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Thursday, May 19, 2011

Jeremy Sawyer Reviews GEM Film

http://socialistworker.org/ 2011/05/18/premiere-of-a- movement The premiere of a movement Jeremy Sawyer reviews a new film produced by t...

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Let's Kill Public Schools

Albany Superintendent Ray Colucciello said the mailings show voters that some charter operators would stoop to a clandestine attack just ...

Older/Experienced Teacher's Greed Deny Students Books and Computers While Using Classroom as Construction Zone Endangers Student Lives

That might have been the headline we might have seen in the NY Post. Or the Wall Street Journal. Or on Fox. Clearly, the NY Times' Ferna...

NYC Educator Gives Thanks to the UFT

Really, what can you say about the UFT/AFT/Unity Caucus? If you've been reading my posts ( Reggie Landau Faces Student Protest Over Trea...

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Fightback Friday is Coming as Schools Across the City Stage Local Protests Against Bloomberg’s Budget Cuts

Friday, May 20th is Fight Back Friday! School communities across the city are uniting to fight budget cuts and lay-offs locally. If you ...

Press Release 5/15: Film Response to "Waiting for Superman", "The Inconvenient Truth Behind Waiting for Superman", Premieres this Week 5/19 @ The Riverside Church, NY, NY

NOTE: As of May 17, 725 seats already reserved. So act fast if you want to be guaranteed a seat. There will be some standing room as the So...

Our unions and schools are under attack : Join the fight to defend public education-Next GEM Meeting: Monday May 23

I know a lot of people felt good about the May 12 rally. I did too. But the real work of working for Real Reform goes on in groups that are ...

Monday, May 16, 2011

Don't You Get It? Their Aim is to Make Public Schools So Awful for Teachers They Will Have no Choice But to Teach in a Charter

Well, actually, that's only one aspect of the ed deform plan. Getting rid of most of the public school system and any remnant of teacher...

Regents Does Double Dirty Deed

Where do you start? The corrupt(ed) NY State Board of Regents picks charter school slug John King to replace former slug David Whatshisname ...

Reggie Landau Faces Student Protest Over Treatment of Teacher (Chapter Leader)

The UFT should fight the LIFO battle using this story as an example. Run this as commercials instead of those insipid things. In the world...

GEM Film Response to Waiting for Superman Premiere Thursday Gets More Space, Another Screening on May 21

The response to our film, The Inconvenient Truth Behind Waiting for Superman , has been overwhelming, with requests coming in from all over ...

Sunday, May 15, 2011

Dishonor Among Thieves: Merryl Tisch Wrote Letter For Cuomo That He Ostensibly Wrote to Her

A NORMI-LEAKS SPECIAL NOTE: Photo of Merryl Tisch posted earlier removed at request of the source who does not believe Tisch is a crook. N...

Saturday, May 14, 2011

Final Performance Tonight of Rockaway Theatre Company Production of "Lend Me a Tenor"

Excerpt from my column in The Wave (www.rockawave.com), Pub. May 13, 2011 Are Rockaway People Crazy? Yes, I'm talking to you...

John White's First Act in New Orleans: Fire 250 veteran teachers

I've been telling you for years that bloodless John White is a vampire who only comes out at night - really, I've never seen him in ...

Friday, May 13, 2011

Walcott Appointee David Weiner: Report from the Trenches

I reported earlier on David Weiner's (vampire John White's replacement) meeting with Evan and Sydney which generated this report f...

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