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Saturday, August 8, 2009

UPDATED: Six More Years of Mayoral Control...

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The battle to kill it forever starts NOW !!!!! Join the resistance. Contact GEM, ICE, TJC. Next time teachers and parents must be out in for...
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Thursday, August 6, 2009

The UFT Survey Says (Gag, Gag).....

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There's been a load of discussion on the current 35 page UFT survey on blogs and listserves. Accountable Talk is urging people to send i...
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Wednesday, August 5, 2009

Leonie Slaps Flypaper Over Class Size

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Is there not stopping this woman? Yesterd ay she ta kes down the NY Times. Toda y she wipes out the Fordham Institute. Leonie Haimson report...
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Pakter Whacked Her

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The David Pakter open 3020a hearings continues today and tomorrow and it's a show that is worth the price of admission. Open hearings ar...
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Tuesday, August 4, 2009

I'm Practically Orgasmic

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Earlier I wrote that criticism NY Times education coverage makes me hot –The NY Times Should Just Stop Trying to Cover Education . As I sug...
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Raging Inferno on PS 123/HSA Controversy at Gotham

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When I saw Francis Lewis HS Chapter Leader Arthur Goldstein's piece at Gotham Schools last week while I was in LA, I figured it would in...
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The NY Times Should Just Stop Trying to Cover Education

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I'll admit it. I actually get hot when someone takes down the NY Times on the way it covers education. Today, Leonie did the deed over a...

Prisco Report on SI Charter School Hearing

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by Loretta Prisco Tonight on Staten Island there was a "Public Hearing" on 2 charters being proposed - the Barak Obama Community ...
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Monday, August 3, 2009

Closing the Shoelace Tying Gap: UPDATED

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This item from Gotham Schools caught my eye: On the TA question, a teacher argues that leveling the playing field by lowering it isn’t grea...
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Sunday, August 2, 2009

A Manifesto from The Coalition for Public Education/coalicion por la educacion publica

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Posted by Bronx teacher Mark Torres : By any means necessary...as long as it educates, agitates and mobilizes people into action, and it con...

AMAZING, MUST SEE Video as Chicago's George Schmidt and CORE Shred Arne Duncan and the Chicago Corporate Model

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CORE (Caucus of Rank and File Educators) has only been around for about a year and is capturing the imagination of Chicago teachers, parent...
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LA Confidential

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Well, I got back from LA on the red eye this morning and it was quite a stimulating few days meeting teacher activists from around the natio...
Friday, July 31, 2009

LA Deamin'

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The meetings in LA with teachers from a bunch of cities has been quite revealing for the 30-40 people who have been attending. The charter s...
Thursday, July 30, 2009

PS 123 & Harlem Success Academy: More Equal than Others

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"PS 123 has gone from an F-rated school to a B-rated school, and you’d think that would merit some encouragement from the Department of...
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Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Praise to Politicians (a few at least) on Wanting to Put a Stake in the Heart of Mayoral Control

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UPDATED 7/29 -6am Anti-Mayoral Control Press Conference Small But Significant State Assemblywoman Inez Barron organized today's press c...
Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Keep Pave Academy Charter School at PS 15 to the 2 Year agreement

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GEM met with a large group of teachers from PS 15 last week and they are a wonderful group of passionate and commited educators. We find th...
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Is New State Ed Commissioner Steiner Same Old, Same Old?

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Progressive ed reformers would rather have seen Bill Cala become NYS Ed Commissioner. He actually taught in high schools and rose to superin...
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Monday, July 27, 2009

Is the Charter School Concept Inherently Anti-union and Racist?

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Angel Gonzalez says yes: Charter Schools: are privately operated and exempt from govt & labor laws that provide public oversight. ...
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When Charter Schools Hit the Wall

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Ed Notes has been slightly preoccupied with the charter school issue over the past few weeks. And we will posting lots more today and in the...

Race to the Bottom

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Diane Ravitch ( Obama's Heavy-handed Education Plan ) at Politico nails the Obama/Duncan plan to use stimulus money to extort states in...