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Friday, August 10, 2018

Fallout: Nysut/uft Backs anti-union pro-charter slug Alcantara endorsement over Robert Jackson

I maintain that Eva Moskowitz alone has cost the UFT more union jobs - and dues - than Janus ever will. For our union to support darlings of...

Thursday, August 9, 2018

Socialism and Socialists in the Press; Another Young Hispanic socialist, Julia Salazar

In one of the [Bushwick's] storefront’s Gothic windows, someone has taped up a recent cover of the New York Times Sunday Review secti...

NYSUT/UFT State Endorsements - Endorse IDC Alcantrara, Stab Robert Jackson in the Back - Again

Hard to understand NYSUT endorsement of IDC Alcantara not only b/c of Robert Jackson’s stellar education record but also b/c Alcantara is ...

Wednesday, August 8, 2018

Can a Pro-Coal Democrat in West Virginia Carve a Path for His Party? - NY Times

Mr. Ojeda’s apparent surge has prompted comparisons to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez , the populist Democrat from the Bronx who knocked off a...

Tuesday, August 7, 2018

Reflecting on the Legacy of Congressman Ron Dellums: A True People’s Warrior

Ron Dellums, the son of a longshoreman who became one of America’s best-known black congressmen, a California Democrat with a left-wing a...

Saturday, August 4, 2018

Ed Notes Exploration: Can the Democratic Party Be Reformed - Part 2 - The Left Should Commandeer Red State Democratic Parties

It’s remarkably difficult to do left-wing politics in cities. The economic growth we’ve seen over the previous several decades has largel...

Friday, August 3, 2018

Ed Notes Exploration: Can the Democratic Party Be Reformed, and If Not, What Are the Options? - Part 1

There is a part of the left which believes the Democratic Party is beyond hope. They think it’s too corrupt, too beholden to rich people ...

Thursday, August 2, 2018

Don't Support IDC: UFT High School Ex Bd Members

We particularly would like to urge NYSUT to endorse: Jessica Biaggi, Robert Jackson, John Liu, Zellnor Myrie, Jessica Ramos, and Jasmine R...

Wednesday, August 1, 2018

Paul Tudor Jones, Hedge Funds, Charter Schools, and the IDC

UPDATED: See NYC Educator: UFT High School Reps Letter to Leadership on Opposing IDC Are IDC candidates and charters proud to be associa...

The American Federation of Teachers Will Feel Janus Effects First, and Worst: Antonucci Takes a Deep Dive

AFT’s membership numbers require a lot more scrutiny and interpretation than do those of the National Education Association. NEA has aff...

Tuesday, July 31, 2018

School Scope: When Political Labels Don’t Quite Fit - Norm in The WAVE

Submitted for print publication August 3, 2018 at www.rockawave.com School Scope: When Political Labels Don’t Quite Fit By Norm Scott I...

Monday, July 30, 2018

Is it time for the Left to end third party fantisies and take over the Democratic Party from the grassroots?

Party members and fundraisers gathered for an invitation-only event to figure out how to counteract the rising progressive movement. .......

Sunday, July 29, 2018

Randi Promises Teacher Unions Will be More Poltiical, Thomas Franks asks: Can Liberals Win Back the Working Class?

All education is politics. ---Paulo Freire OK folks, this piece may be even more confusing than usual, as I try to sort out where my own ...

Saturday, July 28, 2018

The Democratic Party in Crisis: Left or Center or Gone - School Scope - Norm in The WAVE

"Socialism" in the Air FOX News screenshot from July 2nd, 2018, "The consequences of millennials embracing socialis...

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