Jerry Godfeder: Two Powerful Weapons in De Blasio’s Arsenal to Take On Albany
A revised constitution could upend the city’s subordinate relationship to Albany, ensuring greater self-governance. ... Jerry GoldfederFrom an old pal, Jerry Goldfeder, one of the leading experts on election law. Jerry lined up with the Quinn campaign - shhhh!He was once a teacher in the late 60s and part of our early activists group in the early 70s. He and his wife Alice are still part of the e
Katie Lapham's Speech at John King's Common Core Brooklyn Forum
Katie was first on line ahead of the Student First/E4E astroturf crew that dominated the meeting after her, praising the CCSS to the sky. You know I find it funny. From the day I began to teach in 1967 the NY State standards seemed fine. In fact, the problem we had in high poverty area schools was getting anywhere near these standards. NY State had some of the highest standards in the world pre-CC
First PUBLIC SCHEDULE FOR CHANCELLOR CARMEN FARIÑA
A new day dawns - for better or for worse. MEDIA ADVISORYFor Planning Purposes OnlyJanuary 1, 2013PUBLIC SCHEDULE FOR CHANCELLOR CARMEN FARIÑAThursday, January 2, 20148:00 A.M. Arrives at Department of Education Headquarters Tweed Courthouse 52 Chambers StreetMANHATTAN*Photo opportunity only*1:30 P.M.Visits M.S. 223 The Laboratory School of Finance and Technology M.S. 223 The Laboratory School o
MORE Zooms in on CCSS - and the Union Connection Plus Mercedes Schneider 10 Myths
I find it remarkable the degree to which AFT and Randi Weingarten will go in order to protect and promote CCSS. One of the more telling pieces is a post Weingarten wrote for Huffington Post entitled, Will States Fail the Common Core?– As though CCSS is a personality, complete with feelings that will be hurt by states’ betrayal. ... Mercedes Schneiderit has been the teacher unions -- from the Shank
Gene Prisco Memorial, Sunday, January 5, 2014, 2-4PM
I still can't come to grips with Gene being gone. We spent New Years Eve at Loretta's house in Staten Island with some of the crew who have been together socially and politically since the early 70s, the crew that founded the Coalitions of NYC School Workers in the 70s and ICE a decade ago. Paul Baizerman, another core member, died 2 years ago.Sunday will be quite an event -- if you knew Gene or k
1-1-14 Ed Notes Online
Ed Notes Online: Video - Union leadership connections: To the Words of "Backstabbers"Let's get the New Year off to a rousing start. his has been floating around since May - but I don't think I shared it yet.The video was produced by a parent activist opposed to high stakes testing named Sara Wottawa who had a piece published on Diane Ravitch's blog.Published on May 19, 2013 This Video ha