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Friday, November 15, 2013

11-15-13 Ed Notes Online

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Advice from a Lowly Retired Elementary School Computer Teacher - Hey Obama - It's Computer Science 1.1
.... and some lessons for my colleagues in MORE.Bear with me on this one. Obama Care Spaghetti codeWith every passing day, it becomes clearer just how incompetent -- and really arrogant - team Obama is and has been - and I can begin to understand the often misguided anti-government tea party movement which this failure has given so much more life to. I think it may go down as one of the major fail

Norm in The Wave: Rockaway Election Results Paint Tale of Two Cities
Published in The Wave, Friday, Nov. 15, 2013www.rockawave.comRockaway Election Results Paint Tale of Two CitiesBy Norm ScottTuesday, November 12, 2013There was some good news for Rockaway Democrats in the race for City Council. Lew Simon almost kicked Erich Ulrich’s ass, losing by a few points in the closest contest in the city. Will it be LEW TIME next time? Make sure to read the excellent Wave e
Francis Lewis HS Endorses MORE Moratorium on Advance Teacher Evaluation System
Things are moving right along. November 14, 2013Francis Lewis High School UFT Consultative CommitteeToday we, the UFT consultative committee of Francis Lewis High School, voted to formally endorse MORE caucus’s Petition for a Moratorium on the “Advance” Teacher Evaluation System. The committee endorses this proposal and encourages our leadership to act quickly in the face of actions that jeopardiz
Lois Weiner at New Politics: Should we “play nice” with the NEA and AFT?
A reason to join up with MORE?kick ass, don’t play “nice.”  Union reform is a contact sport. But remember to do it collectively.  We don’t need heroes or victims, we need victories....Union officers are part of the problem but they have the power to betray these principles because they are allowed to do so by their members, who have adopted the passive role encouraged by the business union model t
11-14-13 Ed Notes Online
Ed Notes Online: Norm in The Wave: Rockaway Election Results Paint Tale of Two CitiesPublished in The Wave, Friday, Nov. 15, 2013www.rockawave.com Rockaway Election Results Paint Tale of Two Cities By Norm ScottTuesday, November 12, 2013There was some good news for Rockaway Democrats in the race for City Council. Lew Simon almost kicked Erich Ulrich’s ass, losing by a few points in the closest con