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Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Where the UFT Money Honey Flows

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This email dropped in from an anonymous source soon after our earlier post - UFT/Unity Machine Facing Cuts? Why Not Just Raise Dues So They...
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UFT/Unity Machine Facing Cuts? Why Not Just Raise Dues So They Can Continue to Live in Style?

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Anna Philips at Gotham has an interesting report on the loss of 2000 UFT members and how it is causing the UFT to cut back. The bags of sw...
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Monday, August 30, 2010

Is Obama Toast? Is Hillary Waiting in the Wings?

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Last Update: Tues. Aug. 31, 10am. When Obama was elected we posed the question: Would he be a Herbert Hoover or an FDR? Well, now that thi...
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PEP Meeting: Stop Bloomberg test fraud Monday, August 30, 2010 - 5:30pm

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Location: LaGuardia High School, Amsterdam Ave. btw W. 64th St. & W. 65th St.: A, B, C D trains to 59 St.-Columbus Cir. or #1 to 66 St.-...
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Sunday, August 29, 2010

CPE Convention Thoughts

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Aug. 29, 2010, 7am Background info: Coalition for Public Education (CPE) Convention Sat. Aug. 28 It seems I just rolled in from the day...
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Saturday, August 28, 2010

Let's Take a Meeting

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I can't tell you how many people tell me they have tried to contact Michael Moore to ask him to make a film about education, with the ho...
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Friday, August 27, 2010

Parents Across America Fight Ed Deform

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Here are comments from two of my favorite NYC parent activists- Lisa Donlan and Leonie Haimson. Leonie has joined in a nationwide parent net...
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Coalition for Public Education (CPE) Convention Sat. Aug. 28

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*8am-5pm. DC-37, 125 Barclay St. Manhattan. The meat of the event, the Caucuses, will occur from 1:00-3:15pm. The convention is aimed at cre...
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Thursday, August 26, 2010

Tying Up Loose Strings

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Some thoughts based on a variety of input coming in. Aug. 26, 2010 Why Did Louisiana Not Get Race To The Top? Louisiana lost out to the...
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NYC Teacher Expresses A Perfect Level of Outrage

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"We had to find a way to change the educational direction of  Mayor Bloomberg  and [Schools] Chancellor [Joel] Klein," said  Unite...

Jim Callaghan Goes Missing: UFT Deletes History

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At the Labor Research Association dinner in March 2008, Randi Weingarten calls Jim Callaghan "one of the best historians in New York...
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Steiner and Tisch: Race To The Top Hostage Photo

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A Scary Thought: These People Run the NY State Ed Dept. Let's see now. Meryl Tisch - yes that family - owns Giants and all kinds of ...
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Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Labor Dept. Rules Randi Take Over of Nurses' Union Illegal

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“The trusteeship appears to have been imposed to prevent disaffiliation,” according to the ruling. “It is the Department’s position that it ...
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Today's Hot Links: Doofus Duncan and John Merrow too

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August 25, 2010   There is so much valuable info coming in. Check Gotham's Rise and Shine, but they can't do it all. From Susan ...
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Regulation of the Chancellor/ We Told You So!

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We are cross posting this piece from our pals at CAPE (Concerned Advocates for Public Education) who have been fighting the brave battle of ...
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Tuesday, August 24, 2010

UFT/AFT: Think Like Vichy

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Where I pose the question: Is Diane Ravitch our De Gaulle? I've been criticized from all sides for my comparison of the UFT/AFT leader...
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Monday, August 23, 2010

Wishful Testing in this week's New York magazine

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Posted on NYC Parents blog: Check out the just-published piece in NY Magazine called Wishful Testing , featuring the comments of Steve Ko...

PEP Video August 16, 2010 Part 3

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More raw footage. A child goes up on the stage and security removes him. The crowd reacts. Khem Irby and Patrick Sullivan speak. The PEP me...

Daily News Editorial Doesn't Get Truth About MulGarten

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A Daily News editorial (The UFT's worst nightmare: Public can see how well Los Angeles teachers teach) urges UFT leader Michael Mulgrew...