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Saturday, August 25, 2012

Social Networking - with FDR

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I wore my FDR button at the Chicago solidarity event ( Why Support Chicago Teachers at MORE event Thursday? ) and someone told me "FDR...
Friday, August 24, 2012

Eva Moskowitz' Harlem Success Academy Trashes School Books and Supplies

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Neethgie Ohfour on Facebook http://bit.ly/ HarlemSuccessAcademythrowsaway snewbooksandsupplies What a waste! While nearby schools ...
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Thursday, August 23, 2012

Democrats (and Republicans) to Show Parent Trigger Movie at Convention

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The Democratic Party has committed the gravest of insults by permitting Rhee's Astroturf group to air the parent trigger film "Wo...
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Worth Reading: Charters, Chicago, Tenure, Testing

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Lisa North reports: A rep from the NYC Charter School Center came up after and asked why NO UFT reps EVER come to these meetings! As I wa...
Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Jim Callaghan Says Weingarten Suspended Him Without Pay When He Circulated Pro-Obama information in 2008

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Jim Callaghan, former NY Teacher ace investigator commented at NYC Public School Parents on this post: "Parent leaders hail th...
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Pearson’s plan to control education

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Susan Ohanian included this in her daily update: Don't miss the research on Pearson's intent to conquer the world. This research ...
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AFT innovation Priorities Show Feet Firmly Planted in the World of Ed Deform

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Including merit pay, a longer day, common core, time during the day for data analysis and if you dig a little, all sorts of other goodies lu...

Why Support Chicago Teachers at MORE event Thursday?

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If you don't see the Chicago Teachers Union battle against all the forces arrayed against them as a seminal event in not only teacher un...
Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Parent Trigger in Adelanto, CA

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How did the Parent Trigger law originate?   The Parent Trigger was first conceived by a LA-based organization called the Parent Revolution...
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Monday, August 20, 2012

Mr. Letgo is Excessed, by Zeno

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Let's hope Zeno continues the series. Thanks for posting to EXCESS'D - A Teacher Without a Room  If you are an excessed teacher o...
Sunday, August 19, 2012

Supporters of Parent Trigger Film "Won't Back Down" Come Under Attack

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Over the years, the teachers’ unions have indeed guarded tenure protections and last-in-first-out layoff practices to a zealous degree th...
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Saturday, August 18, 2012

Did CNN's Randi Kaye Ask Rhee About the DC Cheating Scandal Coverup Under Her Watch?

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[Randi Kaye] and her researchers are totally uninformed. And they feed their uninformed views to the American public. This is what is fr...
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Biased CNN's Randi Kaye Does Not Deserve Merit Pay

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[Randi Kaye's) question was nonsensical and made CNN look stupid. Journalists have an audience in millions. That's why US public is...

Chicago teachers authorize strike! Come build solidarity & learn about the struggle

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UPDATE: 10AM http://youtu.be/IxVYFm2g9CM The Chicago Teachers Union is currently on the front lines of a fight to defend public educ...
Friday, August 17, 2012

Albert Shanker on Merit Pay

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Shanker says some interesting and contradictory things in these statements. I raise the issue here to support my theme that in any ways Rand...