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Sunday, January 17, 2016

Standing Room Only at #MORE2016 Meeting: Drilling Deep on Evals, Talking Elections

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It was wall to wall people for the 50 people present at MORE's first general meeting of the year yesterday. Many regulars were away for ...
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Saturday, January 16, 2016

School Scope: Too Much Ed News to Report in Depth - Norm in The Wave

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Published Jan. 15, 2016 www.rockawave.com School Scope: Too Much Ed News to Report in Depth By Norm Scott I a...
Friday, January 15, 2016

Portelos - He's Just an Excitable Boy: Did MORE Tell New Action That Only MORE Can Choose the Presidential Candidate?

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They [MORE] want democracy, but told New Action that only MORE can choose the presidential candidate. Now that's democracy.  ... Fran...
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Friedrichs: Did Justice Sotomayor Claim Teacher Unions Are Company Unions?

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We’ve already permitted subsidization of bar associations, of government programs. We’ve permitted assessments on a lot of different leve...
Thursday, January 14, 2016

Everything He Touches Turns to Shit: Will Joel Klein New Venture in Health Insurance Sink Obamacare?

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This will likely lead to yet another major flop. really he should have stayed in the Justice Dept. where no one realized his incompeten...
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Trouble in a UFT Charter - Bronx Charter School Says F-U to UFT Teachers

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The contract for members of the school's staff who belong to the United Federation of Teachers expired in June, and although tax form...
Wednesday, January 13, 2016

Detroit Sickout Mystery: Who is Leading and Who is Trying to Stop It?

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Why am I reporting so much on the Detroit wildcat sickout? Because of comments I've seen by dissident teachers here in NYC who are hopin...
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Randi's Detroit Deja Vu: Is Union "One Voice" Arguement Fundamentally Undemocratic When You Toss an Elected President Because You Don't Like His Voice?

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"One voice" is the source of major policy errors - like support for mayoral control, NCLB and RTTT to name just a few. Unions A...
Tuesday, January 12, 2016

morecaucusnyc- Union Democracy: A Life-or-Death question for the UFT

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I'm reposting this. It is based on work ICE did on democracy in the UFT from 2003-2010. This is a surface presentation and at some point...

Nancy Flanagan on Detroit Sickout: Neither DFT Leaders Nor Steve Conn Represent Voice of Classroom Teachers

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Nancy Flanagan Tuesday, January 12, 2016 at 10:25:00 AM EST This story has been reported, as all stories are reported in MSM, by contact...
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Detroit Union Calls for Public Hearings While illegaly deposed DFT President Steve Conn Calls for Sickout/Strike - and What Impact on Friedrichs?

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At a news conference Monday morning, [Acting DFT President] Bailey and other union officials, teachers and parents expressed frustration a...
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Nancy Carlson-Paige on Childhood and Play Plus My Student Shares Some Memories

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It’s in low-income, under-resourced communities like this one where children are most subjected to heavy doses of teacher-led drills and ...
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Monday, January 11, 2016

DPS TEACHERS FIGHT BACK! "A Union Within a Union"

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Teachers whose organized sick-out shut down more than 60 Detroit schools today demanded that their voices be heard and that the district ...
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Detroit: Randi Sends in the Troops to Back Puppet DFT Leaders

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Randi sends in AFT organizers with meds to heal the sick teachers. From the DFT website: Organizers Hitting Detroit S...
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