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Friday, August 31, 2012

John King's Priority Schools Classification Scam

It makes me all the more uncomfortable when that unilateral disregard for existing law is being used in a coercive manner - using access ...

Insanity Reigns: Priority Designation of Schools Will Lead to Further Destruction of Neighborhood Schools and Privatization

This is the most ridiculous policy... cash rewards and options for opting out of some state regulations for schools that are doing great...

CTU Delegates Set Strike Date for Sept. 10

08/30/2012 On Wednesday, a standing-room-only House of Delegates, representing schools & citywide educators across the city set ...

Part 1: Education Notes - My Path from Ed Notes to MORE Through ICE and GEM

MORE held two back to back meetings on Monday over a 4 hour period and I got to thinking, always a dangerous thing. It's been an interes...

Thursday, August 30, 2012

Arne Duncan Praises Astroturf E4E

The best thing to happen to New Orleans was hurricane Isaac and Educators 4 Excellence. ---@ArneDuncan (satire) WHEN EDUCATION Secret...

Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Chicago Teachers Give 10-Day Strike Notice, Boston TU to Block New Eval System

Michael Mulgrew, president of the United Federation of Teachers in New York City, captured the mood when he said [12], "You come afte...

Tuesday, August 28, 2012

If Sex Were Like Standardized Tests

http://www.smbc-comics.com/?id=2717

New DOE Policy? Force Top-Salary ATRs Into Schools for Death Sentence

This is the 2nd case I heard of a top salary teacher being sent back to a school with a principal who will put a target on their backs befor...

Will Randi and AFT Join Rahm Emanuel in End Run Around Chicago Teachers Union?

Emanuel to use "senior people" [from AFT?] to negotiate ---- or is this a red herring attempt coming from Emanuel camp to sow divi...

Defend the Harbor School From Charter Invasion at Public Hearing Aug. 30

This came in from Harbor PTA president May Taliaferrow, one of the former charter parents who was so eloquent in our film. Check out what ...

Monday, August 27, 2012

What If Parents and Teachers Call for Publishing of Tests

I've requested to see my son's fourth grade ELA test, responses and item scores. --- a nyc parent If I am to be held accountabl...

News From an ATR

I just got this from one of the ATRs on the GEMATR listserve (which you can join by sending an email to gemnyc@gmail.com. I just want to p...

E4E Buys Its Way Into Schools Using Tweed Contacts

A NYC Principal says: [E4E] is a very dangerous, corporate sponsored bunch of anti union elitists. Most of them are not committed to s...

Cute Cat Pics

You'd have to torture me to get me to admit exactly how much time I spend observing and playing with cats. So, what happens when your ki...

Saturday, August 25, 2012

MORE Chicago Solidarity Update

Thursday night there was a great turnout for the MORE Chicago Solidarity event -- SRO. See Sean Ahern's report at Substance. http://...

Ravitch Suggests Dem Convention Screen "The Inconvenient Truth Behind Waiting for Superman" Instead of "Won't Back Down"

Which film do you think the UFT is boycotting? "Won't Back Down" or "The Inconvenient Truth Behind Waiting for Superman...

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