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Sunday, May 11, 2014

5-11-14 Ed Notes Online

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UFT Contract: MORE Sponsors Discussion (Unlike Unity) - Long Island City - Thurs May 15, 4:30PM
Open and honest debate. While Unity hides behind official visits to schools, MORE will hold open discussions. Come whether you are for or against the contract and talk about it. Download and print copies for your school if you are teaching in the area - or even if you're not.UFT Contract Information Session Come hear a detailed breakdown of the proposed contract by John Giambalvo followed by disc


Newark Teacher to Southern Poverty Law Center
Totalitarianism is never content to rule by external means, namely, through the state and a machinery of violence; thanks to its peculiar ideology and the role assigned to it in this apparatus of coercion, totalitarianism has discovered a means of dominating and terrorizing human beings from within. .... Hannah Arendt 1951Dear Southern Poverty Law Center,I am neither a right wing Christian, nor a


UFT Contract: NYC Educator Puts Out Challenge to Unity on Contract
If it's such a great deal, why wouldn't they jump at the opportunity? If we bloggers and opponents are spouting myths, as UFT President Mike Mulgrew repeatedly told the DA last Wednesday, why doesn't he grab this, a golden opportunity to demonstrate it? ... Arthur Goldstein at NYC Educator blog. I'm ready to tape this one but as I said in previous posts, I'm predicting the Unity people will never

UFT Contract: Secretaries Ask MORE for Help After Mulgrew Ignores Pleas
Mulgrew being handed requestsDear Mr. Scott,The secretaries of the UFT have been working under a 1979 contract. Some of the secretaries put together an outline of requests to up date our duties, title and protections against out of license employees being put in our positions. They have not opened up the test or upgraded it for yes ads. We handed these outlined requests to Mr. Mulgrew personally.
Southern Poverty Law Center Sells Out on Common Core - Brands Opponents as Extremists, While Salon Declares They’re lying about Louis C.K.: He’s right about Common Core — and not a Tea Partyer
Give the SPLC a call and ask them to talk to Louis C.K.FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMay 7, 2014Contact: Rebecca Sturtevant (334) 956-8372Rebecca.sturtevant@splcenter.orgSouthern Poverty Law Center Report: Extremist Propaganda is Distorting the Debate Over the Common Core State Standards MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The fierce grassroots campaign threatening to derail the Common Core State Standards is being fueled


5-10-14 Ed Notes Online Week
Ed Notes Online: Ed Notes OnlineMORE Contract Meeting TodayOrganize the No Vote Against this Contractby morecaucusnyc Saturday, May 1012:00 - 3:00pmYa-Ya Network224 W. 29th St., 14th Fl.Come to a meeting with UFT Chapter Leaders and Contract Committee members to hear a breakdown of the proposal, ask questions, and organize against the proposed contract in our schools. Join us in fighting for The C