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Monday, July 14, 2014

7-14-14 Ed Notes Online

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Former Ctc Attorney Kathleen Carroll Lays Out Unholy Alliance Between Teacher Unions And Public Education Privatizers
OMG - This explains everything..... NYC tenured eacher who fought off attacks by bully principal while UFT did nothing (and often showed favoritism for said bully principal)Well, not everything but maybe some things....http://www.perdaily.com/2014/07/former-ctc-attorney-kathleen-carroll-lays-out-unholy-alliance-between-union-and-public-education-pri.htmlhttp://www.upwa.info/documents/7-11-14-Carro


Parents, education advocates plan to defend teacher tenure against lawsuit filed by parents' reform group
Good for lawyer Arthur Schwartz, another apparently stabbed in the back by Moaning Mona Davids, who at this point has a rare no comment. Arthur has done many good legal deeds for Moaning Mona  -- and many others. When she filed the suit I knew Arthur wasn't involved but good to see him take a stand.What I would like to see is a bill sent to  Moaning Mona and Sorryful Sam for wasting the time of th


Join Me Wedseday, July 16, at MORE UFT/Caucus History Event
Come on down - and watch me fall asleep while presenting. I even told UFT co-founder George Altomare to come to this when I ran into him in the men's room at the AFT convention - there was a brief look of panic on his face - ---  I had zippered up so it wasn't THAT. New post on Movement of Rank and File Educators Who Runs The UFT? Why Are There Alternatives?by morecaucusnyc On Wedne
#AFT14 Video - LATU Caputo-Pearl Lays Out Vision of SJ Unionism - And it Includes the S and D Words
Unity Loyalty Oath Precludes use of S and D wordsTaboo words in the UFT: Strike and Democracy Newly Elected Los Angeles Teachers Union President Alex Caputo-Pearl lays out a vision for a social justice movement based union at AFT forum on Social Justice unionism as part of a panel with union presidents from NYC, Chicago, St. Paul, Houston and Philadelphia.And holy crap - he actually utters the wor
#AFT14 - Randi says - AFT and NEA to Forge New Relationship - Short-Lived for Sure
Randi - we will forge a new relationship with NEA - introducing new President of NEA Lily Eskelsen Garcia.Let's see - Lily has term limits and will be out of office in 2 years.Randi, who just won re-election with 97% of the vote of 2783 delegates, is in office for life - or as long as she wants it.(For the record - Al Shanker died in office and his designated successor, Sandra Feldman, resigned sh


7-13-14 Ed Notes Online
Ed Notes Online: #AFT14 Report - Common Core Debate - Epic Battle Between Chicago/CORE and UFT/UnityThe great Sarah Chambers nails them to the wall opposing Common Core ..... Watch it live: bit.ly/1wbeSZGGloria in visitor's section just texted - Unity are positioning themselves now near mikes....  Common Core debate begins [Common Core] will die no matter what the AFT does because, frankly, it doe