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Friday, September 5, 2014

9-5-14 Perdido Street School Week

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Eva Moskowitz Public Relations Department In Overdrive These Days
An overall positive piece in the NY Times Magazine, now a shill piece from ed deform fanboy Jonathan Chait.Last week she was on NY1, talking how she might run for mayor in 2017. State of Politics tonight says "The charter school network CEO is getting a lot of media attention these days."But it's never an accident when Success Academies or Eva herself gets attention.With the amount of mo

De Blasio's Victory Lap
Eliza Shapiro at Capital NY:Mayor Bill de Blasio took a five-borough victory lap Thursday for his universal pre-kindergarten program, the signature initiative of his administration.De Blasio, accompanied by his wife Chirlane McCray, schools chancellor Carmen Fariña, and a group of council members, borough presidents and other elected officials, visited five schools, one in each borough—a first day


Cuomo In Hiding, Teachout Everywhere
Zephyr Teachout's schedule today:At 10 a.m., Democratic gubernatorial candidate Zephyr Teachout participates in a Women’s Equality “Empty Chair Debate Stop”, 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory, 23 Washington Pl., Manhattan.At 11:30 a.m., Teachout appears on “The Capital Pressroom” with Susan Arbetter, listen at 91.3 FM or http://www.wcny.org/radio/capitolpressroom/.At 2 p.m., Teachout makes an “Empt
Let Kathy Hochul Know What You Think Of Her
State of Politics:At 3:30 p.m., Hochul does a Penn South walk through with NYC Council Member Corey Johnson, 26th Street and 8th Avenue, Manhattan.Stop by and let Hochul know you think she should be running as a Republican, along with her running mate, Andrew Cuomo:Hours after Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s pick for lieutenant governor published a video touting her liberal credentials, her challenger said he
UFT, De Blasio Back To Bargaining Table On Contract
Sally Goldenberg at Capital NY:The de Blasio administration and the United Federation of Teachers will return to the bargaining table in the coming weeks to hammer out an unresolved portion of the recently ratified contract, Capital has learned.The two sides need to agree on how to pay union members who retired before June 30, 2014, because more teachers left than the contract had accounted for, b
9-4-14 Perdido Street School Week
Perdido Street School: APPR Teacher Evaluation System Mess ThreadJames Eterno at ICEUFT blog describes how you can get the same score in the APPR teacher evaluation system and either be "developing" or "ineffective," depending upon, well, nobody's sure what it depends upon:We knew teachers at a phasing out school would be at a huge disadvantage in terms of the ratings in Advanc