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Monday, February 13, 2017

Chris Hedges: Our Democratic Institutions Eroded

The four-decade-long assault on our democratic institutions by corporations has left them weak and largely dysfunctional. These instituti...

Saturday, February 11, 2017

Irony surealism: I’m Just Wild About Betsy (sort of) - Norm in The Wave

Published Friday, Feb. 10, 2017 at www.rockawave.com I’m Just Wild About Betsy (sort of) By Norm Scott While most of my colleagues rend...

Friday, February 10, 2017

A Public School Teacher: Looks like public education is going the way of the dinosaurs

There is a push to defend out public schools in response to Trump and Betsy. And to defend teacher unions. Given my contact with both public...

Report from Success Academy on non-Snow Day

Just overheard, three Success Academy staff members talking about their day yesterday. One was joking about how in one class, the teacher p...

Thursday, February 9, 2017

Schirtzer DA Report: Mulgrew Throws in Towel – "We are going to become a right to work country"

The American Federation of Teachers, our national union, with union presidents from all over the country think the best way to fight ...

Why DeVos Vouchers May Be Dead Issue - Republican Women Senators

In voting against DeVos, Collins and Murkowski are remaining true to their long-standing positions on vouchers. In July 2015, both voted...

Wednesday, February 8, 2017

UFT Sells Mayoral Endorsement for a Snow Day - NY Post Goes Nuts

UFT endorsed with de Blasio waiting in wings --- I was lurking with my cell phone to get a pic of him in the hallway. DeB addresses Del Ass....

MORE Delegate Assembly Newsletter - Feb. 8, 2017

I've taken on a project for MORE to produce a newsletter aimed specifically at the people attending the Delegate Assembly in a limi...

Tuesday, February 7, 2017

On DeVos From One outraged principal who is a both a democrat and union man

A comment from a principal on Betsy Confirmed: We Won, We Won: We all know Betsy DeVos is another Cathie Black. While she is obviously unq...

Betsy Confirmed: We Won, We Won

Some will see this as a loss, but at this point, the vote does not really matter. Those who want to protect education have already won. ...

UFT Leadership Shocked: Will They Make a Stand in Opposing Closing of JHS 145 as Giveway to Eva/Success Academy?

Last week after a presentation at the UFT Ex Bd meeting, the leadership acted shocked, just shocked, at being made aware of the situation....

Friday, February 3, 2017

PEP Votes Against DeVos- With Staten Island Rep Opposing

Rally on steps of Tweed to support PEP vote against DeVos Jan. 30 I am happy that today you are listening to what we think about Betsy ...

Thursday, February 2, 2017

Marches and Rallies and Protests, Oh My! - Norm in The Wave

Published Feb, 3, 2017 at www.rockawave.com Marches and Rallies and Protests, Oh My! By Norm Scott In last week’s column I talked about...

Tuesday, January 31, 2017

Is Attempt to Close JHS 145, a Political Giveaway to Eva Moskowitz?

...a full 3 weeks before the DOE’s closure proposal even becomes official, and 2 months before the PEP vote takes Stop Eva from getting ...

Sunday, January 29, 2017

BIGLY YUGE Anti DeVos Rally at Tweed Monday 5PM --

Don't want DeVos? There's a BIG rally beginning at 5pm on Monday outside Tweed Courthouse (52 Chambers Street). The Panel for Edu...

Jersey Jazzman: Reformy In the Age of Trump

Here's one of the very, very few positive things to come out of the Trump presidency: the neoliberal education "reformers" f...

Saturday, January 28, 2017

The Dark Side of Education Reform: Students as Victims and the Destruction of Manhattan's Murray Bergtraum HS

U.S. News and World Reports ranked Murry Bergtraum High School for BusinessCareers on Pearl Street in Lower Manhattan among America’s “Ou...

I Said, “I Ain’t Marchin’ Anymore”: I Lied - And Putting Marches in Context

Hell, we survived Thanksgiving and our family of mixed Trump and Hillary supporters are going on a cruise next month and expect to have a ...

Union Numbers Slip Nationwide and in New York State - It will Only Get Worse

Two reports on the drop in union membership: Mike Antonucci at Intercepts: Unionization Rate Drops to 10.7% Posted: 26 Jan 2017 10:5...

Friday, January 27, 2017

Farina Dream of Destroying Progressive Central Park East 1 Comes to Fruition As UFT Remains Silent

[Principal] Garg received poor marks on the DOE’s school survey for her first year at CPE 1, with a 45 percent approval rating. That comp...

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