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Saturday, December 20, 2014

Norm in The Wave - Teaching and Policing

One of the first things I learned as a new teacher was not to let a child run out of the room. “What if they ran out of the building and i...

My Former Student R. Ernie Silva One Act Play on Jimi Hendrix in NYC Jan. 10-11

• “Silva is a charismatic talent” –LA weekly • “His sheer sense of will…is inspiring” –LA Times • “Absolutely Sensational” –Art Beat Ma...

Friday, December 19, 2014

Cuba" Unity Caucus War Hawks Miss Good Old Days of Batista, Pinochet, Noriega, Papa Doc, Samosa, etc.

Thank the Good Lord that Max, Yetta, and Al won the day. Cuba & Jimmy Carter, Norm you will never get it.... The comment above was le...

Thursday, December 18, 2014

My Trip to Cuba With Paul Baizerman - in the Late 1970's

When the news about Cuba and the US hit yesterday I was reminded about a trip I took with Paul Baizerman during Easter vacation in 1978 or 1...

ProPublica: NY State Official Raises Alarm on Charter Schools — And Gets Ignored

Every negative story on charters school scams helps a bit. Just like the Teach for America ( Campaign Against Teach for America is Working) ...

Wednesday, December 17, 2014

John Dewey HS Update: Popular Teacher Dies Suddenly - Some Staffers Blame Administration For Hastening Her Death

Was the death of [Teacher K] a case of slow murder by an arsenic-like administration, some teachers ask? Now this deadly gang of so-called...

Tuesday, December 16, 2014

Campaign Against Teach for America is Working: Recruiting Running Dry, Closes NYC Office

A sign TFA is losing its attraction - from Gary Rubinstein blog Teach for America is having trouble recruiting candidates to teach in N...

Retro Video: Eva Moskowitz Success Academy Bund-Like Rally - March, 2009

This ad for a March 28, 2009 conference to save public schools at John Jay College in NYC, illustrates a prime example of the manipulat...

Friday, December 12, 2014

Success Academy Bensonhurst Golden Plunger Award/Info on Phony Signatures

Another reason to love Eva I have seen it for myself. They walk around and get signatures. They recently asked me and gave me a flyer ...

Reign of Terror at Murry Bergtraum as Chapter Fights Back - Updated

John Elfrank-Dana has led a valiant effort to defend the teaching staff. They have also been hammering the union leadership for more support...

Hey Ben Chapman, Do Some Real Reporing - Ask Eva to see her list of 16,000 families

-- make some calls to see if they weren't just walking by and signed something on a subway station. Report on how many vacant slots in S...

Show Us the Money? When Charter Schools Are Nonprofit in Name Only

The contracts are an example of how the charter schools sometimes cede control of public dollars to private companies that have no leg...

Exposing Tactics Charters Use to Control Admissions

I sardonically joke during trainings, that I can give school leaders the 2 step secret to the high test score performance; recruit high ach...

Thursday, December 11, 2014

NYSAPE Calls Parents & Educators Call for a New Direction from the Regents and Demand NO Interference from Governor Cuomo After King Resignation

With so much anti-John King stuff floating around the blogs: B-LoEdScene : How Governor Cuomo Unloaded John King for a Palm Pilot and Cash...

FULL COURT PRESS: Spend Saturday With Teachers Unite: Educate, Don't Incarcerate

FULL COURT PRESS AGAINST #SchoolPushout #Criminalization #School2Prison #PoliceViolence #MassIncarceration #PrisonIndustrialComp...

John King Departure, New Fed Job Linked to Failure of CIA Torture Program

Ed Notes has learned that the CIA was behind the move of John King. Having demonstrated he could run an effective torture program for studen...

Wednesday, December 10, 2014

ISIS And Eva Moskowitz Join Heads on her 10-year, 100-school plan

Given the difficulties poor besieged Eva Moskowitz expects to face in getting space from Mayor deBlasio, she search for space for her ambiti...

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