Friday, January 30, 2015

EMAILS WE GET EMAILS AND A DA REPORT FROM NYC EDUCATOR

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I have decided that I enjoy sitting out Delegate Assemblies as non-delegates are exiled to a room on the 19th floor and have to watch on vid...
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Thursday, January 29, 2015

DON'T BE PRESSURED BY CALLS FOR UNITY FROM LEADERSHIP WHO HAVE DONE NOTHING TO FOSTER IT

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Later today (Thursday) there will be a rescheduled emergency Delegate Assembly to discuss the UFT's reaction to Governor Andrew Cuomo...
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Sunday, January 25, 2015

STARVE THE DATA BEAST TO SAVE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN NY

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It's close to the end for public education as we know it in New York State. The corporate money backed, anti-public education  Governor ...
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Thursday, January 22, 2015

MS. LEE GOES TO WASHINGTON; CUOMO PROPOSES FINISHING US OFF WHILE SHELLY SILVER IS ABOUT TO BE ARRESTED

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MORE-Change the Stakes teacher Jia Lee went to Washington DC yesterday to testify before a US Senate committee discussing reauthorizing No ...
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Wednesday, January 21, 2015

STRONGER TOGETHER WRITES TO NYSUT LEADERS

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Today is the day when Governor Andrew Cuomo will release his plan to radically change public education as we know it in New York State to th...
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Sunday, January 18, 2015

POLICE JOB ACTION LESSONS

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I expect the Monday morning quarterbacks to start using their perfect 20-20 hindsight to declare defeat for the Patrolmen's Benevolent A...
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Thursday, January 15, 2015

MULGREW REVEALS UNION'S ALBANY TWITTER STRATEGY AT DA

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Thanks to Arthur Goldstein's Tweets, we have a report from the January Delegate Assembly, the second DA in a row where I could not make ...
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Wednesday, January 14, 2015

PRESS GETTING A LITTLE BETTER IN DESCRIBING LATEST INCIDENT AT 167-01 GOTHIC DRIVE IN JAMAICA

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Another month and another safety  incident hits the press  in the building where I used to work that now houses four small schools.  At leas...
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Monday, January 12, 2015

DIFFERENTIATING THE BLOG BETWEEN NYSUT AND THE POLICE

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On a weekend where someone sent out an article telling us how differentiated instruction does not work in the real world , this post is diff...
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Thursday, January 08, 2015

HALF OF NEW TEACHERS QUIT WITHIN 5 YEARS

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It is a national issue that close to 50% of new teachers quit within their first five years.  To many of the people who want to privatize ed...
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Tuesday, January 06, 2015

JAMAICA HIGH SCHOOL MARIO CUOMO STORY

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Just taking a moment out of our busy battle to save public education to remember Mario Cuomo.  When I was a young teacher, Governor Mario Cu...
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Monday, January 05, 2015

SECRETARY OF EDUCATION DOESN'T GET IT

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We're up and ready to head off to school today as another vacation ends.  The Washington Post 's Valerie Strauss put up answers to...
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Thursday, January 01, 2015

NYSUT PROTESTS OUTSIDE GOVERNOR'S MANSION BUT AN OPPOSITION NYSUT LEADER WANTS A STRONGER FIGHT

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Yesterday,  New York State United Teachers (our state union) protested outside the governor's mansion after Governor Andrew Cuomo vetoed...
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Tuesday, December 30, 2014

MEDIA STILL BLAMES JAMAICA HIGH SCHOOL FOR INCIDENT WHEN SCHOOL DOESN'T EXIST

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Jamaica High School phased out in June but it doesn't stop the news media from attributing an intruder incident that happened in the bu...
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Friday, December 26, 2014

INDEPENDENT BUDGET OFFICE CONFIRMS NYC'S ROSY FINANCIAL PICTURE

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The Independent Budget Office is out with a new report on the city's finances.  The budget picture looks positive for the city for as f...
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Wednesday, December 24, 2014

OPPOSITON IN NYSUT WRITES TO TISCH

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The only good to come out of this year's NYSUT power grab by Executive Vice President Andy Pallotta and the UFT was the formation of a s...
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Tuesday, December 23, 2014

POSSIBLE PBA V DE BLASIO ENDGAME

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The UFT Executive Board passed a resolution last night expressing condolences to the families, friends and colleagues of the two New York Ci...
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