12 Years a Slave - Under Bloomberg
A new movie tells the story of a formerly free school system with public input and oversight that is lured into a seamy arrangement by an ego-driven, manipulative billionaire who then enslaves over one million children, over a hundred thousand school employees and a disenfranchised public. His overseers, Merryl Tisch and Eva Moskowitz make the lives of the slaves miserable.After 12 years of servit
The Madness Continues: Another Co-Loco Hearing Oct. 23 - JOHN DEWY HS !!!!!!
I was looking forward to an evening at home Weds night. Guess not. Those good ole boys and girls at Tweedle Dee keep 'em comin' like the Top 40 hits. But hey, no worries. Big Bill will just reverse the PEP rubber stamp on Oct. 30 -- the day before Halloween -- and please join everyone at the PEP - wearing your costume.PLEASE POST AND DISTRIBUTE ! ACT NOWSTOP THE Co-locations IN DISTRICT 21 A PROPO
Change the Stakes: New York City Public School Parents Deserve to be Heard by Education Commissioner John King
NYC’s one million public school students account for a third of the state’s total public school enrollment. Yet not a single forum will be held in New York City. Change the Stakes calls on state legislators who represent NYC students, their parents and their teachers to demand that the Board of Regents schedule a public forum in each of the five boroughs. .... CTS Another shot at King from our g
Parents Lead Massive Opt-Out of Kindergarten Tests in Washington Hts
“My feeling about testing kids as young as 4 is it’s inhumane,” said PTA co-chairwoman Dao Tran, mother of first-grader Quyen Lamphere, 5. “I can only see it causing stress.”... Rachel Monahan, Daily NewsThe revolt is growing and this story is HUGE, as Diane Ravitch points out below (and a good story from the ed press - though we would love to see a piece analyzing the growth of the opt out moveme
10-22-13 Ed Notes Online
Ed Notes Online: PS 196k: Another SRO anti-colocation rally/hearing not being covered by nyc ed press... Which gush over charter school artificial rallies but ignore the massive outpouring at hearings all over the city by public school parents. Truly one of the most impressive organizing efforts, esp in a poor under resourced community. Hearing hasn't started yet and they're still pouring in. And