Obama, in P-Tech Visit, Walks on Bones of Dead School And Pushed Out Students in P-Tech Visit
Robeson, which had a capacity of 1,000 students, Siegel said, found itself with 1,500 in 2005. "That's when we started having a lot of incidents, gang issues, things that didn't come into the building before that," Siegel said. "This is the story of all the schools that got closed down. We had the lowest dropout rates in the city, kids didn't leave, but it wasn't balanced. what it b
MORE Weekly Update #72: Petition vs. Evals, Parent Anti-test Revolt, PEP Protest, and MORE!
Protest Colocations at the PEP on October 30th! View this email in your browser Weekly Update #72 October 24, 2013Join MORE Today The campaign for a moratorium on test-based evaluations continues! Please make sure you have collected signatures on our petition from your colleagues. Print a copy here. Sign and share the electronic version of the petiti
Rise and Don't Shine, Kick Some Ass Instead, October 25, 2013
Things to do: Plan on going to the PEP on Weds. Night (Oct 30) to join in the funeral for closed and co-located schools. (More to come later).Rise and Don't Shine, Kick Ass Instead may become a new feature in Ed Notes. Let everyone else do the writing and I just comment. Actually I prefer "Don't Rise But Stay in Bed with the covers over your head instead." Catchy, got a beat. (Speaking o
The Worm Turns on TFA as New Gen Students Begin to Reject Their Destructive Agenda
Just as TFA was the hot thing on campus such a short time ago, the counter revolution begins as student groups spring up around the nation exposing what is behind the curtain of an ed deform front which attempts to use recruits as a political force for ed deform.Students who want to not only teach but do it in a context of social justice work where they join the battle against poverty and for reso
Teacher Union Shores Up Support for John King And Reaffirms Backing for Common Core
Randi Weingarten, president of American Federation of Teachers, also expressed support for the Common Core, along with the teacher evaluations, diverging only on one point. “The testing, right now, is not ready for prime time,” she said. .. Epoch Times Clearly a heavily scripted event, designed to signal AFT attempts to shore the collapsing support for King, the SED and the Regents. More proof, as
10-24-13 Ed Notes Online
Ed Notes Online: Change the Stakes General Meeting, Friday, October 25PLEASE JOIN US AT OUR MONTHLY OPEN MEETING Change the Stakes General MeetingFriday, October 255:30 - 7.30 pmWhen: Fri, October 25, 5:30pm – 7:30pmWhere: CUNY Graduate Center located on 365 5th Avenue Room 5489. Bring Photo ID for building entry Agenda for Oct 25:1. Introductions2. Discussion: How are students experiencing