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Wednesday, January 10, 2018

Our School Governance Isn’t Working, and It’s the Perfect Time for Change

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The parents in District 3 are tired of this situation. If the mayor is going to have control of our schools, then his office needs to enga...
Tuesday, January 9, 2018

How Bill de Blasio Can Redeem His Education Record- Leonie Haimson, Shino Tanikawa

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Forty million dollars per year has been spent on consultants and bureaucrats to oversee the struggling schools in the Renewal program, ma...

MORE/New Action High School Reps Send Letter to Chapter Leaders

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The following letter was sent to all high school chapter leaders by the MORE/NA high school elected reps. If you are in a high school - or a...
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Monday, January 8, 2018

Must Listen for Every Inner City Teacher: The Burdens Affecting Even Our Brightest Students - This American Life

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550: Three Miles - This American Life, NPR JAN 5, 2018 There’s a program that brings together kids from two schools. One school is pub...
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Saturday, January 6, 2018

Video: Where We Speak at the December PEP - and Farina Responds

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You might classify this as an example of "if a tree fell in the forest and no one was there." But the 13 members of the PEP, Farin...
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Friday, January 5, 2018

School Scope, The Wave: The Bitter Taste of Success - Rockaway Schools Being Shut Down, Success Charter to Benefit

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My column in the Friday Jan. 5 edition of the Rockaway Weekly, The WAVE. Gary Rubinstein has just posted this piece The Hidden Attrition O...

NYC Parent Action Conference - Jan. 27, 2018

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Posted by Leonie Haimson at NYC Parent Ed blog : Please sign up for our Jan. 27 Parent Action Conference now! Happy New Year and I h...
Monday, January 1, 2018

Splaining UFT Ex Bd Replacements - Why So Many and Why Didn't Unity Challenge the MORE/NA Replacement

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MORE/New Action and Unity Caucus recently replaced some members of the executive board -- more had one replacement, Unity 3. Since Unity has...
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Wednesday, December 27, 2017

Union Dues No Longer Deductable - Ties to Janus Case

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I hadn't heard much about this provision but when tied into Janus it is yet another dagger aimed at unions. Will not being able do deduc...
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Tuesday, December 26, 2017

School Scope: It’s a Wonderful Life – Until it Isn’t: Is Pottersville Trumpville?

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I submitted this for this week's publication but it probably didn't get there in time but I am posting it here the day after XMAS - ...
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Monday, December 25, 2017

Poet Luareate Real Reform Fred Smith: Dispirit of the Season

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Dispirit of the Season ‘Tis now Christmas day and my heart is wheezing, Bundled up in my bed, coughing and sneezing. Santa stayed hom...

UFT Plays Softball With IDC - Rogue Dems

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Jia Lee: The IDC is the Independent Democratic Conference, which is basically a group of NYS “Democrats” who vote with Republicans. They’re...
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Friday, December 22, 2017

Success Academy Invasion: DOE Closes Rockaway School (IS 53) To Open Way for Eva Takeover

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Rockaway Parent Mariya Ultsh said she believes that DOE plays politics when it comes to school closures. "My money is that charter sch...
Monday, December 18, 2017

Eric Grannis (Eva Hubby) Charter Failure - Two Citizens of the World charter schools will close

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For those parents who were scammed and are now crying about the school's closing -- I hear some of them talking choice, choice, choice -...