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The Official Blog of the Independent Community of Educators, a caucus of the United Federation of Teachers

Tuesday, June 12, 2018

STATE SENATE LEADER WANTS CHARTER EXPANSION TO BE PART OF TEACHER EVALUATION BILL

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Senate Republican leader John Flanagan has a bill to slightly change teacher evaluation while adding all kinds of goodies for charter and pr...
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Monday, June 11, 2018

UFT EMPHASIZES PAPERWORK STANDARDS

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If the principal is mandating extra paperwork for a Quality Review or for his/her evaluation, there is a process to do something about it qu...
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Saturday, June 09, 2018

WHAT DOES CHANCELLOR SHOWING UP AT CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS MEAN?

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There is a picture in this week's Chapter Leader Update of Chancellor Richard Carranza shaking hands with UFT President at the initial c...
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Friday, June 08, 2018

AMY ARUNDELL APOLOGIZES TO MEMBER PUT ON HOLD AND DISCONNECTED

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We are happy to report that once in a blue moon the ICEUFT blog does make a tangible difference. When we complained yesterday about a UFT m...
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Thursday, June 07, 2018

UFT PUTS MEMBER WHO CALLED DURING BUSINESS HOURS ON HOLD AND THEN HANGS UP!

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UFT President Michael Mulgrew recently introduced UFT customer service  along with their shiny new app. Well I have some advice for Mr. Mulg...
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Wednesday, June 06, 2018

UUP FIRST NYS GOVERNMENT UNION TO GET PAID FAMILY LEAVE; DE BLASIO ESTIMATES PAID FAMILY LEAVE WILL COST NYC $1 BILLION

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Chaz reported earlier on United University Professions  (SUNY professors) being the first public sector union in New York State to get paid ...
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Tuesday, June 05, 2018

UFT EXECUTIVE BOARD PASSES RESOLUTION SUPPORTING WHAT DIANE RAVITCH TERMS "SHAM" EVALUATION BILL

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The UFT often acts in ways that leave me scratching my head and saying, "What the f***?" Last night was one of those occasions as ...
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Monday, June 04, 2018

FOREST HILLS HIGH SCHOOL ISSUES MOCK DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE FROM PRINCIPAL

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Someone from Forest Hills High School has been in touch with us to document abuses by Principal Ben Sherman. We have known of Sherman's ...
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Sunday, June 03, 2018

UFT EXECUTIVE BOARD RESOLUTION TO PUSH INADEQUATE TEACHER EVALUATION BILL TO BE CONSIDERED MONDAY

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This resolution was passed by the UFT officers and it will be on the agenda for Monday's Executive Board meeting. The bill the UFT ...
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Saturday, June 02, 2018

MY RESPONSE TO MULGREW'S NY TEACHER COLUMN ON EVALUATIONS

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I read my NY Teacher today where President Michael Mulgrew said in his President's Perspective column the following: Right now in Ne...
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Friday, June 01, 2018

NORM SCOTT TO BE HONORED WITH AWARD FROM LEONIE HAIMSON

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Leonie Haimson, Executive Director of Class Size Matters, is a powerful advocate for public education. She presents the Skinny Awards annual...
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Thursday, May 31, 2018

NYC PUBLIC SCHOOL PARENTS BLOG POSTS OUR PIECE ON EDUCATIONAL FADS (UPDATED WITH MULGREW OPED)

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Parent activist Leonie Haimson asked me to write something for the New York City Parents Blog on Common Core. I responded by writing about ...
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Wednesday, May 30, 2018

ASSEMBLYWOMAN JO ANNE SIMON RESPONDS TO OUR EVAL PETITION

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Assembywoman JoAnne Simon from Brooklyn has responded to our petition on Moveon.org. She touts the Assembly Bill as a fix for what is wrong ...
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Tuesday, May 29, 2018

UNION EXPERTS DISCUSS UNIONS AFTER JANUS

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Unless you have been hibernating in a cave the last year, you know that the Supreme Court is about to make their decision in the Janus v AFS...
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