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Seattle public school teachers reject proposed contract 27 Aug 2013 | 06:44 pm
Seattle is a hotbed of teacher activism. The revolt last spring when teachers refused to give a standardized test (scrap the map) was more than a warning shot. Seattle teacher Dan Troccoli (SEE Caucu...
John Owens' "Confessions of a Bad Teacher" Making Waves 27 Aug 2013 | 05:36 pm
I finished reading the entire book by John Owens about a week ago. I had to stop often to absorb -- and relish -- the devastating attack on the Bloomberg version of ed deform by Owens, who changed car...
NY Times Distorts Mexico Teacher Revolt Which is About fighting Neo-Liberalism in the Streets 27 Aug 2013 | 08:01 am
RANDI'S NIGHTMARE Omar Torres/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Teachers blocked access to a government building in Mexico City on Thursday. The city’s central square was also occupied. A radical...
Ed Notes Redux: UFT Election Results, 1999 - New Action Vote Drops 75% Over Years But They Gain More Ex Bd Seats 26 Aug 2013 | 06:13 pm
New Action Off the cliff New Action received 31% in ‘91. New Action received 24% in ‘99. PAC received 2%.... Ed Notes, May, 1999 election analysis New Action with this tremendous drop in vote total...
Carol Burris: Common Core tests widen achievement gap in New York 26 Aug 2013 | 04:50 pm
The time to “reform the reform” is long overdue.....In the coming months, the fruits of the poisonous tree will be much examined, sorted and discussed. But the fruit is rotten and parents are warning...
Classy: AFT leader Randi Weingarten cuts off 9-year-old kid at March on Washington event; Updated 26 Aug 2013 | 05:01 am
I watched C-span last night half asleep after a full day in the Poconos. Asean read a statement. He paused then said something like Oh one more thing. Randi pulled the like out of his hand, patted him...
I Get Bar Mitzvahed (Again) 26 Aug 2013 | 04:28 am
Rescued from the storm, my Bar Mitzvah album. Each pic pulled from the plastic and dried (unfortunately, not done with the wedding album which had a shot if I had done the same -- Freudian slip? - th...
Howard Schwach: What in the world was the state thinking? 26 Aug 2013 | 04:11 am
What in the world was the state thinking? NYS exams highly flawed; people in charge have little or no classroom experience & don’t know what they’re doing. It is good to see my former editor at The Wa...
NYC Parent Urges: Consider opting out of the tests next year as a way of resisting corporate education reform and the monetizing of our children's sch... 25 Aug 2013 | 09:47 am
Dear Parents and Guardians, Your child's scores are now available on ARIS Parent Link. For what it is worth, there are a few things that I think we should all do: 1) Ignore the test results and do n...
Rhee, Ravitch, Randi Too Upcoming in Philly 25 Aug 2013 | 08:58 am
Ken Derstine from Philadelphia sent this to his email list. People should be aware that Michelle Rhee's Town Hall in Philadelphia on September 16th (the day before Diane Ravitch's author event at the...
