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Wednesday, January 21, 2015

Jan. 21, 2015: Forum on standardized testing featuring Diane Ravitch - PS 3M

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We are writing to invite you to join parents and educators from across NYC on  Wednesday, January 21 at 6:00pm in the PS3 auditorium  for a...
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MORE on Jia Lee and Appearance at US Senate Hearings

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Lee told Morning Education she has worked at schools where the need to boost student scores for NCLB accountability prompted an aggre...
Tuesday, January 20, 2015

MORE's Jia Lee NYC teacher and conscientious objector to hi-stakes testing chosen as witness at the US Senate testing hearings on Jan. 21!!!!

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Jia and Andre Leonie Haimson made the exciting announcement about Jia Lee to the Change the Stakes listserve. Jia has been a stalwart on...
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Monday, January 19, 2015

EIA on NYSUT Finances - Negative Net Worth = - $233 Million

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Oh that common core math must be at fault. Mike Antonucci has been doing rundowns of each state union's finances. Calling NYSUT "T...
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Sunday, January 18, 2015

Bully Principals Exist Due to a Weak Union: United Federation of Teachers not defending members

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If the principal decides you are the target, you have no chance. If that principal wants to lie, manipulate, use other teachers against...
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Saturday, January 17, 2015

Randi's Nightmare: DETROIT TEACHERS ELECT STEVE CONN FROM EON/BAMN TO HEAD DFT

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Randi must be banging her head against the wall. I have somewhere some unpub video of Steve heckling her into distraction at a rally in De...
Friday, January 16, 2015

Tweed Slime, Part Umpteenth

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Recently we posted a story about former principal - and current high level DOE appointee Elif Gure-Perez who went after AP Christina Villavi...
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After a day watching sleazy DOE legal in action, I need to take a shower....

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.....sordid, corrupt, immoral, unsavory, disreputable, shady sleazoids. I'm sure I haven't used up the full range of synonyms. ......

Teaching and Policing: Showdown and Slowdown - Norm in The Wave

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Published Friday, Jan. 16, 2015 at www.rockawave.com --> Teaching   and Policing:   Showdown and Slowdown By Norm Scott ...
Thursday, January 15, 2015

Daily Howler Doesn't Quite Use the C-word - WAPO Malpractice in Ed Reporting on Effects of Test Prep

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Did test prep really produce those “huge gains?” Tomorrow , we’ll look at the rest of the (possible) story—a possible story the Post ha...
Wednesday, January 14, 2015

Fighting Back In Your School - MORE Chapter Leader Election and Support Workshop - Jan. 24

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I see a lot of complaints about a lot of things going on in education but often these complaints are not attached to the problem with the un...

3020a Hearings Reveal Insideous Campaigns Against Teachers

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I wonder at times of there isn't a secret bounty/bonus to principals for every tenured teacher they manage to chop. Maybe a check mark ...
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Tuesday, January 13, 2015

PUBLIC HEARING ON THE RENEWAL FOR MANHATTAN CHARTER SCHOOL IS TONIGHT!

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The charter gold rush into gentrifying neighborhoods like the Lower East Side goes on, supported by SUNY. See the full 2 hour plus video of...
Monday, January 12, 2015

The Slime Still Oozes at Tweed as Racist Fomer Principal, Elif Gure-Perez, Holds Onto Job

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Elif Gure-Perez, who was named in June as an executive director in the DOE’s Office of School Improvement, created a “hostile, race-ba...
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Our Pals in -- THE Republican Senate?

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While the Democrats screw us, here is something to cheer in the Republican takeover of the Senate. The administration's position com...