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9-4-13 Ed Notes Online

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MORE Weekly Update #65, Sept. 2, 2013
Happy Labor Day from MORE! View this email in your browser Weekly Update #65 September 2, 2013 Share Tweet Forward to Friend Join MORE Today COMMITTEES:High Stake Testing Committeetesting@morecaucusnyc.orgFri. Sept. 6 at 4:30PMBryant Park / Tables @ NE SideSteering Committeesteering@morecaucusnyc.orgMon. Sept
Bill di Blasio Blasts Co-Locations! Challenges Quinn Record on Support of Bloomberg Ed Policies
FACT: Speaker Quinn Said Bloomberg's Schools Chancellor Joel Klein Did a "Terrific Job"FACT: Key Bloomberg Education Backer Said That Schools Will Probably Still Close if Quinn Became Mayor and That "The Policy Itself May Be Not All That Different [From Bloomberg's]"FACT: Speaker Quinn Refuses to Support a Moratorium on School Closures. My fact: Would Bill Thompson make such a strong statement? Wa
9-2-13 Ed Notes Online
Ed Notes Online: On the Democracy Prep Plantation: When Zero Tolerance Becomes Psychological WarfareUPDATED:all the teachers at this charter school are white and from out of state. The school's administrators did manage to get two coaches that are African-American from the New York City area. They are the two in charge of the detention room. Is there something wrong with that picture?.....his teac