tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post4237437519829220765..comments2024-03-07T15:25:26.971-05:00Comments on ICEUFT Blog: DIANE RAVITCH, CEA RESPOND TO BIDEN SECRETARY OF EDUCATION PICKJeff Kaufmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11728874415155394751noreply@blogger.comBlogger75125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-30070210153020780692020-12-28T20:11:25.859-05:002020-12-28T20:11:25.859-05:00You get what you’re entitled to, but not at 55! You get what you’re entitled to, but not at 55! TeachNYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07336761634725655865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-91523757267950454392020-12-28T14:48:31.819-05:002020-12-28T14:48:31.819-05:00usual Teach NY has no idea what they are talking a...usual Teach NY has no idea what they are talking about. At 55 with tens service credit you will entitled to 1.66 x 10 - a huge age reduction factor. If you wait to collect at 62 then the age factor goes away so it would be 1.66 x 10 = 16.6 of the average salary of your highest 3 consecutive years. As for health benefits you would be entitled to that but. It sure of the details. You do not have to renter / rehired in the system to collect. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-69587043578113351322020-12-28T10:54:58.269-05:002020-12-28T10:54:58.269-05:00Give people their flowers when they can still smel...Give people their flowers when they can still smell them.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-77758149504784559332020-12-28T10:54:00.635-05:002020-12-28T10:54:00.635-05:00Im so glad mulgrew agreed to that robust testing. ...Im so glad mulgrew agreed to that robust testing. Good luck next week.<br /><br />A 7% 7-day-avg positivity rate prolly means a horrid 10-12% daily rate.<br /><br />Way to go Mayor! Keep fiddlin’ while Rome burns....and you’d think we woulda learned somthin from Nero. Sheeesh.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-2987459790475657862020-12-28T10:51:39.386-05:002020-12-28T10:51:39.386-05:00Thanks uft. With covid came opt out. Be careful....Thanks uft. With covid came opt out. Be careful. I have COVID-19. My only risky behavior has been to show up at school each day. I haven’t been around family since school started so at least I know they won’t get it from me. I wouldn’t wish this on anyone.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-91590098102101624292020-12-28T10:49:11.813-05:002020-12-28T10:49:11.813-05:00Serious question Im sure noody willa nswerr. So, ...Serious question Im sure noody willa nswerr. So, sprimng break money, Muilgrew saud negotiate in ocotober. It is now almost january. No way doe pays teachers alone $400M. What are looking at and when will we get it? Next summer? A couple of sick days? A couple hundred bucks instead of the thousands we are each owed?ericnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-78684629025301961562020-12-28T09:19:39.119-05:002020-12-28T09:19:39.119-05:00Risk happens slowly, then all at once.
Anyone who ...Risk happens slowly, then all at once.<br />Anyone who still thinks New Yorkers don’t mind high taxes or heavy-handed governance should ponder Tuesday’s population estimates from the US Census Bureau. Residents are voting with their feet — and heading for the exits in record numbers.<br /><br />According to a report by the Empire Center’s E.J. McMahon, New York could be on its way “to its first population decline in any decade since the 1970s.” Its headcount fell by a whopping 126,355, or 0.65 percent, to a total of 19,336,776 over the year that ended July 1, the estimates indicate — the biggest drop of any state, both as a percentage and in absolute numbers.Marcnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-25692438488707919502020-12-28T09:16:30.045-05:002020-12-28T09:16:30.045-05:00Good news...Keep it going, uft. The city's sev...Good news...Keep it going, uft. The city's seven-day average coronavirus positivity rate now stands above 7%, according to Mayor Bill de Blasio. <br /><br />In a tweet Sunday, the mayor said just over 3,000 new COVID-19 cases were reported in the city Saturday, with 191 people admitted to city hospitals.<br /><br />"2020 isn’t over yet, and neither is this fight," de Blasio tweeted. "Get tested, continue social distancing, and keep each other safe."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-50636770382616717312020-12-28T08:44:01.344-05:002020-12-28T08:44:01.344-05:00Sounds like when I call out grade fraud. I get in...Sounds like when I call out grade fraud. I get in trouble but cant quite figure out what im doing wrong. <br /> Zhang Zhan, the 37-year-old Chinese lawyer/journalist who exposed the Wuhan's coronavirus outbreak and detained in May, has been jailed for 4 years. She was found guilty of "picking quarrels and provoking trouble", a frequent charge against activists.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-67523726909966137212020-12-28T08:26:50.872-05:002020-12-28T08:26:50.872-05:00Nothing. You cannot collect on anything until you’...Nothing. You cannot collect on anything until you’re 63 or 65 (somewhere in that age span). You have to resign first, then come back and reenter the system to collect.TeachNYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07336761634725655865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-58389955374972293012020-12-27T22:13:07.095-05:002020-12-27T22:13:07.095-05:00I would like to openly ask the UFT as to the where...I would like to openly ask the UFT as to the whereabouts of the monies we are owed for giving up our Spring break this past April. <br /><br />We, meaning the rank and file, receive zero voluntary updates from the UFT and the only time we get info is if some teacher is lucky enough to get past the guardrails during a town hall or a delegate assembly. <br /><br />So UFT, where is our spring break monies. It is now almost a year since we had the spring break rug pulled out from under us, show us the money.<br /><br />At the very least, show us, the dues paying members, something concrete, like a paper trail, that we can see so that we know it is moving forward. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-87435872349823239212020-12-27T19:57:26.239-05:002020-12-27T19:57:26.239-05:00More happy dues payers. Does anyone ever day anyt...More happy dues payers. Does anyone ever day anything positive?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-70451029849987781212020-12-27T17:58:53.611-05:002020-12-27T17:58:53.611-05:00After working in the doe as a teacher for ten year...After working in the doe as a teacher for ten years, If I leave and decide not to return, what am I guaranteed once I hit age 55? ( medical? What percent of my current pay?) Any info helps.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-1444237001905767292020-12-27T17:57:28.222-05:002020-12-27T17:57:28.222-05:00It feels weird that we are going to be sending tea...It feels weird that we are going to be sending teachers back into classrooms in a little over a week. The vaccine is here. I don't think that any teacher should be expected to enter a classroom until they have been offered the vaccine.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-66487339278266023852020-12-27T14:47:07.041-05:002020-12-27T14:47:07.041-05:00And nothing will change.
