Sunday, March 30, 2014

FORMER PEP MEMBER PATRICK SULLIVAN & PARENT ACTIVIST LEONIE HAIMSON CONDEMN NYS BUDGET AGREEMENT AS GIVEAWAY TO CHARTERS

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The piece below was posted yesterday at the NYC Public School Parents Blog  by the amazing former Manhattan Panel for Educational Policy me...
Saturday, March 29, 2014

LOIS WEINER SUMS UP TROUBLES OF U.S. TEACHER UNIONS

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Interesting piece from The Real News Network with Professor Lois Weiner. In the end she calls for a one day national teacher strike across ...
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Friday, March 28, 2014

LOOK FOR UFT END OF THE YEAR EVALUATION GUIDE AT SCHOOL

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We may not have a contract yet or an evaluation system that anyone can figure out but the UFT is providing us with a pamphlet to help us nav...
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Monday, March 24, 2014

IANNUZZI ANSWERS MORE-GOLDSTEIN-DIMINO CALL FOR NYSUT DEBATE; MULGEW IS SILENT

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The email below was sent to NYSUT President and Stronger Together leader Dick Iannuzzi, UFT President Michael Mulgrew and Revive NYSUT from ...
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Saturday, March 22, 2014

GRIEVANCE DIRECTOR SAYS MULTIPLE UFT UNION INITIATED GRIEVANCES ON EVALUATIONS MOVING AHEAD

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The Minutes from the March 10 UFT Executive Board meeting contain the following paragraph: Ellen Procida, Director of the Grievance Depart...
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Thursday, March 20, 2014

DA REPORT PART III: THE ROUTINE STUFF

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The fun has been taken out of doing this report as most of the good stuff is in the previous two reports.  However, since we try to keep you...
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DA REPORT PART II: MULGREW AND I WRANGLE AGAIN OVER ROBERT'S RULES ON DEBATE

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Regular readers of this blog know one of the biggest issues I am passionate about is fairness at the Delegate Assembly.  I believe in the di...
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Wednesday, March 19, 2014

UNITY TURNS DOWN MORE DA RESOLUTION CALLING FOR ESCALATION OF DEFENSE OF CHAPTER LEADERS & RANK AND FILE

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The March 19 Delegate Assembly was highlighted by MORE's Kit Wainer speaking in favor of a MORE sponsored resolution for the UFT to esca...
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Tuesday, March 18, 2014

ARTHUR GOLDSTEIN SUMS UP WHY WE SHOULD SUPPORT HIM IN NYSUT ELECTION

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There is very little controversy over who to support for Executive Vice President in the New York State United Teachers election on April 5....
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Saturday, March 15, 2014

UFT STATEMENT ON CONTRACT

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Anybody anywhere near the inside at the UFT has been spending a great deal of time the last few days addressing rumors about what the terms...
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Wednesday, March 12, 2014

QUEENS UFT TO ATRS: WE'LL FIGHT YOUR UNSATISFACTORY OBSERVATIONS ONLY WHEN ADMIN. TRIES TO TERMINATE YOU

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Between the NYSUT election campaign, a ridiculous quality review for my phasing out school, trying to keep up with the notorious Danielson F...
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Thursday, March 06, 2014

IANNUZZI'S STRONGER TOGETHER & ARTHUR GOLDSTEIN ARE CROWD FAVORITES AT CANDIDATE FORUM

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New York State United Teachers is all of the local non supervisory educator related unions (and some non educator unions) in New York State ...
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Sunday, March 02, 2014

ICE'S JOHN LAWHEAD RESPONDS TO MARK NAISON

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John Lawhead is a very deep thinker who is the brains behind many an ICE policy over the years. Recently, he felt compelled to respond to P...
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Friday, February 28, 2014

ST PAUL, MINNESOTA TEACHERS LOOKING AT DECENT CONTRACT TERMS

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In St. Paul, Minnesota, the home of the nation's first ever teachers' strike in 1946, a recent threat of a job action appears to ha...