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Sunday, October 15, 2017

Are You Planning to Run for Chapter Leader in May/June 2018?

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Every three years each school and functional chapter holds chapter leader elections. Most often they are not contended but when they are thi...
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Memo from the RTC - Rhapsody Players Delight Saturday Night Crowd in Benefit Performance

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Memo From the RTC:   Rhapsody Players Delight Saturday Night Crowd in Benefit Performance By Norm Scott Those lucky enough...
Friday, October 13, 2017

Ken Burns' Vietnam War, Must See Despite Left Attacks

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Burns has set himself up as a self-appointed national therapist for interpreting U.S. history. This is hard to take at times, but the sub...
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School Scope: Has di Blasio Done Anything Right? Oh, Say, Can You See at a Ranger game? - Norm in The WAVE

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My latest in The WAVE - Pub. Oct. 13, 2017 School Scope:   Has di Blasio Done Anything Right? Oh, Say, Can You See ...
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Saturday, October 7, 2017

Free Speech and Race – Left, Right, and Center By Norm Scott

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My latest in The WAVE --- School Scope:   Free Speech and Race – Left, Right, and Center By Norm Sco...
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Thursday, October 5, 2017

Is UFT Burning Money Pre-Janus?

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Norm.. In regards to the welcome center balloons and Windex comment, who paid for the expensive plants? Who purchased the new wooden fur...
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Daily Howler on Fatal Stabbing in NYC School - Asking deeper questions

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....we were struck by the name of the school at which this unfortunate event had occurred. The high school in question is apparently call...
Tuesday, October 3, 2017

The Left, Center and Social Democracy

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....social democratic parties acknowledged capitalism’s upsides and downsides. In contrast to Communists, center-left parties recognized ...
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Puerto Rico Relief: Wonder Women Aixa and Jia Lead the Way

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When Jia Lee told a group of people on FB she had bought a ticket to Puerto Rico with a return on the same day I said "WOW". He...
Saturday, September 30, 2017

Patrick Sullivan, Leonie Haimson of Class Size Matters to UFT Leaders: We will Address Concerns About Our Data

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Funny how no one from the DOE, the City Council or the Comptroller's office have questioned our data or analysis, but if the UFT leade...
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Friday, September 29, 2017

Making Merry at the UFT Citywide Chapter Leader Meeting

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This month is the 50th anniversary of my membership in the UFT -- I've paid so much dues I own a piece of 52 Broadway -- so when Unity p...
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Thursday, September 28, 2017

MORE EB Member Arthur Goldstein Sends Letter to UFT Leadership Asking for Office Space

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Referencing this story from the Sept. 25, 2017 UFT EB meeting: Unity Caucus at the Ex Bd Meeting: Tears of Woe Over Not Having Time to Thi...
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Councilman Danny Dromm Hearing on Adult Ed Issues

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Betty Gottfried —Adult Ed. ex CL—speaks of fight in adult ed., says union has given good attention. Says 12 teachers who were pushed out h...