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Women’s Formal Wear 11 Jul 2011 | 03:56 am
Women’s Formal Wear Is A Great Way to Stand Out From the Crowd When it comes to women’s formal wear, the only thing that comes to mind is elegant dresses and gowns. Of course, the little black dre...
For Shame! UFT Victory Lap at Settlement Pilloried 5 Jul 2011 | 08:37 pm
--we sold out - not just ourselves and the communities we live in, but just as importantly, the families we serve. For shame! ---Loretta Prisco If I were a parent of kids in the schools, I would be p...
UFT Rolls Over When Eva Comes to Call 5 Jul 2011 | 08:37 pm
UPDATED: Tues. June 27, 2011, 8am I find this infuriating. It expresses precisely why these battles have to be fought at the grassroots levels. http://gothamschools.org/2011/06/27/charter-school-adv...
PEP Peeks 5 Jul 2011 | 08:37 pm
The early returns 6pm Not a big crowd. Seems to be more security than audience. I am #2 to speak. What can I say in 2 minutes? I'll think of something. Some NAACP and UFT and a small batch of Succe...
The Grand Coalition Against Teachers - and a Bonus Video of - Me at the PEP 5 Jul 2011 | 05:37 pm
Hey, is it July already? You mean we've passed the last day of school? My how one loses track in retirement. ...anyone who brings up out-of-school factors such as poverty is both defending the status...
Joy to the world -gangsta charter investigated - NY Post 5 Jul 2011 | 05:37 pm
"It's about time the AG's Office takes a look around -- they'll have a lot to work with," said one ex-staffer. "Mr. Melendez always likes to say that finances and compliance are the two things he and ...
Co-Locos Exposed 5 Jul 2011 | 05:37 pm
In Patrick Sullivan’s opinion, the only real hope for PS 9 is if the chancellor has a change of heart, and grants them the right to expand into a K-8 school. “Rather than help successful public school...
David Greene - Why I ain’t ain’t marching anymore (with apologies to Phil Ochs) - Save Our Schools (SOS) March- July 30 in Washington 5 Jul 2011 | 05:37 pm
I march because of what this war on education will do to my former colleagues and the new teachers with whom I work. I march for change. I march for reform. I march for academic freedom. I march for c...
Getting Physical and UFT Delegate Assembly Reports from James Eterno 5 Jul 2011 | 05:37 pm
UPDATED: Weds. June 29, 7:45AM Balancing the budget on the backs of ATRS is not quite as awful as balancing it on the backs of newer teachers who would have been laid off but it was totally unnecessa...
U Ratings Galore, UFT Ignore 5 Jul 2011 | 05:37 pm
UPDATED: Weds. June 30, 3AM (If you have numbers on your school send them in) Reports are coming in of high numbers of U ratings handed out today. Supposedly Jane Addams had 20 15 and JFK 12, includ...