Wednesday, March 11, 2015

FARINA ANTI-TEACHER COMMENTS SHOW SHE MIGHT BE AS BAD OR WORSE THAN KLEIN-WALCOTT

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Conditions in the schools have not improved much as far as I can tell since Bill de Blasio was elected Mayor and Carmen Farina was appointed...
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Monday, March 09, 2015

UFT LEADERS VOTE STIPEND FOR UFT DELEGATES TO ATTEND NYSUT CONVENTION

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What does it take to keep many Unity Caucus members (majority political party of the UFT) faithful to the leadership no matter what?  For a ...
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Sunday, March 08, 2015

WATERED DOWN TESTING RESOLUTION COMING TO UFT EXECUTIVE BOARD

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The UFT leadership has come up with their own resolution on testing. You knew this would be happening after Mike Schirtzer (MORE) received s...
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Thursday, March 05, 2015

CITY SURPLUS NOW EXTENDS TO 2019 ACCORDING TO IBO TESTIMONY

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In testimony before the City Council Finance Committee on March 4 sent to us by Harris Lirtzman, Ronnie Lowenstein, Director of the New Yor...
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2015-2016 SCHOOL CALENDAR RELEASED WITH FOUR PARENTS EVENINGS

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The 2015-16 New York City School calendar has been released .  While the press has noted the addition of a Muslim holiday as a day off duri...
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Tuesday, March 03, 2015

NEW JERSEY EDUCATION ASSOCIATION RUNS HARD HITTING AD CAMPAIGN AGAINST TESTING

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They are giving the PARCC tests this week over in New Jersey.  There seems to be a substantial protest movement against these standardized ...
Monday, March 02, 2015

WHY CAN'T NYC HAVE AN ELECTED SCHOOL BOARD?

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Mayor Bill de Blasio wants permanent mayoral control of New York City schools.  The law giving the mayor control sunsets in June and has to...
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Saturday, February 28, 2015

DEMISE OF UFT CHARTER SCHOOL REMINDS ME OF MY OPPOSITION TO ITS FOUNDING

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I'm a little late to the party writing about the UFT K-8 charter school that will be shutting down in June.  NYC Educator and Ed Notes...
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Friday, February 27, 2015

SBA DEAL WITH CITY STAYS WITHIN UNIFORM PATTERN, BEATS UFT PATTERN

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The Sergeants Benevolent Association led by President Ed Mullins has reached a tentative contract deal with the city that basically keeps i...
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Thursday, February 26, 2015

SOURCES SAY RETIREE RETRO DEPOSITED (updated)

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A retiree source has been on the payroll portal and told me the retroactive money will be deposited into accounts on Friday, February 27, 20...
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015

ANOTHER BILLION DOLLARS FOUND IN CITY BUDGET

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Comptroller Scott Stringer has found an extra billion dollars over what Mayor Bill de Blasio projected in the city budget.  Are the Unity su...
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015

PBS ROAD TRIP NATION COMES TO MIDDLE COLLEGE HS

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The PBS television show Road Trip Nation came to Middle College High School yesterday with their RV.  Some of the crew told stories of how t...
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Monday, February 23, 2015

MULGREW, CITY & ARBITRATOR, NOT RETIREES, RESPONSIBLE FOR LATEST CONTRACT GIVEBACK

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I vow that this will be my last posting for a while on the latest fiasco where active UFT members will have to defer raises so there can be ...
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Thursday, February 19, 2015

ESTIMATING THE COST OF ARBITRATOR RULING ON SENIOR TEACHERS

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NYC Educator made the first attempt to calculate the cost of arbitrator Martin Sheinman's ruling that forces active UFT members to pay...
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Monday, February 16, 2015

ARBITRATOR MIGHT NOT YET BE DONE REWRITING UFT CONTRACT (Updated)

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The arbitrator who decided last week to lengthen our contract by a month and delay one of the raises may have another crack at rewriting th...
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Saturday, February 14, 2015

ARBITRATOR RULES ACTIVE PEOPLE HAVE TO PAY FOR RETIREE LUMP SUM PAYMENTS

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In a decision announced on a Friday before a holiday when nobody was watching, an arbitrator has ruled that UFT members who retired between ...
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Thursday, February 12, 2015

DA REPORT: ANTI-HIGH STAKES TESTING RESOLUTION FAILS; RECENT RETIREES SHOULD SOON HEAR FROM ARBITRATOR

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Members have been emailing ICE regularly to ask when the lump sum back pay would be coming for people who retired between November 2009 and ...
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015

WILL NYSAPE RESOLUTION OPPOSING HIGH STAKES TESTING PASS AT DA TODAY?

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Let's hope someone obtains the floor to introduce this resolution at today's DA. Resolution to Support “The I Refuse Movement” to ...
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Sunday, February 08, 2015

CONTRACTUAL EXTENDED TIME PROVISION MUST BE RENEGOTIATED FOR SEPTEMBER

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Members of the opposition parties (caucuses) within the UFT are often asked how we would be different if we ran the union. One of the major ...
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Thursday, February 05, 2015

FARINA DOESN'T WANT "FLYBY" OBSERVATIONS FOR TEACHERS BUT WHAT ABOUT ATRS?

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In a recent NY Times article  and in testimony before Albany lawmakers , Chancellor Carmen Farina stated that she is no fan of Governor Andr...
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