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Wednesday, December 22, 2010

UFTer Peter Lamphere's Article on our Union and the Crossroads that we Face

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Dear Friends: I believe this is an excellent article by UFTer, Peter Lamphere. It neatly summarizes and analyzes the state of our "...
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Media Advisory - DWC Challenge to Steiner-Black Waiver To Be Heard By Albany Judge on Thu, 12/23

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DENY WAIVER COALITION ...
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Microsoft Failures - do they need a value-added approach?

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Last Update: Weds, Dec. 22, 1PM Maybe Bill Gates ought to spend more time in his own backyard. INFORMATION WEEK REPORTS Windows Phone 7 Rele...
Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Global Military Spending: Why There's No Money to Reduce Class Size

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Some Parents (and a few teachers) Debate UFT - Do They "Get" What NYC Teachers Don't?

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"This is what teachers pay the UFT good money in union dues for.  Given the size of the opposition to the UFT's current leader...
Monday, December 20, 2010

Krugman and Carr Columns in NY Times: Did Zombies Eat Waiting for Superman Director Guggenheim's Brain?

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“I think so many people are seeing business and how it is conducted in the abstract that they have no idea about how these decisions play...
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Acting and Teaching - Commentary from Loretta Prisco

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Below is a comment from Loretta making analogies between teaching and acting and my response. Loretta and I met around 1971 in a group ca...
Sunday, December 19, 2010

There's still a week left for Joel Klein to be taken out of Tweed with his coat over his head

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At my farewell to Joel speech at the PEP meeting I was going to mention my 6-year old prediction but didn't feel like being that mean. K...
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Diane Ravitch Wins Moynihan Prize

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Leonie Haimson Reports Diane Ravitch was just selected as the 2011 recipient of the Daniel Patrick Moynihan Prize, created by the American...
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Saturday, December 18, 2010

Cathie Black Plan to Raise Revenue from Teacher Fines

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Satire from The Eggplant @ Susan Ohanian http://susanohanian.org/show_nclb_news.php?id=846 New York City Expects Revenue Windfall from Ne...
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Coming Soon From Chris Cerf: I'm Not a Crook

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Gov. Chris Christie to nominate ex-N.Y. schools official for N.J. education commissioner Susan Ohanian Comment:   Just to keep in perspe...

Tenure 101

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Saturday, Dec. 17, Updated 9:30AM Ed deformers would have us believe that the new crop of teachers are so much more concerned with issues ...
Friday, December 17, 2010

What I Am Learning From Acting 101

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As I prepare for tonight's performance of The Odd Couple at the Rockaway Theatre Company - the 7th of 9 with the Sunday matinee most li...
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Follow-Up by John Powers, UFT Chapter Leader

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John Powers joined Unity Caucus in August 2009 and left in June 2010. John is a high school chapter leader in Coney Island. Norm, Thanks. ...
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The UFT Non-demo at Tweed, Ad Hoc Committee to Fight School Closings to Hold First Meeting Dec. 21

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UPDATE: SEE JOHN POWERS' ADDENDUM TO THIS POST   Friday, Dec. 17, 2010 I'm sorry if the Lehman teachers were looking for magi...
Thursday, December 16, 2010

Promises, Promises

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Thursday, Dec. 16, 10AM Promises, Promises could be the title of a video I've been working on with clips culled from the PEP meeting th...
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Emergency Rally Against Community Roots Charter School Tonight

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SPREAD THE WORD! Dear Parent Leaders and Community Advocates: District 13 is under attack by Community Roots Charter School and DOE. W...
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Wednesday, December 15, 2010

I Came to Praise Joel, Not to Bury Him

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 I was signing in when I heard my name. It was Uncle Joel stopping by to say hello. "Norm, don't feel you have to praise me tonigh...
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Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Candi is Still Dandi

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As new VP of the Washington Teachers Union, Candi Peterson has a whole lot on her plate and blogging may take a back seat for a while. We wi...