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Sunday, October 13, 2013

10-13-13 Ed Notes Online

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Oct. 15: LET’S MARCH TOGETHER TO THE PEP TO FIGHT FOR OUR SCHOOLS AND TO MAKE OUR VOICES HEARD!
MARCH TO CLOSE THE BLOOMBERG ERA AND CALL ON OUR NEXT MAYOR TO IMPLEMENT A REAL PLAN TO MAKE SURE EVERY STUDENT IS COLLEGE-READY! BLOOMBERG’S PANEL FOR FAILEDEDUCATIONAL POLICY PLANS TO “RUBBER STAMP” MORE CO-LOCATIONS! LET’S MARCH TOGETHER TO THE PEP TO FIGHT FOR OUR SCHOOLS AND TO MAKE OUR VOICES HEARD!

How Much Per Child Did Eva's Success Charters Spend on Ads to Create "Demand" While Not Filling All Seats?
Success Charter forced march over BklynBrModeled on Bataan Death marchAccording to DOE records, in 2011/2012 Upper West Success was only able to fill 164 of its authorized 188 Kindergarten and 1st grade seat (an estimated marketing cost of some $6000 per enrollee). We estimate that Eva spent over a million dollars on recruitment/marketing for Upper West Success alone in 2010/2011 school year. Acco

Over Eva Invasion, Bergtraum ChLdr Warns of Security Dangers of Co-Location
John Elfrank-Dana is joined by fellow teachers, former students and others in opposing another Eva Moskowitz Success Academy land grab in lower Manhattan this time. He warns of the dangers of putting kindergarten kids in a high school, especially in a high traffic area that suffered the 9/11 attack and remains a target. The recent disappearance of an autistic child from a large high school, shows

10-12-13 Ed Notes Online
Ed Notes Online: MORE Reflections on the Delegate AssemblyWednesday was an interesting day in UFT-land, a lot of it related to MORE and its growing reputation at the school level and at the DA. And I should point out that the parent dominated Change the Stakes which co-sponsored the rally is also growing in reputation amongst parents.There is no question that the Unity resolution on high stakes te