Sunday, January 22, 2012

Chancellor Walcott Out of Order on Transportation Safety at January PEP

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Queens representative Dmytro Fedkowskyj introduced a resolution recommending the Chancellor consider an approach to granting transportation...
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Saturday, January 21, 2012

Tesa Wilson on the charter invasion of Williamsburg: "We can no longer let the one percent dictate to the 99 percent"

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Tesa Wilson, public school parent and president of the Community Education Council in District 14, Williamsburg denounces the "separate...
Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Who speaks for the children? The Governor, the Mayor, or their parents?

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Mayor Bloomberg said today that “ The teachers' union represents the employees and the city represents the students. "  This comme...
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Tuesday, January 17, 2012

A teacher's story: Why the DC Impact system Bloomberg wants NYC schools to emulate caused me to leave teaching

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There is huge pressure from all sides – the federal government, Governor Cuomo, and Mayor Bloomberg – on the UFT, the NYC teachers union, t...
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Monday, January 16, 2012

video: Bloomberg facing protests & boos at MLK Jr. event

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Students were out protesting the closing of their school followed by booing from the audience at today's MLK Jr. event at the Brooklyn A...
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The impeccable logic of Turnaround schools

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Check out the new TV campaign on "Turnaround" schools produced by Last Stand for Children First .  Though the campaign is focused ...

Martin Luther King Jr. and education reform: what would he say about the attack on teacher unions and class size?

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On Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday, too many of our elected leaders are using this day as an opportunity to attack teachers and their un...
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Saturday, January 14, 2012

Bloomberg's damaging education proposals to cost $350 million per year

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There's horrific news in today's Daily News: that NY State Education Commissioner King is likely to approve the mayor's prop...
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Friday, January 13, 2012

The Williamsburg Latino community fights back against Success charter expansion

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In yesterday's State of the City, Mayor Bloomberg said he would encourage Eva Moskowitz' Success Academy charter chain and KIPP to a...
Thursday, January 12, 2012

Bloomberg's State of the City address: an administration that has run out of education ideas -- even bad ones

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The education proposals in Bloomberg’s State of the City address are being described as “ambitious” in the New York Times and GothamSchool...
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The Real Deal on Morris High School & Bloomberg’s Failed Education Policies

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As Bloomberg is giving his State of the City address today at Morris HS... Claim : Bloomberg likes to contrast the graduation rate at ...
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