tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post241580958446363766..comments2024-03-07T15:25:26.971-05:00Comments on ICEUFT Blog: CALIFORNIA TENURE DECISION IS MORE DEPRESSING NEWS FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLSJeff Kaufmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11728874415155394751noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-11954042659854169732014-06-11T05:06:44.313-04:002014-06-11T05:06:44.313-04:00With Randi leading the AFT, there will be no natio...With Randi leading the AFT, there will be no national walkout or anything else beyond wearing ribbons for a day.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-44571189102661109202014-06-10T23:07:23.778-04:002014-06-10T23:07:23.778-04:00After I retired as a NYC teacher,I moved to Ohio. ...After I retired as a NYC teacher,I moved to Ohio. I live in the suburbs of Cleveland and I decided to attend a BoE Executive Board meeting (likened to a NYC PEP meeting) when I read in the newspaper that 70+ teachers' contract (probation) was not being renewed. Those teachers would be replaced by TFA. I got to speak to one particular union rep and we were speaking about the issue of tenure, TFA and the closing of schools which are replaced with charter schools. She explained to me that the Cleveland school system was horribly decimated by the unfair, ridiculous education policies that were created by Barbara Byrd-Bennett. "She became Chief Executive Officer of the Cleveland schools in 1998, the first to hold the newly-renamed position after the district shifted to mayoral control instead of having an elected school board." <br /><br />The Cleveland union rep explained that the teachers' termination had no rhyme or reason and no probable cause for not renewing contract (probation). But the exec board will feign "fairness" by giving each teacher two minutes to speak to them behind closed doors with union rep regarding their dismissal. However, it is the pattern that the deformers continue to use in each state. Come up with a reason that they don't have to justify to terminate teachers and replace them with TFAs.<br /><br />A retired Cleveland teacher was telling me that Cleveland school district only has 861 days left before it ceases to exist. It will be another New Orleans. And the national union for Cleveland is the AFT, which explains a lot. <br /><br />It's so sad what is happening in NYC, Cleveland, and now in California. Something has to give! We are at war with these deformers, the charter school chain gang, TFA, and the 1%ers.<br /><br />We need to have a national school walkout! Zulma, NYC retired math teachernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-36865492082646338662014-06-10T20:58:41.450-04:002014-06-10T20:58:41.450-04:00Here's to tenure. The only thing that allows m...Here's to tenure. The only thing that allows me to speak up for students.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com