Monday, May 12, 2014

5-12-14 Perdido Street School

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Eva Moskowitz Says She May Run For Mayor
Not a surprise to anybody paying attention to the "charter wars" - Eva Moskowitz is creating her own little fiefdoms across the city to use as power bases for a future run for mayor: Charter school maven Eva Moskowitz may have a mayoral run in her future. “I might run for mayor some day,” she said on the John Gambling radio show. “But right now, I’m very, very focused on educating the 10


Why Won't UFT Leadership Debate The Teachers Contract Agreement?

It's not too difficult, really - if the agreement is so good, then the UFT leadership ought to send somebody out to debate the contract agreement at Francis Lewis High School this week.But apparently the UFT leadership are scared to do so, since they not only won't debate the contract, they won't even acknowledge that there is another side in the union that wants to debate the contract agreement.M
5-11-14 Perdido Street School
Perdido Street School: Daily News Goes After The Little Charter School Crooks But Leaves Big Ones Like Moskowitz And Kenny AloneOne of the lines you sometimes here from charter school proponents and supporters - charters must be free from the same regulations as public schools so they can do their magical "innovation" thing.Of course a lack of regulations also can lead to this: On a quie