NYSUT Double Switch Game Leads One Parent to State the proverbial WTF?
They did a big press op shredding the Pearson exams last week and today they say "The vast majority of questions do appear to be age- and developmentally appropriate."... NYC Parent.Oh, you mean Karen Magee and cohorts did one thing on one day and the opposite on the next? I'm shocked, just shocked. Oh, NYSUT, NYSUT Revivalists,Is there no end to your perfidy?(See Eterno at ICE: STATE UN
Teacher Diversity Petition
MORE is helping sponsor this action of the work of the Teacher Diversity Committee, an independent group of teachers affiliated with MORE. Anyone who has been around for a while knows that Sean Ahern (who was one of the founders - co-conspirators) of ICE) has been relentless in his pursuit of this issue over the past decade. I think we all learned a lesson when Sean took things to a new level by c
When Mulgrew Won't Punch Someone in the Face: Breaking NYS Charter School Cap Will Doom Public School System and Unions
Will the UFT/NYSUT leadership oppose this with every bone in their body - witness the silence over the Cuomo charter giveaway law last spring. But the UFT/NYSUT leaders will challenge those who oppose the common core.Leonie Haimson comments: If the de Blasio administration doesn’t oppose this with every bone in their bodies we are doomed.Moskowitz] is sitting on a goldmine, and would make a great
Paralysis
I'm having a very interesting problem. I, as everyone else, am under a bombardment of heavy exploding shells loaded not with shrapnel, but with information. Information which explodes in my mind, branching off into threads of thought processes, any of which could lead to a blog. So many threads that I can't make decisions on what to write about. Thus, paralysis.I always heard that as you get older
YESTERDAY
Mel Levy
I just wanted to inform you Mel Levy head of TA Engineers union died this week. He is a huge loss for all unions because he had a voice and was fearless. It would be nice if the UFT would acknowledge him for all he has done for the city. Barbra Nahoum Cheers, Norm Scott Twitter: normscott1 Education Notes ednotesonline.blogspot.com Grassroots Education Movement gemnyc.org Education columni
8-13-14 Ed Notes Online Week
Ed Notes Online: The Case for Tenure: South Bronx School Tells His StoryThere are so many personal stories out there about teachers under assault, while principals get off scot free no matter what they do. Peter Zucker tells his story.http://www.southbronxschool.com/2014/08/my-own-story-why-teachers-so.html One of the Campbell Brown parents has a kid at PS 106 in Rockaway where the principal, Marc