Attack on Public Education

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Join GEMers in this rousing discussion at the first general meeting of the new school year High-Stakes Testing and The Attack on Public E...
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Stuart Varney Show on Faux Business Network Invites South Bronx Teacher After Evan Stone Appearance

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AD: Listen to South Bronx School internet broadcast on Evan Stone and Faux Educators 4 Excellence  at 9pm tonight: The Mind of a Bronx Teach...
Monday, September 20, 2010

Has education reform jumped the shark? A teacher says 'yes'

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We are all excited at the Grassroots Edcuation Movement here in NYC (GEMNYC) as we prepare to release out trailer for out movie: The Absol...
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Sunday, September 19, 2010

Harlem Village Academy Retained Only 4 Full-Time Teachers While Losing 75%

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This piece came in over the transom tonight. While exposing the disregard some charter schools hold for their own teaching staffs, this piec...
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E4E: The Missing 700

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The Wall St. Journal's Barbara Martinez fawns and Stuart Varney and Fox News are jumping up and down. All of Rupert's gnomes and tr...
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Saturday, September 18, 2010

Ich Bin Ein ATR

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UPDATE: ATR MEETINGS THIS WEEK: Bronx and Manhattan: Tues., Sept. 21, McGinley Ballroom, 441 E. Fordham Rd, Bronx 10 am to 3:30 Que...
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The Rash

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I'm married almost 40 years and I still can't tell you where my wife stands on religion. She just won't talk about it. Maybe bec...
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Special Ed Teacher Comments on Changes Being Pushed by DOE: It's not About Children

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You always hear ed deformers say they are about children and accuse the Real Reformers about being about adults. Here a spec ed teacher show...
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Friday, September 17, 2010

Teaser: Coming later- accounts of exclusive Ed Notes interviews with Ravitch and Moskowitz

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Strange encounters and Stranger in a strange land would both make good titles for the upcoming piece. And it was a very strange day indeed...

I Got a Credit for Film Footage in Documentary on Channel 13

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I caught the last half hour of an excellent documentary called The Bungalows of Rockaway shown Thursday night. I saw some footage that looke...
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Follow Up on Leonie at NY Law and Exclusive Video Interview

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UPDATED Sat, Sept. 18, 6am - info on Finland There were some comments on the NYC Parent listserve about the actions of NY Law in relation ...
Thursday, September 16, 2010

Leonie Smackdown Redux- Updated

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UPDATED Sunday, Sept. 19, 11:30pm See Leonie's account of the meeting at NYC Parent blog. My debate with Shael Suransky of DOE As man...
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