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Friday, August 22, 2014

The Indypendent: What's A Cop To Do? - Update from Upstate, urban and unhappy

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I had to move this piece (the Indy story plus my comments) to Norms Notes because the html was causing the side bar to disappear. In doing ...
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Thursday, August 21, 2014

Approval Expected for ISIS Charter School Application to SUNY, Cuomo Demands Coloco Space from deBlasio

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We are overjoyed at this proposal since we expect tenured teachers will be beheaded.... Mona Davids, Campbell Brown We are pro school cho...

George Schmidt on Karen Lewis for Mayor - and More; Randi Offers Karen a million bucks if she runs

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AFT President Randi Weingarten said she'd give $1 million to Chicago teachers union chief Karen Lewis if she ran against Mayor Rahm E...
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014

Sellout Fever: Newly Elected Revile - er - Revise NYSUT Officers Get Special Pension Deal From Cuomo, Klein and Skelos

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NYSUT is proud to announce the first pension enhancement since 2000. After a long string of pension setbacks our legislative office has fin...

Police and Teachers, Their Unions and the March

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There is so much to write about the relationship between UFT, the PBA, Mulgrew and Lynch, and the rank and file teachers and cops. So much ...
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The Trouble With Frank Bruni

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How far are we from the day when Whoopi, Campbell and the rest of the ed deform crowd flat out blame the death of Michael Brown on bad teach...
Tuesday, August 19, 2014

Commentary on Cavanagh Students - Campbell Brown and Mona Davids Want Her Fired

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You can have a conversation with Julie Cavanagh on any topic but nothing lights her up more than talking about her students, two of whom a...
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UFT 101: Why Does Our Teachers Union Matter? - Weds Aug. 20, 4PM

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Some of us in MORE are talking about a new teacher support group where we pair vets - especially retirees who might have the time - with new...

Arkansas University Charter School Productivity Report -- Indefensible

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An academic review finds the claims made by the report rest on shaky ground and suffer from multiple sources of invalidity, rendering ...

Why Parent Leaders Should Join Court Intervention in Support of Tenure

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Some folks should take some time and school parents and leaders in the history of NYC and schools.  Political cronyism was rampant in NYC ...
Monday, August 18, 2014

Julie Cavanagh Former Students Head For College - Help Them Out

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Dear Friends, Family and Colleagues: Two of my (in some cases for those receiving this, "our") former students are heading t...
Sunday, August 17, 2014

Inside Colocation - Success Academy Charter Misuse of Space Exposed

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...some of Success’ classrooms have remained empty for entire years, not a single classroom in the building’s public schools has been “un...

Danny Dromm, NYC City Council and Former Teacher, Takes a Stand Against Charter Expansion

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"We are being oversaturated with charter schools," said Tesa Wilson, president Community Education Council in Williamsburg, Brook...
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Saturday, August 16, 2014

UFT Endorses Espaillat Over Robert Jackson

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That chickenshit union is SICK... An activist Has there been any politician more supportive of teachers and parents than Robert Jackson? ...
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Parents and Educators Reject the Tests, the Scores and Corporate Agenda of NYSED & Pearson

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Fred Smith, a test specialist formerly with the NYC Department of Education (DOE) stated, “The State Education Depa...
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Friday, August 15, 2014

#AFT14 Video - Sarah Chambers and The Speech that Triggered Mulgrew "Punch in Face" Comments

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Common Core Debate - Sarah Chambers, Michelle Gunderson vs Michael Mulgrew - Note how Mulgrew was set up at the mic to follow Sarah Chamber&...
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Julie Cavanagh on Common Core in Daily News, Major Contrast to Mulgrew

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Julie Cavanagh won't punch you in the face if you support common core as she makes a clear and concise statement in her article in the D...

Michelle Rhee Joins Scotts Miracle-Gro, Adding More Manure to the Pile - Teachers Call for Boycott

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I've had to inform my wife that she will have to find other ways next year to fertilize her veggie patch, most likely with night soil . ...
Thursday, August 14, 2014

NYSUT Double Switch Game Leads One Parent to State the proverbial WTF?

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They did a big press op shredding the Pearson exams last week and today they say "The vast majority of questions do appear to be age- ...

Teacher Diversity Petition

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MORE is helping sponsor this action of the work of the Teacher Diversity Committee , an independent group of teachers affiliated with MORE. ...