Thursday, September 11, 2014

9-11-14 With A Brooklyn Accent: The California PAR Program- How Teachers Unions Have Collaborated in the Removal of Veteran Teachers and Helped “Whiten” The Teaching Profession

With A Brooklyn Accent:









The California PAR Program- How Teachers Unions Have Collaborated in the Removal of Veteran Teachers and Helped “Whiten” The Teaching Profession.

During the last fifteen years, the teaching profession in the United States has undergone a massive upheaval. The average length of a teaching career has declined to 5 years; many veteran teachers have left the profession, either voluntarily of through forced termination, and the percentage of teacher of color, especially African American Teachers, has declined precipitously in many American citie


9-10-14 With A Brooklyn Accent: When Teachers Marry Police Officers- Reflections on Race and Neighborhood Culture
With A Brooklyn Accent: When Teachers Marry Police Officers- Reflections on Race and Neighborhood CultureDuring the controversy over the teachers who wore NYPD shirts to work in protest against their unions participation in the Staten Island March mourning the deaths of Eric Garner and Michael Brown, numerous commentators noted, correctly, that it is quite common in New York City for teachers to m