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New Action on School Closings
New Action/UFT issued a statement on school closings last week. Over here.… more →
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New Action on School Closings
jd2718 wrote 1 week ago: New Action/UFT issued a statement on school closings last week. Over here. … more →
Michael Mulgrew on "School Closing" as policy
jd2718 wrote 1 week ago: Yesterday I noted that the UFT was helping schools build their individual cases against closings. I … more →
Should some schools be closed?
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jd2718 wrote 1 week ago: It’s the wrong question. It is a stupid question. In New York City today we are not looking at … more →
More on the Dec 09 Bronx PEP
jd2718 wrote 1 week ago: I wrote a few things yesterday. Here’s a few more: As I walked into the building, I explained … more →
Some notes on the PEP in the Bronx
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jd2718 wrote 1 week ago: Went to the Panel for Educational Policy meeting in the Bronx last night. Noticed a few things: 1. … more →
New Action condemns school closings/ calls for citywide response
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jd2718 wrote 1 week ago: WE NEED A CITYWIDE RESPONSE TO SCHOOL CLOSINGS! Unprecedented NYC DOE attack on public schools in Ne … more →
December PEP in the Bronx
jd2718 wrote 2 weeks ago: This Thursday, December 17, the PEP is meeting in the Bronx. They haven’t put school closings … more →
Former Bronx HS UFT Rep challenges school closings
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jd2718 wrote 2 weeks ago: [Lynne Winderbaum, retired ESL teacher from JFK, longtime Chapter Leader, and through most of the Bl … more →
What's Going On In the Classrooms of GED Plus?
Christine Faltz Grassman wrote 2 weeks ago: Today, I had an “education converence” subsequent to my receipt of an undeserved Unsatis … more →
School Closings - media's feeling numb?
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jd2718 wrote 2 weeks ago: [Update - a media outlet wrote to say that the DoE made no announcements yesterday, and would not ev … more →
Mulgrew on DoE's failed strategy
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jd2718 wrote 2 weeks ago: At the last Delegate Assembly, a speaker asked if he could call Mulgrew “Mike.” “N … more →
For just a second, my knees buckled...
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jd2718 wrote 3 weeks ago: At the UFT Executive Board tonight, I wanted to ask about showing solidarity for closing schools, bu … more →
How should the UFT react to school closings?
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jd2718 wrote 3 weeks ago: Last week the DoE announced plans to close 8 schools. I expect anywhere from 10 – 30 more anno … more →
Educators are under attack
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jd2718 wrote 3 weeks ago: New Action position paper on the current situation. Published here. … more →
Position Paper December 2009
jd2718 wrote 3 weeks ago: A New Action paper briefly reviews the conditions we currently face: Educators are under attack. … more →
Harvard Graduate School of Education Event - PEPG Education Policy Colloquia Series - Information and Employee Evaluation: Evidence from a Randomized Intervention in Public Schools
Michael Tith wrote 4 weeks ago: Location Room S-050, Concourse Level of CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street Type of Event Lec … more →
New Action: solidarity against Bloomberg on tenure
jd2718 wrote 4 weeks ago: Reacting to Mayor Bloomberg’s stated intention to unilaterally tie tenure to test scores, star … more →
New Action statement calls for solidarity against Bloomberg’s attack on tenure
jd2718 wrote 4 weeks ago: The day before Thanksgiving, to his usual list of proposals, Mayor Bloomberg added that he had instr … more →
Excerpts from Bloomberg's Speech in DC
jd2718 wrote 1 month ago: Bloomberg launched an attack on us and our union; he attacks tenure, merit pay, seniority, ATRs. Rea … more →
