Thursday, November 28, 2013

GENE PRISCO'S PASSING A BIG LOSS

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I was aware that he was not well but I am still stunned by the passing of a founding member of ICE: Gene Prisco.  Tributes are starting to p...
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Thursday, November 21, 2013

UNITY DOMINATED UFT DELEGATE ASSEMBLY VOTES FOR MINOR TWEAKS IN THE TEACHER EVALUATION SYSTEM WHILE MORE CAUCUS CALLS FOR REPEAL OF EVALUATION LAW

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The positions of the two main  caucuses (political parties) within the UFT on the topic of teacher evaluations emerged clear as day at Wedne...
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Saturday, November 16, 2013

DE BLASIO'S CAMPAIGN PROMISES ON EDUCATION

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Leonie Haimson, over at the NYC Parent's blog , yesterday listed candidate Bill de Blasio's campaign promises on education.  Leonie...
Friday, November 15, 2013

EPSTEIN PART II ON HOW BLOOMBERG DISMANTLED THE SCHOOL SYSTEM

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From the Diane Ravitch blog.   http://dianeravitch.net/2013/11/15/marc-epstein-the-task-before-mayor-de-blasio-part-2/ I think anyone wh...
Thursday, November 14, 2013

COMMON CORE PROTEST IN MINEOLA HAS CITY PRESENCE WHILE GOAL FOR THE MOVEMENT IS STATED BY LI UNION LEADER

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Newsday reports that yesterday's John King  forum in Nassau County was more civil than the raucous event held in Suffolk County on Tuesd...
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Wednesday, November 13, 2013

COMMON CORE REBELLION GAINS STEAM

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Nice to see the public's got real opinions on the Common Core .  Here is the first part of the Newsday piece on a forum on Long Islan...
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Sunday, November 10, 2013

EPSTEIN OVER AT DIANE RAVITCH BLOG HAS SOME ADVICE FOR MAYOR ELECT DE BLASIO

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My colleague Marc Epstein, now in exile from Jamaica as we phase out, has some advice on how Bill de Blasio can clean out the stables   (fix...
Thursday, November 07, 2013

LET'S MAKE SURE WE DON'T GET "PUNKED" AGAIN!

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Congratulations to Bill De Blasio, Tish James and Scott Stringer for their sweeping victories in Tuesday's election.  They have a real m...
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Monday, November 04, 2013

NYC EDUCATOR EXPLAINS WHY IT IS IMPORTANT TO VOTE DE BLASIO ON TUESDAY

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I was all set to write up a wonderful endorsement on why it is important to go out and vote on Tuesday for Bill de Blasio, but NYC Educator ...
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Saturday, November 02, 2013

MYTH THAT TEACHERS NEED A NOTE FROM A DOCTOR AFTER THREE ABSENCES IN A ROW IS BUSTED IN GRIEVANCE

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Times are really bad for NYC teachers these days when the UFT has to go to grievance to uphold basic rights that anyone can read in our cont...
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Friday, October 25, 2013

IS THERE ROOM FOR OPTIMISM UNDER DE BLASIO?

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Many of us who work in public education feel a strong sense of gloom and doom because of what is happening in the schools and in the country...
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Saturday, October 19, 2013

SCHOOL COMMUNITY RALLIES TO STOP CO-LOCATION AT MARTIN VAN BUREN HIGH SCHOOL

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In case you were wondering what I did after school on Friday, I raced on over to Martin Van Buren to attend their rally to stop the co-locat...
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Thursday, October 17, 2013

ANNENBERG INSTITUTE FINDS DOE PUTS MANY AT RISK KIDS IN SO CALLED STRUGGLING SCHOOLS

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The Annenberg Institute for Education Reform released a study last week showing that the New York City Department of Education disproportio...
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Sunday, October 13, 2013

WHERE'S THE SCIENCE BACKING ANY OF THE COMMON CORE-DANIELSON NONSENSE?

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UFT President Michael Mulgrew constantly tells us we must be on the same side as the parents.  I agree but when it comes to Common Core, it ...
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Thursday, October 10, 2013

MORE COMES OF AGE AT DA WITH PROTEST AND STRONG SHOWING AS UNITY-NEW ACTION PASS MEANINGLESS RESOLUTION ON TESTING

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RESOLUTION TO POSTPONE HIGH STAKES DECISIONS ON COMMON CORE TESTS UFT President Michael Mulgrew and his ruling Unity-New Action majority...
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Wednesday, October 09, 2013

UFT PRAISES COMMON CORE; CALLS FOR MORITORIUM ON JUDGING TEACHERS, SCHOOLS AND STUDENTS ON TESTS WHILE SAYING NOTHING ABOUT PUNITIVE DANIELSON OBSERVATIONS

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The resolution below passed at the UFT Executive Board on Monday night.  To my eyes, it does not go nearly far enough to stop the madness th...
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Sunday, October 06, 2013

NO TALE OF TWO DE BLASIOS

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Reality Based Educator is reporting that Bill de Blasio, the overwhelming favorite to be the next mayor of New York City, has been meeting ...
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