And nothing will change.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-40983761090299069372020-12-27T13:23:11.264-05:002020-12-27T13:23:11.264-05:00Arne Duncan, Obama's Secretary of Education, h...Arne Duncan, Obama's Secretary of Education, had a ton of influence with the horrific Race to the Top. Think how many teachers lost jobs, schools were closed and charters started.Through funding, the federal government can have a huge influence on us locally. Rod Paige with the bogus Texas miracle had a huge impact on us with the disastrous No Child Left Behind.James Eternohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13578647381229034792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-48837248349284785192020-12-27T13:11:05.155-05:002020-12-27T13:11:05.155-05:00The Secretary of Education has about much relevanc...The Secretary of Education has about much relevance to the average classroom teacher’s life as the Commissioner of Baseball Prehistoric pedagoguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05309260131781133687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-88181726713996557392020-12-27T11:38:11.544-05:002020-12-27T11:38:11.544-05:00Any word at all when middle schools will be open f...Any word at all when middle schools will be open for face to face learning? TeachNYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07336761634725655865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-19138353733237795022020-12-27T11:32:48.162-05:002020-12-27T11:32:48.162-05:00Nicely done, uft.
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You both want...Nicely done, uft.<br /><br />@NYCMayor<br /> <br />@UFT<br /> You both wanted to open schools in a pandemic, and you made it happen. It was a major accomplishment in the fall when numbers were all very low. Now in a major surge, with even more increases to come soon, it’s time to think of the reopening win as a chess match.<br /><br />Today’s indicators:<br /><br />• 191 new hospitalizations<br />• 3,015 new cases<br />• 7.07% positivity rate (7-day avg.)<br /><br />2020 isn’t over yet, and neither is this fight. Get tested, continue social distancing, and keep each other safeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-18443167949073991302020-12-27T11:31:50.264-05:002020-12-27T11:31:50.264-05:00Jen Lingeman MD
I have folks desperate to get tes...Jen Lingeman MD<br /><br />I have folks desperate to get tested in NYC. Their experience is 6 hour lines that they are too frail to wait on. Express has crashed. Everyone says NYC's testing is easy; can someone please tell me where the easy, humane, elder-friendly test sites are?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-7308692570254423462020-12-26T21:19:46.085-05:002020-12-26T21:19:46.085-05:00COVID-19 takes the life of a beloved Pinellas Coun...COVID-19 takes the life of a beloved Pinellas County music teacher<br />By Justin MatthewsPublished 2 days agoFloridaFOX 13 News<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-50488179645285295742020-12-26T20:43:17.633-05:002020-12-26T20:43:17.633-05:00RIP BrodieRIP BrodieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-40834160626353689272020-12-26T20:28:58.721-05:002020-12-26T20:28:58.721-05:00So we’re simultaneously being told to stay home ov...So we’re simultaneously being told to stay home over Christmas but 6 days later letting thousands of children congregate is ok?<br />Quote Tweet<br />The Oregonian<br />@Oregonian<br /> · Dec 23<br />Oregon schools can decide to reopen starting Jan. 1, Governor Kate Brown says https://trib.al/3aCVkB3Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-63521423529297594932020-12-26T19:56:12.407-05:002020-12-26T19:56:12.407-05:00Better get the most robust testing in the country ...Better get the most robust testing in the country ready. I'm sure mulgrew is ready.<br /> https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9088561/Super-infectious-mutant-strain-coronavirus-likely-affect-children-claims-study.html?fbclid=IwAR00gErBeEUbfqSWR9oTVll5fOpxR4I4j1iy_MzdlzZL8OIT-ykA87UosGAAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-29350693944288494512020-12-26T18:56:43.670-05:002020-12-26T18:56:43.670-05:00Nicely done, uft. No wonder the % is so low. Due...Nicely done, uft. No wonder the % is so low. Dues well spent.<br />Covid-19 tests used by NY schools likely to miss cases of Covid-19 in kids<br />Mary B. Pasciak Dec 26, 2020 Updated 2 hrs ago 0Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com