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Monday, 30 September 2013

Sept. 30: Portelos Hearing, Protest Eva Invasion of Seth Low, High Stakes Test Forum at PS 51K

Posted on 05:18 by Unknown
Oy! On a beautiful day that I would love to be spending in my backyard contemplating my little garden construction project that has become my obsession (contemplate, not do actual work on it -- but look for a photo soon to show where I am at with it) I am about to leave for the Portelos hearing -- where I hear the slimy investigators will testify. I know Portelos did talk to them and no matter how innocent you think you are they will twist any word out of place and use it against you. This should be a good lesson for all of us to pass on about...
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Sunday, 29 September 2013

MORE Fundraising Brunch, Saturday, Oct. 5

Posted on 19:39 by Unknown
Help counter the massive Unity machine. Can't make it? Donate anyway. M. O. R. E. FUNDRAISING BRUNCHJoin us for a Brunch CocktailSaturday, October 511:30am to 1:00pmatChurch of St. Luke and St. Matthew 520 Clinton Avenue Brooklyn, NYHomemade foodBrunch cocktail, gluten-free, vegan, and vegetarian options availableMeet MORE’s educator activists                                         ...
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Parent Calls for Support of Oct. 9 "Win Back Wednesday"

Posted on 05:49 by Unknown
Janine Sopp issues a call to her network. There are links to the Toolkit prepared by MORE for use in your schools, plus a great video prepared by MORE Media. The day will culminate with a rally outside the UFT Delegate Assembly (52 Broadway) on Oct. 9 at 4PM with a focus on the evaluation system the UFT leadership is pushing. If only the usual suspects are there they will be ignored.The game will change when the day comes that we see hundreds of...
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Saturday, 28 September 2013

Reign of Error Review: Kozol on Ravitch, Speculating on Why There is No Middle Ground in the Ed Wars

Posted on 05:07 by Unknown
Having Kozol review Ravitch is like getting the gold ring. Which means someone at the NY Times Book Review has some sense. The NY Post has a Michelle Rhee clone do the review. I imagine there are different forces at work within the Times and I expect we will see a different type of review when the daily Arts section, usually Janet Maslin, review the book.In the school wars I am reminded of The Terminator where robots are out to stamp out humans. There is no middle ground. Resist or be wiped out. So I find it amusing to hear calls for both sides...
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Friday, 27 September 2013

Join MOREistas in Win Back Wednesday: Our Children are MORE than a Score!

Posted on 20:46 by Unknown
See MORE's entire Win Back Wednesday ToolKit, including stickers you can download and print at the MORE site: http://morecaucusnyc.org/2013/09/26/day-of-action-toolkit/And here is another excellent video from the MORE Media Team.http://youtu.be/hIf7piHl...
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Leonie Haimson Goes to School and Finds Tweedie Implementation of Common Core Is a Disaster Movie

Posted on 10:29 by Unknown
So, amongst all the inherent faults of the Common Bore, we have the totally inept Walcott-led Tweedies showing once again that they would find getting out of a paper bag a significant challenge.Heeeeere's Leonie:I toured school yesterday where majority of students are ELLs, either in dual language or transitional bilingual:- Most teachers said that they were lacking Common core texts, workbooks and/or teacher guides;- Meanwhile...
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Thursday, 26 September 2013

STOP THE CHARTER SCHOOL INVASION THREATENING DISTRICTS 21 and 20

Posted on 20:49 by Unknown
Rally at Seth Low (99 Ave. P in Brooklyn) Monday, Sept. 30 at 5:30 before the 6 PM meeting.They're coming. Charter and co-loco invasions are coming to every nook and cranny of the public school system, even those who thought they were exempt from the carnage. But people are fighting back.Many of us have been through this drill time and again, always with the same result. But with Bloomberg Tweedies soon to be vacating the premises there is some hope....
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Councilman Stephen Levin to Eva Moskowitz: "Prioritize pupils instead of politics"

Posted on 12:28 by Unknown
Levin for KING! “Forcing parents and children to march in a political rally is obscene and has no place in our schools,” said Levin. “It is insulting that someone who is supposed to be educating New York City’s children would choose to pull kids out of school in order to benefit her political agenda.”Levin calls on Department of Education Chancellor Dennis Walcott to intervene and prevent the political rally from occurring at a time when students...
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Susan Ohanian New Content: Sept. 26, 2013

Posted on 11:30 by Unknown
I never get to all of the stuff Susan compiles with her great comments but am posting so we have an archive of links, especially when we need to collate stuff on common core. Can we work with the right/tea party gang to defeat this sucker? If I ever get some time off from sitting in the backyard and contemplating something or other I will write a piece based on my discussion with my friend's college prof son, a progressive who couldn't see why people are against the CC -- until I gave him the skinny. I don't know if I convinced him but those who...
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Shame on NYC Ed Reporters for Supporting E4E in Event Closed to Anyone Who Doesn't Sign Their Pledge

Posted on 07:58 by Unknown
I saw the names of the reporters who are going to be on the panel and was sort of shocked that the "neutral" press would be on a panel for an organization that has banned people who do not agree with their pledge. In fact at one point I tried to go in with my press pass and they had CUNY security throw me out. They said press had to pre-register. I asked the rest of the press if they had to and they said "No." One thing we can bet on: Gotham will have a reporter there as part of the panel and will cover the event in a story. I would go and challenge...
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MORE/Change the Stakes Jia Lee and Fred Smith on Panel HST Panel with Shael Polokow-Suransky

Posted on 06:18 by Unknown
I hope Shael doesn't join Marc Sternberg in jumping the Tweed ship before this event. Does he think he has a chance to be chancellor? (I'm betting on Cathie Cashin). But the word is that Shael could be interim Chancellor until the Sandanista appoints Raul Castro to the PEP. You are invited to come to our Community Education Council District 15 Public Meeting  High-Stakes Testing and District 15 Common...
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Wednesday, 25 September 2013

Message from Eva, La General: Parents, You Don't Have a Choice NOT to Attend

Posted on 21:13 by Unknown
And if your choice is to have your little scholars be in school that morning instead of being force marched over the bridge, screw you!EvaPS: I'm going to run for mayor against that sorry-assed Sandanista in 2017 and need you and your scholars for political fodder. Then there is this post from Diane RavitchAs previously reported on this blog by an anonymous teacher at Eva Moskowitz's...
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