"When trust is low-as it is presently in Newark, there are not enough data decks, community presentations, evidence, research, or Power Point presentations, to keep good people from reading bad things into evolving plans developed by outsiders, who are perceived as less interested in helping children than in building their resumes for personal gain. In a bifurcated, oppositional, often conten
DOE Use Arrest Tactic to Stop Teachers Stop Teachers Wh Fight Back Publicly
The nest of vipers that is DOE legal has grown like a cancer and infested the NYPD where cops arrest fellow unionists for protesting abusive administrator tactics. We've been waiting for the Lydia Howrilka case to go public since the Portelos arrest a few weeks ago for his satiric blog post. In many ways this is even more egregious -- a principal who ends a first year teacher's career with a Disco
UFT Astroturf AQE Wants "Credit" for Horrendous Cuomo Ed Budget with Charter Giveaway
At certain critical moments in labor struggles, things really do evolve to the point of it all being about Them and Us.Them: so-called reformers, made up of edu-preneurs, privateers, malanthropists, PR flacks and advocates, opportunists, naifs, parasites and political enablers: the entire reform-industrial complex. Them.Us: classroom teachers, students, parents and supporters of public education a
LA Teacher Gains Public Support for Standing Up to Student Disruptor
Groundswell of support for teacher who wrestled disruptive student to the floor shows the public is fed up with the disciplinary problems and bureaucracies that impede education....When the cellphone video made the evening news, the student's family was offered support by the district's superintendent — who publicly chastised Black and placed the teacher on leave.... For many of us, this goes beyo
4-12-14 Ed Notes Online Week
Ed Notes Online: Ed Notes OnlineReaching Kids with Street Law 101: Jeff Kaufman Featured in Article in School StoriesA fascinating piece on Jeff and his teaching career. Where did they get that MORE is left wing? They must not know about Mike Schirtzer.http://school-stories.org/2014/03/street-law-101/Reaching Kids with Street Law 101by Annum Khan Posted on 28 March 2014. It was sixth period in Jef