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Monday, August 31, 2009

UPDATED: Report on KIPP charter school hearing

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Here are some pictures of IS 195 materials piled in boys' locker room Two GEMers attended the so-called hearing on the KIPP charter high...
Sunday, August 30, 2009

The drop in SAT scores makes perfect sense...

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.....if you give credence to the widespread anecdotal rumors that bogus "credit recovery" scams are in full force and/or that scho...
Saturday, August 29, 2009

Have you ever seen a water bridge over a river?......

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This came in a recent email. Sort of a high line with water and boats. Even after you see it, it is still hard to believe! Six years, 500...
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Friday, August 28, 2009

How Charters Game the Special Ed System

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When we were at the 5 city conference in LA a few weeks ago, we heard an excellent presentation from our colleagues in Washington DC, one of...

The Coalition for Public Education Founding Convention Sat. Aug. 29

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Ed Notes will be there giving out GEM's "Truth About Charter Schools" and ICE's Contract Demands. Look for reports over th...
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Thursday, August 27, 2009

Are you a Chapter Leader, Delegate, or someone who is interested in helping mobilize school staff?

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I was at session 4 of Teacher Unite's 4 day teacher activist course today. This was the one session I missed the last time around in May...
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Wednesday, August 26, 2009

SHOCKED IN HARLEM AT EVA MOSKOWITZ, HSA EXCESS

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A teacher at PS 241 sends an anguished outcry as the Eva Moskowitz blitzkrieg runs over another Harlem School just as school is about to ope...
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KIPP High School Charter School Public Hearing 4 Days Before School Due to Open

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It is not commonly known, but KIPP is establishing its first high school right here in NYC at IS 195 where all KIPP schools will feed their ...
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Chancellor Michelle Rhee’s leadership continues to drive students away from DC public schools and to shrink the public school system

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Since this post on Friday on the disappearing public school students in Washington: Washington DC: How to Wipe Out a Public School System an...
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Tuesday, August 25, 2009

LA Dreams Go Down in Flames

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Coming soon to your local schools: the end of public ed. LA has the highest concentration of charter and other schools managed outside the s...

Ever Wonder About NY Times Coverage of Education? Check Personal Link Between Klein and Middelhoff, Times Board Member

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Middelhoff, Joel Klein's former boss, laughing at the joke of a NYC School system he helped bring about through his promotion of Joel Kl...
Monday, August 24, 2009

Steven Brill Leads Major Assault on ATRs and Rubber Room

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Whenever I have had the opportunity at PEP meetings where I could address Joel Klein directly, I have pointed out that as long as even one t...
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The Things You Say in Class

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You never really know the impact of the things you say in class. Mr. Cantor, my 10th grade French teacher (spring of 1960) at Thomas Jeffers...
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Sunday, August 23, 2009

If you knew teachers in a charter school who wanted to organize, would you recommend they call Randi Weingarten or Leo Casey?

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I get people who ask me why so much non NYC stuff on this blog from places like LA and Chicago? They are missing the essential national and ...

Creating ATRs a Key Part of Privatization Plan

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What follows is similar to the same plan being put into place in urban areas nation wide, and indeed, around the world as part of the neo-li...
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Saturday, August 22, 2009

CIF Response on Parent/Community Organizing Blog Post

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I've been having some very good conversations with some leading parent activists since the recent controversial post, Organizing Parents...
Friday, August 21, 2009

Setting a Wild Fire Under Parent Activism

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NYC parent activist Benita Rivera sent us this insightful essay in response to some of the controversy generated by our post Organizing Par...
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