NYSUT Dog And Pony Show Over Cuomo Endorsement Begins
From Jessica Bakeman:ALBANY—New York's largest teachers' union announced early endorsements in the races for state attorney general and comptroller, but Governor Andrew Cuomo will have to wait until August to see if educators will back him in November.Karen Magee, president of New York State United Teachers, told Capital on Monday that “nothing has changed” since she was elected in early April, an
They're Discussing Having Discussions About The Coming Discussion On Teacher Evaluation Discussions
The latest drivel from Karen Magee at NYSUT:ALBANY—New York State United Teachers president Karen Magee said she has been in talks with the governor's office and both houses of the Legislature about a “moratorium” on using Common Core test scores to evaluate teachers. “We're still in conversations as the session is winding down on potential modifications we might be able to make,” Magee told Capit
UFT Members Spoke: The UFT Leadership Couldn't Do Any Better Than This
Accountable Talk yesterday:Technically, the contract passed with 77% of the vote of UFT members. I predicted 75%, which was the exact percentage of teachers who voted yes. School secretaries, paras, and social workers, who are not subject to many of the provisions that regular teachers are, voted almost 85% in favor of the contract, thus skewing my numbers. Well, no one is perfect.... The questio
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UFT Contract Vote: Post-Mortem
I went to Ian Hunter's 75th Birthday Celebration this evening at City Winery.I found out the UFT contract had passed with 77% of the vote just as I got there.Haven't had a ton of time to think through the post-mortem, but my sense is this: I think there was a lot of anger and frustration out there over the contract, but clearly not enough to make the vote as close as the 63%-37% from the odious '0
6-3-14 Perdido Street School
Perdido Street School: UFT Contract Vote: Predictions And The Roadmap For The FutureExpected to be announced today: The teachers union’s new $9 billion contract with the city is expected to be ratified Tuesday. The secret ballots of more than 100,000 eligible members of the United Federation of Teachers will be scanned by the American Arbitration Association in lower Manhattan. Union officials hop