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Thursday, September 24, 2009

Caroline Hoxby Has a Dog in the Race

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That Caroline Hoxby study showing the superiority of charter schools and trying to prove they don't cream received some reactions: Carol...
Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Big Guvment

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I was listening to Mike Francese on the FAN yesterday. I have been a Mike fan since he started there 21 years ago. I used to call him up off...
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Tuesday, September 22, 2009

PS 15 Makes Their Case

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The Patrick Daly School (PS 15) in Red Hook struggles against the attempt of PAVE charter school to extend its stay for years after promisin...
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On Teacher Quality: Damn That Fiorillo Fellow

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Will I ever get to write something in depth for this blog ? Every time I sit down to write something brilliant - which 99% of the time doesn...
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Mulgrew Profiled in Times, With Quote from Eterno

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As James Eterno says in Jennifer Medina's profile of UFT leader Michael Mulgrew in today's Times . “We’re not expecting any major ch...
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Monday, September 21, 2009

ATR Job Fair --Prospect Hall

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Hi Norm, The job fair in Brooklyn was the same JOKE as always. Most of them bad schools. I did not see one single schools from Staten ...
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PAVE Founder and Director Spencer Robertson Responds

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Spencer Robertson responds at the September 17 CEC 15 meeting at the Patrick Daly School. Chaor Jim Devor questions Robertson after he makes...
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Sunday, September 20, 2009

Video of PS 15/PAVE Charter Confrontation at CEC Meeting

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Here is a short video from the public/charter school confrontation at the Community Education Council meeting in District 15 on September 17...
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Rhee Orders Imminent Layoffs of DC Teachers Starting Next Week !

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Michelle Rhee hired 900 new teachers and then claimed she didn't realize there would be cuts. Guess who she is getting rid of? Candi Pet...

Charter School Horror

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With a promise of more freedom, and the chance to get out from under the thumbs of a reactionary school board, the teachers of Tyler High ha...
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Saturday, September 19, 2009

FLHS Chapter Leader Arthur Goldstein Calls for Malpractice Suit for Tweed

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My school is bursting with students, and Tweed is to blame By ...
Friday, September 18, 2009

What Happened at PS 15?

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Where do we start? There's so many angles on what happened I can't come up with one yet, so check back this afternoon. I'm digit...
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Anna Got Her Gun

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Gotham Schools' Anna Philips worked so hard to get a copy of the contract demands handed out at the DA on Weds. She was there for hours ...
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Thursday, September 17, 2009

UFT Loses Budget Sharing Arbitration- Updated

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UPDATED (9 20 09): See an update on this issue from Jeff Kaufman: Sharing Budget Information with Your UFT Chapter Leader: A Tale of Two Sp...
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Today, September 17, Thurs March/Rally to support the community's Patrick Daly School (PS 15) Against the PAVE Chater School Invasion

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Billionaire scion Spencer Robertson must have used the refrain so many billionaire fathers well connected to the Bloomberg machine have hear...
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Delegate Assembly Ramblings

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Some would think that the major item at yesterday's first UFT Delegate Assembly of the year was all about contract. But it was way more ...
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Wednesday, September 16, 2009

ATRs: The Final Solution?

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There are rumors that the NYCDOE has ordered 1600 blindfolds and packs of cigarettes for Monday's mandatory meeting of ATRs. Clergy of ...
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Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Separate and Unequal: First Day of School Protest at PS 123 against HSA Charter School’s Invasion

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Ed Notes has been reporting on the escalating battles between charter schools and the public schools they co-occupy all summer. PS 123 and P...
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PEP Boys (and Girls)

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No rally materialized at the first meeting of the Panel for Educational Policy last night under the reconstituted mayoral control. There was...

CAPE Press Release: Support Red Hook Public School Sept. 17

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In the spring of 2008, the Red Hook community was informed that a charter school would be placed in their longstanding successful school, P....
Monday, September 14, 2009

The Truth About Social Promotion

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This was posted by Leonie Haimson at the NYC Public School Parent blog on August 10 when the mayor again played politics with the lives of c...
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Sunday, September 13, 2009

Jeff Kaufman on ATR Wrinkle

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From JW's Email listserve: The ATR pool, with the so-called hiring freeze, is actually being used to fill hard to staff schools. As my o...
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