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Wednesday, May 14, 2014

5-14-14 Ed Notes Online: Tonight: Laurel Sturt's "Dante's Inferno" - Reading and Discussion

Ed Notes Online: Tonight: Laurel Sturt's "Dante's Inferno" - Reading and Discussion:









Tonight: Laurel Sturt's "Dante's Inferno" - Reading and Discussion
Reads like a Steven King horror story.I started reading Laurel Sturt's "Dante's Inferno," her story of 10 years in hell in the NYC school system under  the Bloomberg years, on a beach in Florida in February.  There were so many disturbing incidents at her Bronx elementary school, I had to put it down and pick up something lighter so as not to ruin my beach karma. Every page enraged me. I
5-13-14 Ed Notes Online
Ed Notes Online: UFT Contract: Mulgrew Says It's OK to Fire ATR for "Screaming in the Hallway"UFT logo for ATRsDon't you think we should have the definitions of "problematic" behavior BEFORE voting on the contract?Michael Mulgrew, president of the United Federation of Teachers, said a panel of hearing officers would "solidify the definition" of problematic behavior. &