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Tuesday, July 15, 2014

7-15-14 Ed Notes Online

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Ex-NYSUT Pres Tom Hobart, Spills the Beans c. 1974
it’s in our interest to maintain a number of poor, and to make sure that we don’t have open admission policies like the City University of New York has..... If we assume that we take the major goals, both the NEA and the AFT, which is to improve the educational qualities for every child in the school, and we succeed at that, I suggest to you that we’ll destroy the world economy. Because if we bett

Aft report: My Last Red-Eye - It's 2 AM and I'm Still Not EX-LAX
The AFT convention has reached its high point. It's the middle of the night and I'm surrounded by hordes of Unity Caucus delegates stranded from 2 fucked up Delta red-eyes. It's like an endless nightmare. I call the question but they are still here. On checking into security with my priority check-in - let's see - at 7PM - a few Unity guys were in front of me and they had to take off their shoes.


7-14-14 Ed Notes Online
Ed Notes Online: Frack Me, Baby!#AFT14 - Randi says - AFT and NEA to Forge New Relationship - Short-Lived for SureRandi - 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