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Wednesday, April 23, 2014

4-23-14 Ed Notes Online

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Join CTS in Test Protest on the Steppes of Tweed Thursday, April 24th, 4PM
Bodies do count -- real bodies, not phony ones Eva closes her schools for. So if people help pack the steps of Tweed into overflow, it does make a difference. So, yes, I shall leave the comfort of my backyard and shlep into the city for the event - camera in holster. Hope to see you there.Please join us for rally and press conference to demand Not One More Year Lost – Our Children are More than a



Shades of the NYSUT Split: Cuomo Aims to Avert 3rd Party Challenge by Undermining Working Family Party

...the fact that the party’s activists and unions are not currently on the same page means, at the very least, a challenge from the left could get as messy for them as it is for Cuomo ... Does the party exist primarily for the purposes of contracts and pensions, or for the broader ideals of economic and social justice? If solely for contracts and pensions, is labor’s recent success at the bargain


4-22-14 Ed Notes Online
Ed Notes Online: Gloom and Doom to InBloomFred Smith: Leonie brings Gloom and Doom to InBloom, Dragon Slayer Kills the Demon SeedThe accolades are rolling in for Leonie Haimson on the inBloom closing announcement. Leonie's campaign should written up in textbooks. She won a major war against the leading ed deformers.Just look at this list from Diane Ravitch:The company was started with a grant of $