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Monday, October 28, 2013

Ravitch on MSNBC

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I haven't seen this yet but am reposting from the Ravitch blog for the Ed Notes archives. The discussion about charter schools has been ...
Saturday, October 26, 2013

UFT Used $250K COPE Money to Support Gambling

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The United Federation of Teachers deposited $250,000 in the account from two of its political action funds.... Capital ...
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Portelos Chapter Leader Recall Attempt Fails - Again

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I heard teachers looking to recall me were disrupting lessons today to remind educators to vote. Remember not voting, was a vote in my fa...
Friday, October 25, 2013

MORE's Paul Hogan in The Riverdale Press: Common sense, not Common Core

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It is dangerously easy for education administrators to lose sight of the needs of the students they are supposed to serve when one’s dai...
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Obama, in P-Tech Visit, Walks on Bones of Dead School And Pushed Out Students in P-Tech Visit

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Robeson, which had a capacity of 1,000 students, Siegel said, found itself with 1,500 in 2005. "That's when we started having a l...
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MORE Weekly Update #72: Petition vs. Evals, Parent Anti-test Revolt, PEP Protest, and MORE!

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Protest Colocations at the PEP on October 30th !  ...

Rise and Don't Shine, Kick Some Ass Instead, October 25, 2013

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Things to do: Plan on going to the PEP on Weds. Night (Oct 30) to join in the funeral for closed and co-located schools. (More to come later...
Thursday, October 24, 2013

The Worm Turns on TFA as New Gen Students Begin to Reject Their Destructive Agenda

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Just as TFA was the hot thing on campus such a short time ago, the counter revolution begins as student groups spring up around the nation e...

Video from Jaisal Noor: Parents Organize Boycott To End Standardized Testing of 4-year-olds

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Jaisal Noor does a great job in following up on this story ( Parents Lead Massive Opt-Out of Kindergarten Tests in Washington Hts (District ...

Teacher Union Shores Up Support for John King And Reaffirms Backing for Common Core

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Randi Weingarten, president of American Federation of Teachers, also expressed support for the Common Core, along with ...
Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Reposted With Great Graphic: Change the Stakes General Meeting, Friday, October 25

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I'm reposting with the great graphic above from Diana Zavala (Feedblitz subscribers who are inundated with Ed Notes posts will...

Readings: Plutocrats, Toddler Testing, Looting Pension Funds

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I had these lurking on my browser for sharing. A short selection followed by the link. I haven't read all of them but worth checking out...