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Monday, October 8, 2018

Fred Smith:“Kids were stupified by these questions,” Fred Smith, a former test analyst for the city Department of Education, told The Post.

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The UFT pendulum has now swung back to the middle, with President Mulgrew writing a Daily News Op-Ed last week, using words like "of...
Thursday, October 4, 2018

School Scope: Test Scores from Spring ’18 Released - Oct. 5

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School Scope: Test Scores from Spring ’18 Released By Norm Scott In case the news passed you by, the New York State reading and mat...
Wednesday, October 3, 2018

Is Questioning Why Teachers Don't Fight Blaming the Victim?

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I rarely disagree with my friend Arthur at NYC Educator but there is something his recent post  (NYC Educator Sit Back or Fight Back...
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Monday, October 1, 2018

School Scope: Some Thoughts On Climate Change - Norm in The WAVE

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Published Sept. 28, 2018 at www.rockawave.com School Scope: Some Thoughts On Climate Change By Norm Scott I’ve been reading two book...
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UFT Update: Three Meetings and a Rally - Why Do I Go?

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I wish I had an easy answer for the title question, Why Did I Go? Over a 5 day period I attended a UFT Chapter Leader, an UFT Ex Bd, and...
Sunday, September 30, 2018

Fred Smith: Opt-out movement is viable and capable of growth in NYC

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I believe the opt-out movement is viable and capable of growth in NYC--even though we have a Mayor and chancellor who are advocates of ...
Thursday, September 27, 2018

Leonie Haimson on NYCDOE Pupil Transportation Scandal

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Having worked for 35 years in Brooklyn Williamsburg's District 14 with its massive Hasidic population who block vote as told to, I am ne...
Sunday, September 23, 2018

UFT Citywide Chapter Leader Meeting - High Security is an Issue for Some

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I was downstairs handing out ANOTHER VIEW at the chapter leader meeting on Thursday, which had been postponed from the previous week - we&#...
Friday, September 21, 2018

School Scope: Rockaway Progressive Women Respond to Trump

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Published Sept. 21, 2018  in The Wave (www.rockawave.com). School Scope:   Rockaway Progressive Women Respond to Trump By Norm Scott ...
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Thursday, September 20, 2018

Another View in the UFT - Difficult Choices Ahead for UFT Members and Leaders

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The first edition of the new school year of Another View. Our aim is to bring deeper and more thoughtful discussion of issues to UFT members...