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Monday, May 31, 2010

Will Paras Be Laid Off?

...a question came in from a para and I put out the call for answers. Below are the responses: so far. If you have something to add leave a ...

As Mulgrew Attempts to Spin Horse Manure Into Gold...

Under Assault Asks: What's the helmsman doing? This absolutely glorious Sunday morning has been nearly ruined for me by a UFT po...

Sunday, May 30, 2010

Defeat for Weingarten in DC? And Pittsburgh Too?

We've been chronicling the various stages of revolt by teachers in many urban centers over the sellout policies of the AFT/UFT. For thos...

A Union Takes Action: Don't Get Caught in a Bad Hotel

A flashmob infiltrates the Westin St. Francis hotel in San Francisco and performs an adaptation of Lady Gaga's song "Bad Romance....

Saturday, May 29, 2010

WSJ, More Elegant Than the NY Post, Same Bias

Leonie send this along: WSJ, now also owned by Rupert Murdoch, gives Perkins’ opponent more publicity; while revealing that the pro-charter...

Munich, 2010

UPDATED: The dominoes keep falling as the UFT keeps appeasing and retreating. We said that once the election was over the cataclysm would co...

1975

Updated, Sat. May 29, 8am Questions have been flying about layoffs and in what order. In 1975 we suffered massive layoffs. People were so up...

Friday, May 28, 2010

June 10th: Justice for The Bronx Science Twenty

Stop Harassment of Teachers - Justice for The Bronx Science Twenty Picket at Mayor Bloomberg's house - June 10th, 4:30pm - 79th St. and...

The Hits Keep Comin' by Norm Scott in The Wave

May 28, 2010 [Ed Note: Headline links not active] Peruse the newspapers, listserves, blogs and other internet sources and not an hour ...

Thursday, May 27, 2010

A Busy Day: A Reporter, Old Friends, GEM Meets

Updated Given the schlep from Rockaway, I try to schedule multiple events when I go into the city. Yesterday (Wednesday) turned out to be a ...

UPDATED: Recruitment Poster for Charter School: Hey Kid, Wanna Make a Hundred Bucks?

UPDATED: Jenny Medina picked up this story after I sent her the photo after I read her very good piece on charter school scams and the need...

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Chicago: Thousands rally against the school budget cuts

From the CORE blog. How delicious right in the belly of the ed deform beast. Huberman is Duncan's replacement. Thousands rally agai...

Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Dee Does NYSED

The NY State Ed Department is the monitor for charter schools. Ho, ho, ho. Merry Christmas. Finally, the NY Times has jumped into the fray ...

What Are You Doing May 29th and June 4th?

GET INVOLVED IN THE BATTLE FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION. COME TO THE GEM MEETING: Weds. May 26th, CUNY, 4:30 - 34th st and 5th ave. Bring id. I hear...

Monday, May 24, 2010

Is the UFT About to Blink on Lifting Charter School Cap?

The dominoes continue to fall as the UFT backpedals on every issue from rubber rooms to teacher evaluations based on test scores and now the...

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