NYC Schools Face Another Wave of For-Profit Field Testing
Parents and Educators Protest Unsound Testing Policies
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October 24, 2012
NYC Schools Face Another Wave of For-Profit Field Testing as
Parents and Educators Protest Unsound Testing Policies
Reference material on this week’s field tests and additional updates on challenges to New York City and State’s high stakes testing programs and policies
Sorry, Bob Schieffer: Between Testing and Teacher Evaluations, America's Teachers Don't Feel Too Loved
Wow1 I'm impressed. There are lots
ATR Reports on Bronx UFT Meeting
If you want to help in this fight, join our Change the Stakes group.
www.changethestakes.org
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 24, 2012
NYC Schools Face Another Wave of For-Profit Field Testing as
Parents and Educators Protest Unsound Testing Policies
Reference material on this week’s field tests and additional updates on challenges to New York City and State’s high stakes testing programs and policies
Pearson’s New York State Field Tests
Sorry, Bob Schieffer: Between Testing and Teacher Evaluations, America's Teachers Don't Feel Too Loved
As someone who has worked in a non-union school, I can tell Ms. Kenny what violates trust between teachers and administrators. Knowing that you can be fired for your personality. Knowing that there is a fresh crop of well-intentioned, starry-eyed Teach for America kids who can take your place in the time it takes to make a phone call. Knowing that you will be scorned for using your allotted sick days and guilted into working through lunch, during prep time, and hours after the final school bell rings. ----charter school teacher Allison LaFave
Wow1 I'm impressed. There are lots
ATR Reports on Bronx UFT Meeting
One of our correspondents sent this along with a handout. Look for more reports from this and other meetings at the NYCATR blog which I am managing temporarily.
Newark Contract: Weingarten is a Serial Pusher of Bad Contracts
About 100 attendees. Meeting well run by Amy ( only speaker from UFT ). about 15 were guidance/social workers. 65 % female; 50 % non white. 1/3 first time ATRS. 1800 ATR # confirmed. UFT seems to be pushing ATR rights a little more; supposedly DOE is clamping down on Principal ATR abuses; UFT wants ATRs to notify them promptly of any perceived problems. NO ATR chapter will be formed.
Crowd was fairly passive but had many questions but little new info. UFT meets with DOE regularly; one person asked if ATRs could serve as mentors or teacher assists in CR; say they
Newark Contract: Weingarten is a Serial Pusher of Bad Contracts
The NTU leadership and Weingarten ought to be ashamed they're pushing this piece of shit contract onto Newark teachers, but they're incapable of that emotion. They're too busy sucking up to the corporatocracy as they collect their six figure salaries and benefits and sell working teachers down the river with these "innovative" contracts Weingarten and the education reformers/corporatocracy love so much. It's time to rid the AFT and the locals of these corporate
