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Saturday, May 23, 2015

Sixty One Members (and counting) from PS 8X join Stronger Together Caucus

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PS 8X is joining Stronger Together---the forms, checks and the below cover letter was mailed to ST Caucus... Roseanne McCosh What can yo...

Ken Derstine on Attack on PubEd in Philadelphia Election and Randi Visit, Followed by Her Appearance in NYC at Oppi Conference With Deformers Wendy Kopp Et al

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Also elected as a Democratic nominee to a  City Council-at-Large seat was Helen Gym.  Gym is a founder of Parents United for Public Educat...
Friday, May 22, 2015

Haimson on Farina DOE: Shameful; DOE shows yet again their disrespect for parents by opposing open meetings for SLTs

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Farina clearly believes in unfettered principal power. Just found out that DOE is  appealing Judge Moulton’s authoritative decision th...
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Labor Notes and EIA's Antonucci on Hawaii "Stolen" Union Election

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Three days after the board meeting, in an email to union members explaining the decision, the board majority claimed that “many” members sa...

Norm in The Wave: The Education Tax Credit Bill Endorses Public Theft

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Submitted for publication in the May 22, 2015 edition - I may have missed deadline so it might be in next week. www.rockawave.com The Educ...
Thursday, May 21, 2015

New Action, Positioning Itself for UFT 2016 Election Sellout to Unity, Favors "Democracy" - When it Doesn't Affect Seats on UFT Exec Bd

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[New Action] want[s] democracy except where it interferes with their keeping seats on the Exec. Board. Unfortunately democracy is not som...
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Old Jokes: From Ed Notes - Jan 6, 1999

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From 1997-2002, Ed Notes was directed at the members of the UFT Delegate Assembly. At that time, email and computers were just catching on a...
Wednesday, May 20, 2015

School Board Elections vs Mayoral Control? Time to Dig Deeper

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With today's 3 year renewal of mayoral control, here are some thoughts. Now that de Blasio has backed off so much of the resistance t...
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Union News Update from PJSTA - Buffalo, Hawaii and NY State

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While Rumore has shown to be a Unity Caucus supporter at the state level, Stronger Together member Kevin Gibson won re-election on the BT...
Tuesday, May 19, 2015

Fred Smith: Everyone Should Opt Out of Field Tests Where Pearson Uses Your Kids as Guinea Pigs

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In his letter below to parents, Fred issues a call to opt out. Let the deformers try to see these rocks as being important --- they co...
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Video: Choose to Refuse Rap - As Mulgrew Argues for "Better" Tests

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JP Lee Clearly, he is suggesting that the state spend more money on more expensive tests, which will direct money away fr...