tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586988941850907367.post3272198189957832243..comments2024-03-24T11:39:28.574-04:00Comments on NYC Public School Parents: Waive Goodbye -- No Waiver for Cathleen Black!Patrick Sullivanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10631038958645725010noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586988941850907367.post-7280953791767631082010-11-19T13:33:00.099-05:002010-11-19T13:33:00.099-05:00Use facebook to get the word out....
If you are a...Use facebook to get the word out....<br /><br />If you are an educator, let your students know, urge their parents to get involved. <br /><br />Through all her connections, she is able to keep the press on her side. <br /><br />We need support in large numbers. If only there is a way to organize a walk out for HS students. I graduated in 04, I know for a fact that students will support this if we are able to get them to care about the importance of his appointment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586988941850907367.post-54796545949344151542010-11-11T00:23:07.384-05:002010-11-11T00:23:07.384-05:00When one puts together the insanity of hiring a le...When one puts together the insanity of hiring a leader who knows nothing about education with the current practice of cleansing award winning teachers from their positions, the agenda becomes clear. It is all about money since it certainly is not about education - professional educators need not apply! Turning education into a business keeps money in the pockets of the powerful and that is what this is all about. When banks got into subprime mortgages, it was to create a way to make a lot of money with no regard for the outcome. This is another scam with an even bigger threat to our nation. But will people bother to learn about what is going on? It is all explained in White Chalk Crime: The REAL Reason Schools Fail. Read it! If we don't figure out this scam, we are in for bigger losses, including the loss of the American Dream; our schools serve as the foundation upon which is rests. This business takeover of our school is nothing more than that. Get smart people.teacherkhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11922030284933086249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586988941850907367.post-25283218198608154282010-11-10T23:28:19.453-05:002010-11-10T23:28:19.453-05:00Where is the f ing UFT. Why are they not rallying ...Where is the f ing UFT. Why are they not rallying against Black. I am disgusted that they have not spoken out about this at all. <br /><br />Teachers have off tomorrow it would not have been difficult to organize a rally. How about a tv commercial slamming bloomberg for appointing another unqualified hack.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586988941850907367.post-40328525718584236542010-11-10T20:36:23.478-05:002010-11-10T20:36:23.478-05:00_______________________________
THE END OF PUBLI..._______________________________<br /> <br />THE END OF PUBLIC EDUCATION ? DECIDE OR FOLD<br /><br />(continued from above)<br />_______________________________<br /><br /><br />Does Michael Bloomberg consider himself a King ? Absolutely !<br />Does Michael Bloomberg consider himself above the Law ? Absolutely !<br />Everything he has ever done and said, bespeak the words: "L'etat, c'est moi".<br /><br />Then New Yorkers must respond in kind. The "King" must learn in no uncertain terms, that the people are not to be trifled with nor taken for granted. They can be pushed so far and then there is such a thing as "push-back". <br />Unknown to King Michael Bloomberg, we still, at least the last I heard, live in a Democracy where the will of the people counts for something.<br /><br />Every organization and group, that has a stake in Education must come together now- before it is too late.<br />No wallowing in self-pity and helplessness. No wailing and wringing of hands!<br /><br />Action, action is what is needed.<br />Action is required now- immediately.<br />Not tomorrow, not next week or next month- when it is too late, but now.<br /><br />I live just down the street from his Imperial Majesty, "King" Bloomberg. But if I lived on the furthest, most distant crater of the Moon I would make it my business to attend every demonstration organized in front of 17 East 79th Street.<br />Remember the old phrase: "No Justice , No Peace". Organized, concerted, ongoing, responsive action is what this present emergency calls for.<br /><br />This latest outrage committed by Mr. Bloomberg is the last straw and the 'coups de grace' proving once and for all his out of touch disdain for every single tax paying citizen in New York City.<br />In a very real sense if a Mayor can get away with this final outrageous act, coming on the heels of years of outrageous behavior, we are at the end of history for NYC as far as this being a city that exists as a democratically functioning entity in which the "will of the people" has any meaning.<br /><br />Only action that will be noticed by the people and the media can head off the looming catastrophe. Something as catastrophic as having a person like Ms. Palin one heart beat from having her finger on the Red Button.<br /><br />Is this what New York City and its proud history have come to ?<br />Action, action now. Decide or fold.<br />__________________________________<br /> <br />David Pakter<br />New York City, November 10, 2010DAVID PAKTERhttp://www.OldMasterPortraits.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586988941850907367.post-978281197136843852010-11-10T17:44:22.094-05:002010-11-10T17:44:22.094-05:00Just when Gonzalez writes one of his best pieces o...Just when Gonzalez writes one of his best pieces on Klein's reign at the DOE, just when Sen-elect Avella publicly submits an urgent request that Steiner not grant Black a waiver,<br />NYC Pub Schools Parents pens a superb, knock-out condemnation of Bloomberg's Black appointment.<br />Yet, we are living in the age of the Emperor's new clothes. BloomKlein had to cheat to increase their scores, but the media still echo BK's mantra that they have performed miracles.<br />No one challenges BloomKlein, not the New York Times, not WNYC, not the TV stations, (...Gonzalez notwithstanding), not the Observer, not the city council (OK, maybe Avella and Barron), not any Congressperson, not even the UFT's Mulgrew in any meaningful way (except for the ATRs for now). And none of the above loudly challenge the Black appointment.<br />Bloomberg the great Oz has spoken. I doubt that we can defeat the NYSED on this one. <br />In the Emperor's New Clothes era NO ONE successfully challenges Bloomberg and his fraudulent epoch overseeing the Bd of Ed (the real name for the Dept. of Ed.).<br />I'm just too cynical that we'll be wasting our time. Democracy in New York died when the political class capitulated to Bloomberg with his reincarnating the Bd of Ed into the DoE, and once again when the political class capitulated to his term extension.NY_Ihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07096916154657469029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586988941850907367.post-52148225607150256042010-11-10T14:53:36.223-05:002010-11-10T14:53:36.223-05:00Black being chosen as Klein's replacement is i...Black being chosen as Klein's replacement is indicative that Bloomberg really believes he owns this city and is above the law.<br /><br />It is "ILLEGAL" to have a non-educator as the chancellor of the NYC public school system. They waived this requirement once and the result was the debacle known as Joel Klein. Now Bloomberg has chosen another non-educator to be chancellor and he didn't even consult the State about it. Of course, he probably bought off the usual suspects as to ensure that yet another law is subverted to promote his will.<br /><br />If Michael Mulgrew waasn't a sellout he would demand that Black not be confirmed as Chancellor, I would like to see Weiner and the Working Families party weigh in on this as well.SubRexnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586988941850907367.post-44721390006306807132010-11-10T13:52:39.822-05:002010-11-10T13:52:39.822-05:00Thanks for the quote! I'm amazed that there&#...Thanks for the quote! I'm amazed that there's not more comment on the effect that Ms. Black's life work has had, net net, on kids and our society. Also: why was she demoted at Hearst? I'm no expert, but haven't they for years been competing unsuccessfully with Conde Nast, and wasn't she replaced by a Conde Nast executive? Plus there's no indication that she did anything to advance Hearst's digital operation, the only place where the real strategic thinking is going on in magazines these days. How good an executive can she be?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586988941850907367.post-43941226728952232852010-11-10T13:30:25.276-05:002010-11-10T13:30:25.276-05:00Here is Commissioner Steiner's address, but in...Here is Commissioner Steiner's address, but in the interest of time, can someone rustle up a phone number or an e-mail as well?<br /><br />New York State Education Department<br />89 Washington Avenue<br />Albany, New York 12234Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com