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12-20-13 Ed Notes Online

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Portelos Update: A Para for the Defense, Part 2
The story below is a warning to anyone who might think that taxpayer supported DOE Legal has any interest in the truth.Part 1 is here: Portelos Update: A Para for the Defense, DOE Pulls Race Card, Theresa Europe Sits in to Intimidate Hearing OfficerPORTELOS HEARING DEC. 18, 2013CROSS EXAMINATION by DOE Legal Jordana Shenkman – JS: U heard rumors of Apr 2011 meeting P brought up safety concerns – u
Portelos Update: A Para for the Defense, DOE Pulls Race Card, Theresa Europe Sits in to Intimidate Hearing Officer
There was only fear of the administration. YES everyone is in fear of them, not Portelos. .. former Para, IS 49SI.According to Shenkman, a para - with a high school education - and a parent with 5 kids of her own - is not qualified to make a judgement as to whether someone is a good teacher. What arrogance and elitism. ... Report from Portelos hearing, Dec. 18I finally was able to attend the 14th
Klein Klone Kami Gets Pushback Over Attack on Public Education in Newark
Cami Anderson, the new Michelle Rhee, is trying to pull off massive destruction of Newark public school system. Is Anderson real or just a marionette whose strings are being pulled by ed deformers behind a curtain?From NEW Caucus:ESS CONFERENCE AND RALLY AT WEEQUAHIC HIGH SCHOOL! -  Fight School Closings/Renews/Charters-  11am, Weequahic High School, 279 Chancellor Ave., Newark, 07112.We know most


Teacher Protest Over Naming College Office for Walcott
It's hugely disappointing that administration has unilaterally decided to pay tribute to a man who has worked tirelessly to make our jobs less professional, who has vilified us at every turn, who has refused to offer us the compensation he saw fit to give other city employees, and who has supported every baseless corporate reform that has come down the pike while he occupied this office.....Arthur
12-19-13 Ed Notes Online
Ed Notes Online: Howard Schwach on John King Visit to Long Island and Parents' Objection to inBloomGood to see my old editor at The Wave still battling the forces of evil.By Howard Schwach12/17/13http://liherald.com/valleystream/stories/State-school-boards-say-no-to-InBloom,51762A survey of more than 600 school board members across New York state found that 75 percent overwhelmingly oppose the edu