tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586988941850907367.post8076110086510151398..comments2024-03-24T11:39:28.574-04:00Comments on NYC Public School Parents: The best and worst education events of 2014 Patrick Sullivanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10631038958645725010noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586988941850907367.post-16298713358499097182015-01-05T04:14:05.453-05:002015-01-05T04:14:05.453-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.View this site for Rogue River Fishing website, view sitehttp://www.roguerivervacations.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586988941850907367.post-9904538106696777552015-01-04T02:06:09.294-05:002015-01-04T02:06:09.294-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05306206420714531955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586988941850907367.post-51270017952495150082015-01-02T09:11:44.839-05:002015-01-02T09:11:44.839-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.View this site for Deluxe Alaska Fishing Trips Fly-In websitehttps://www.wildernessplacelodge.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586988941850907367.post-38277232552988307432015-01-01T14:43:01.728-05:002015-01-01T14:43:01.728-05:00Not important enough to make a top 5 worst list, o...Not important enough to make a top 5 worst list, or even a top 10, but certainly worthy of noting, IMO, was the fact that Robert Jackson -- the initiator of the Campaign for Fiscal Equity lawsuit, which theoretically won billions more in State funding for the NYC public schools after a multi-year court battle -- who marched 150 miles from NYC to Albany for the last hearing of the lawsuit by the NYS Court of Appeals, and who spent 12 years on the City Council Educaton Committee, the last 8 as chairman, and was a consistent advocate for our schools, our children and our teachers, ran in the Democratic primary for State Senae from northern Manhattan. <br /><br />His oponent had spent the previous couple of election cycles unsuccesfully trying to get out of the Senate by taking Charles Rangel's Congressional seat. <br /><br />None of this resulted in the President of The United Federation of Teachers endorsing Jackson in the primary. Instead, he endorsed his opponent, the incumbent, saying that he was an advocate for our schools. <br /><br />Not to say he wasn't, but how much of an advocate does someone have to be before he becomes the unquestioned choice of NYC teachers and their union?<br /><br />Richard BarrRichard Barrnoreply@blogger.com