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Tuesday, 30 April 2013

Uptown Manhattan/Bronx ACR/ATR mtg, Wed., 5/1, 5PM

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Please share with ACRs/ATRs:  ACR/ATR meeting: Wednesday May 1, 5:00 pm, IHOP, Uptown Manhattan (open to all ACRs/ATRs, regardless of where based)The IHOP at 2294 Adam Clayton Powell Jr Blvd, Harlem. --Between the 135th St. C, D and the 135th St. 2, 3 trains; a few blocks south of 138th Street, which leads to the Madison Ave. Bridge into the Bronx. Primo Spot search for parking:  http://primospot.com/spots/ searchPlease RSVP to saferatr@gmail.comWe have important issues in the coming weeks and mont...
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Monday, 29 April 2013

Parent/teacher Grassroots Rally, as 500 Oppose High Stakes Testing - Social Justice Unionism

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High stakes testing - the civil rights issue of our time.You don't get 500 people out to a rally without organizing or an organization to do the organizing. This is the face of social justice unionism, an event at which Unity and New Action were absent. Change the Stakes was the outgrowth of the work of GEM as has been MORE. Both groups work together. CTS joined with Parent Voices and Time Out From Testing to put this event together. More are coming...
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Sunday, 28 April 2013

500 Rally at Tweed to Protest Testing Policy Organized by Change the Stakes, Parent Voices and TOFT

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A Young MOREFriday many of us in MORE attended one of the best rallies we've been part of on the steps of Tweed which were packed with parents, teachers and children protesting high stakes tests with many MORE tee-shirts in the crowd. Change the Stakes has emerged out of a committee set up by GEM 2 years ago and has grown into a powerful parent advocacy group. The other teacher oriented arm of GEM inspired and helped organize MORE. Both CTS and MORE...
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Saturday, 27 April 2013

MORE's Jonathan Lessuck to Speak at Ethical Culture Sunday at 11 am

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The privatization of educationOn Sunday, April 28, the Riverdale-Yonkers Society for Ethical Culture will discuss how public polices have allowed businesses to profit from education. Jonathan Lessuck, an E.L.L.I.S. Preparatory Academy science teacher and MORE caucus union member, will discuss how the “education reform” movement has led to businesses competing for contracts and to diminished control by local communities.  The Movement of Rank and File Educators (MORE) Caucus of the United Federation of Teachers believes the...
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Inconvenient Truth Behind Waiting for Superman at AERA Conf Sunday in San Francisco

Posted on 05:26 by Unknown
We were asked to make our real reform film available as a counterpoint to the ed deform WFS. Note they are showing another ed deform film after ours, followed by a panel discussion. NOT FAIR - 2-1. Unfortunately, Brian Jones and Diana Zavala will be heading to AERA on Tuesday for a panel and will miss this. Would have been great to have them rep us in the context of the bookend ed deform films.By the way -- if see it if you haven't seen the film, the best defense of teacher unions yet, something that puts the UFT to shame ... "The Inconvenient...
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Thursday, 25 April 2013

UFT Election Results, Late edition: Total Votes and Retiree Breakdown

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MORE increased the vote over the ICE/TJC totals of 2010 in every single division and outpolled New Action in every division except retirees.I had to miss an hour and a half of victory partying while waiting for the retiree vote to come in. Oh, what fun. Here are some interesting figures. I am putting it all in a spreadsheet with info from other years - -once I figure out the percentages.Let's start with ballots sent out and returned (slate plus non-slate)Total: 173,407  / 43,138HS: 19,040       / 3808MS: 10,807     ...
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UFT Elections, 4:30PM: Elementary Schools and Functionals

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Only division left is Retirees in about half an hour but I'm leaving for the victory party while Ellen, Joan and James hold the fort.This may be the only division we lose to New Action. We were running last on some quick looks in this category -- we estimate New Action with about 10+% of the retiree vote and MORE with about 6-7%. Actually, this may be the beginning of some minor erosion of Unity but we have to check the finals vs past elections.Elem total slate 6870  Non slate 297 to be counted.MORE - 1140NA 534Unity 5111In 2010:Total: 7761ICE/TJC...
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UFT Elections, 3PM: Middle and HS - MORE 160 votes behind Unity with 40% of HS Vote

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Really pathetic totals for all but MORE did better in HS than ICE/TJC last time. Major drop for Unity from 2010. If New Action hadn't made the dirty deal with Unity the oppositionHS - Totals 3595 returned - 155 non slate still to be countedMORE: 1430 - 40%Unity: 1592 - 45%New Action: 452 -- 13% [WHICH STILL GIVES THEM 3 HS EX BD SEATS]In other words, New Action gets 3 HS EX BD with 452 votes.MS Total 1786 returned with 83 non slate to be countedMORE 398NA 161Unity 1185MORE to come. I'm turning the computer over to James who will put up something...
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UFT Election Returns, 11AM: Retirees 52% of Returns

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Lowest Returns in Memory from Working, Highest Returns in History for Retirees as "Don't Give a Crap" is winning. Given retirees expected vote for Unity that reaches 90%, the outcome is clear as Mulgrew should get at least 20,000 out of the 22,454 votes. As Jeff from the AAA gave us these numbers everyone from all the caucuses had a look of shock at the numbers. Could some of the drop of 10,000 people voting be due to a reduction in the amount of UFT teachers due to charter school and budget cut erosion?These are serious questions for all caucuses....
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UFT Election 10AM Update: Ballots Being Opened, Middle Schools Counted First

Posted on 07:15 by Unknown
We expect to have middle school results fairly early as they count the smallest returns. High schools will be next.I will update this post when results are in and repost. As a reference, let's look back to the last election. (And further back if you want -- https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B8qnFCTQLOqoRDdUcmxRdnFQYms/preview?pli=1 Middle school slate results in 2010:Mailed: 11,697Returned: 2,881Unity: 1,981New Action: 441ICE/TJC: 248ICE/TJC was so weak in the middle schools in that election, they could not even run a middle school slate and basically...
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Today is UFT Election Vote Count, Will "Don't Give a Crap" be the Winner?

Posted on 04:15 by Unknown
DGAC has been the winner in the past. The UFT did make phone calls and send out email reminders to try to avoid the embarrassingly low returns from the past. If they can get out 35% of working members that will be a victory of sorts. Expect higher numbers of retirees to return their ballots.I'm heading off as an observer to the AAA vote headquarters at the Holiday Inn at 440 W. 57th St. Ellen Fox and Joan Seedorf are joining me, as is James Eterno --- the UFT pays the DOE for one person from each caucus to be an official observer.Votes are counted...
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Wednesday, 24 April 2013

Join MORE at Election Victory Party, Thursday, April 25 and Rally With CTS at Tweed Friday Apr. 26

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MORE Weekly UpdateMovement of Rank & File Educators Weekly Update #51 - April 24th, 2013 ...
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