Friday, June 29, 2012

ARBITRATION DECISION TO KEEP UFT AND CSA MEMBERS IN TURNAROUND SCHOOLS IS HUGE WIN

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For a union that claims victory even when it loses, the UFT, along with the Council of Supervisors and Administrators, can today boast abou...
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Saturday, June 23, 2012

TEACHER RATING LAW LOOKS LIKE ANOTHER EMPTY UFT VICTORY

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UFT President Michael Mulgrew is claiming a major win in Albany as a bill has been passed by the Legislature and signed by the Governor tha...
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Saturday, June 16, 2012

CAN YOU BELIEVE WE'RE GOING TO FACT FINDING AGAIN?

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At the June 13 Delegate Assembly, UFT President Michael Mulgrew announced publicly for the first time that the UFT is taking our contract di...
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Friday, May 25, 2012

SPECIAL DELEGATE ASSEMBLY: UFT ENDORSEMENTS & MULGREW RESPONDS TO LAWSUIT

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The UFT held a special Delegate Assembly meeting on Wednesday, May 23, 2012 at UFT HQ in Manhattan . The only agenda item was endorsements...
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Thursday, May 17, 2012

UNITY DOMINATED DELEGATE ASSEMBLY DECLINES TO SUPPORT STATE BILLS THAT WOULD END MAYORAL DICTATORSHIP OVER SCHOOLS

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Yesterday, the UFT Delegate Assembly would not allow an up or down vote on whether we should endorse state legislation to support one of...
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Monday, May 14, 2012

SWERDLOW ELECTED CHAPTER LEADER at FDR

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Recently saved FDR High School in Brooklyn last week elected activist Marian Swerdlow as their chapter leader.  Congratulations! We also h...
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Tuesday, May 08, 2012

UFT & CSA SUE OVER SCHOOL CLOSINGS

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The Council of Supervisors and Administrators has joined the UFT in the third annual closing schools lawsuit .  Nice to have the CSA on boar...
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Saturday, May 05, 2012

ATRS VOTE IN SCHOOL THEY ARE AT FOR THE WEEK

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I have been reading through my election guide for this spring's UFT Chapter Elections. This is what the Chapter Election Guide says ab...
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Sunday, April 22, 2012

Something in the Air Upstate as Teachers Rebel Against Teacher Evaluation System Based on Student Test Scores

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The Buffalo teachers' union and the school district still cannot reach an agreement on the new evaluation system.  Instead of caving in,...
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Friday, April 20, 2012

DA VOTES TO CONSIDER RESOLUTION TO SUPPORT LEGISLATION TO END OF MAYORAL CONTROL

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Two bills have been introduced in the State Legislature to end the mayor’s majority control over the New York City Board of Education.  On...
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Sunday, April 15, 2012

ALL-STAR PANEL TUESDAY AT BERGTRAUM

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If you are anywhere near Murry Bergtraaum High School on Tuesday at 5:30 p.m., you must stop by to see this truly distinguished panel of edu...
Wednesday, April 11, 2012

WALCOTT & PRESS CHARACTER ASSASSINATION OF CHAZ PROVES WHY WE NEED INDEPENDENT ARBITRATORS

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I can't believe that Chancellor Dennis Walcott and the press are using the case of Eric Chasanoff to try to make the case that the Chanc...
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Friday, April 06, 2012

DOE OFFICIALS DEAF AS USUAL AT BRYANT HIGH SCHOOL JOINT PUBLIC HEARING

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The other night three of us from Jamaica High School traveled over to Bryant High School in Western Queens for their Joint Public Hearing.  ...
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Wednesday, March 28, 2012

BUFFALO TEACHERS HANG TOUGH

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It appears the teachers in Buffalo, who have been without a contract for eight years, are hanging tough on opposing the new evaluation syst...
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Sunday, March 18, 2012

TIER 6 A HUGE DEFEAT FOR THE NEXT GENERATION

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No spin from NYSUT or Leo Casey or President Mulgrew on the legislation to stick anyone hired in April or thereafter with a Tier VI pensio...
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Tuesday, March 13, 2012

BUFFALO TEACHERS SAY DON'T BLAME US FOR NO SHOW KIDS AND JAMAICA COLLEAGUES WRITE FOR NATIONAL BLOGS

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Should teachers be held accountable for student test score gains even if the students don't show up for class?  Yes says the NYC DOE and...
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Sunday, March 11, 2012

DA REPORT: MULGREW SPINS OBLITERATION OF TENURE AS WE KNOW IT AS A GAIN

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The March Delegate Assembly was totally uneventful. In the usual marathon President's Report, Michael Mulgrew was in full spin cycle.  H...
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Sunday, March 04, 2012

JULIE CAVANAGH, ARTHUR GOLDSTEIN AND WILLIAM JOHNSON SUCCESSFULLY TAKE ON EVALUATION SYSTEM

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The NY Times and Daily News have great pieces on the folly of rating teachers by student test scores. They are written by teachers.   Julie ...
Thursday, March 01, 2012

UNION DOES RIGHT BY TEACHERS WHO RECEIVED LOW TDR SCORES

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We criticized Leo Casey last week when we felt he was trying to sell us a lousy evaluation agreement as a professional gain.  If the UFT rea...
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Friday, February 24, 2012

DEFENDER OF THE FAITH LEO CASEY DEFENDS INDEFENSIBLE EVALUATION AGREEMENT

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UFT and NYSUT leaders (basically the same people) are obviously alarmed that their deal on evaluations for teachers is not going over that w...
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