Education Heavyweights Prepare for D.C. Contract Fight Teachers Union Head, Schools Chancellor Face Off on Tenure Protection, Reforms By Bill Turque Washington...
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In Calif., Schwarzenegger using budget crunch as an excuse to try to eliminate the state's class size reduction program. Check out the California Teacher...
As I told Beth Fertig, every year the Chancellor asks for more flexibility, so that they can spend the money anyway they like. This year is no different. The...
PLEASE CIRCULATE TO ANYONE WITH A CHILD RECEIVING SPECIAL EDUCATION AND/OR RELATED SERVICES IN THE NYC PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Patricia Connelly Member, Citywide...
I am total agreement with Ellen. The DOE is not used to special education parents speaking up in the kind of numbers or at the volume that, say, the Gifted...
Joel Klein and his education record continues to be analyzed in more objective detail in the Australia mainstream media than in NYC's. _____ From: Trevor...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/29/AR2009012904176.html?nav=hcmoduletmv Well-Connected Parents Take On School Boards Web-Savvy...
Watch out -- teachers and principals! You must be our eyes and ears in case DOE tries to skew the results -- for example, by exempting low-achieving students....
The DOE and Learn NY (the Mayor's front group pushing mayoral control) are afraid to come to an open and honest debate. Thus they pulled out of the following: ...
Reminder! Friday, February 6, 2009 starting at 10 AM: Assembly Hearings on School Governance and Mayoral control 250 Broadway, Room 1923 (across from City...
The NY Times article misses the boat. Why is Garth Harries making the decisions as to which schools to close? Why not Marcia Lyles, in charge of (supposedly)...
For real. Staten Island 'Chuck' Bites Bloomberg on His Big Day NEW YORK (AP) -- Everyone knows what it means when a groundhog sees his shadow. But what does...
If someone knows something more about this group, RISE, please do tell. They have KIPP and Kopp on the advisory boards; but who knows? They may have something...
News round-up on UFT proposals on school governance UFT <http://gothamschools.org/2009/02/02/uft-set-to-suggest-yanking-majority-of- board-votes-from-mayor/>...
The NY Times has an article on the UFT position on mayoral control. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/03/education/03control.html?_r=1&ref=nyregion The...
Cantor said, "the UFT policy board proposal would create a governing body not accountable to anyone." that's a laugh riot since that's exactly what we have...
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_____ From: Feinberg Marge Sent: Tue 2/3/2009 10:09 AM To: &News Clippings Subject: News Clips Tuesday, February 03, 2009 INDEX Union Tries to Weaken Bloomberg...
See announcement below - Geoffrey Canada and Learn NY full steam ahead -- to criticize UFT proposals on governance. I hope reporters ask him who is funding...
Excerpt: Had the city not provided the Yankees with more than $2 billion in benefits, the administration also might not have felt the need to propose a $1.6 ...