tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post8728866245414956884..comments2024-03-07T15:25:26.971-05:00Comments on ICEUFT Blog: WHAT IF WE JUST SAY NO TO THE NEW EDUCATION LAW?Jeff Kaufmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11728874415155394751noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-87664010792870761072015-04-10T21:27:44.915-04:002015-04-10T21:27:44.915-04:00You do not risk a Taylor Law violation if you come...You do not risk a Taylor Law violation if you come to the bargaining table with the "intent" to settle and just never reach agreement. The law mandates you must bargain in good faith not necessarily reach agreement on the issuesJohn Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01181719918552424933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-26005243799533880602015-04-07T21:08:26.142-04:002015-04-07T21:08:26.142-04:00The answer is to start a union.The answer is to start a union.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-53463550111895610332015-04-07T18:59:21.383-04:002015-04-07T18:59:21.383-04:00I meant to respond to Anon of 10:17 am.I meant to respond to Anon of 10:17 am.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-41653251061742149252015-04-07T18:55:04.454-04:002015-04-07T18:55:04.454-04:00Harris, et al, I am with you in spirit.
However, ...Harris, et al, I am with you in spirit. <br />However, we need to consider the difficult aspects of raising a legal challenge. This law was passed constitutionally. <br />On what grounds can we make a suit? <br />The problem is that the majority of the leaders in the political community are thoroughly convinced that these laws and the VAM-based thinking behind them is inappropriate. <br />Additionally problematic is that we have very few media allies. The media generally are quite supportive of the reformers' agenda. Read Paul Horton's Jan 3, 2015 piece at Living in Dialogue.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-51801720583745299552015-04-07T14:23:53.041-04:002015-04-07T14:23:53.041-04:00Why does everyone expect the union to do something...Why does everyone expect the union to do something? The rank and file is the union. It is we that must wake up. Mulgrew would lose his status if people woke up. Stop blaming the Union and think about awakening the teachers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-38651394270323283632015-04-07T10:34:33.789-04:002015-04-07T10:34:33.789-04:00Harris, you are correct collective action is neede...Harris, you are correct collective action is needed. Unfortunately that would take willingness by the union to lead. We all know that isn't happening. NVCD lead by our union systemwide with them doing everything they can to be visible in the schools and system trying to protect us could work. Too bad. Unitymustgo!noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-17573133084744400392015-04-07T10:17:35.246-04:002015-04-07T10:17:35.246-04:00The UFT must file a lawsuit. That is the only solu...The UFT must file a lawsuit. That is the only solution..to challenge a baseless standard to evaluate teacher performance.<br /><br /><br />http://dianeravitch.net/2015/04/01/peter-greene-on-cuomos-destruction-of-the-teaching-profession-and-the-democrats-who-helped-him/<br /><br /><br /><br />If it is not challenged, then it is over!<br /><br />The union is bleeding away and the corporations win again.<br /><br /><br />No more talk!<br /><br />Action!<br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-27532858271357037392015-04-06T17:32:24.639-04:002015-04-06T17:32:24.639-04:00Sad but true. We are there already without any uni...Sad but true. We are there already without any union protection. ICE is trying to get that protection back.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-52114918101264766052015-04-06T08:17:14.423-04:002015-04-06T08:17:14.423-04:00What if:
We could just opt out of the UFT altogeth...What if:<br />We could just opt out of the UFT altogether and go it alone. I dont see how things could be much worse.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-17254736663987038392015-04-05T23:57:05.412-04:002015-04-05T23:57:05.412-04:00I agree, look at all the outrageous principals tha...I agree, look at all the outrageous principals that remain.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-79914104655379400822015-04-05T23:47:50.982-04:002015-04-05T23:47:50.982-04:00I have operated on the assumption that the UFT and...I have operated on the assumption that the UFT and CSA had a cozy relationship to the point that the UFT has backed off going after abusive principals. Almost 20 years ago I made a reso at the DA calling for the removal of tenure from principals because they were out enemy and we should not support protecting our enemies. It was turned down of course but Sandy Feldman came over to me after and shook my hand and said she loved what I said but because they were another union they had to support them. I find it interesting that our bosses need to be supported under the union solidarity banner.ed notes onlinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15018047869059226777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-46521483786675070852015-04-05T19:45:52.818-04:002015-04-05T19:45:52.818-04:00I support opt out 100%.I support opt out 100%.James Eternohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13578647381229034792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-88873185493826594212015-04-05T19:30:31.153-04:002015-04-05T19:30:31.153-04:00James, you are entering into the forbidden territo...James, you are entering into the forbidden territory of non-violent civil disobedience. I say that tongue in cheek because I have often raised NVCD, at least intellectually as a way to force us to broaden our ways of thinking in the face of an unprecedented crisis, and people run away from me like I'd just been skunked. <br /><br />But unlike your reader's suggestion, NVCD is not a vehicle for causing self-harm: "starving the evaluator" would simply result in a teacher being given a poorer rating than otherwise.<br /><br />NVCD is intended to bring the point of contention between groups to a "crisis point" by forcing the other side, and the public, to see the issues from a new moral perspective. Opting-out is an early stage version of NVCD and it may have the salutary effect of both screwing up the testing regimen and moving people to throw off the fear that NVCD or other forms of direct action naturally cause when considered INDIVIDUALLY but which can be liberating when considered COLLECTIVELY.Harris L.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-61621439504220758832015-04-05T18:36:57.142-04:002015-04-05T18:36:57.142-04:00I like the idea of what to do when the independent...I like the idea of what to do when the independent evaluator comes. We need to organize first.James Eternohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13578647381229034792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-16101885527121558342015-04-05T18:15:44.317-04:002015-04-05T18:15:44.317-04:00I couldn't agree more. It's sad that our ...I couldn't agree more. It's sad that our union will read this and wonders why you just don't get this is a good deal? Everyone, but those in the pockets of big money consider this a stinker. It's sad that here in NYC Deblasio, Farina, CSA, UFT and Parent Groups can't at least entertain talking to each other. My Principal is a District rep for CSA. She does not describe the relationship between UFT and CSA in kind words. Personally I don't care about the history or what the bad blood is, CSA and UFT should unite against this lame evaluation system. In addition, if this new system comes to pass, then teachers could starve the outside evaluator. The second they walk in to your room switch immediately into independent reading and let the students just read until they leave. Unitymustgo!noreply@blogger.com