Month: January 2014

Andy Pallotta and Reformy John Flanagan

If you are a regular reader of this blog you know that we have touched on John Flanagan quite a bit.  Flanagan, a New York State Senator who represents portions of the Comsewogue School District, is also the chairman of the New York State Senate’s Education Committee.  You may remember that in November we rallied …

RIP Pete Seeger

Legendary folk singer Pete Seeger, who was a renowned labor activist, died yesterday at 94 years old.  We are grateful for the inspiring life he lived and his tremendous contributions to the labor movement. “Solidarity Forever” by Pete Seeger…

UFT Guest Post #3: Reality-Based Educator

Today we will continue our series designed to give you a look inside the leadership of the United Federation of Teachers .  On Sunday we began with James Eterno of the ICEUFT blog and yesterday we continued with Arthur Goldstein of the NYC Educator blog.  Today we will be featuring a post by a man …

UFT Guest Post #2: Arthur Goldstein

Yesterday we shared with you the details of our series that gives our readers a look into the United Federation of Teachers, how it is structured, and how it impacts locals across New York State and the country.  Our first post in the series was from James Eterno of ICEUFT.  Today’s post is from prolific …

UFT Guest Post #1: James Eterno

Earlier we told you about our upcoming series on the leadership of the UFT.  Our first post is from James Eterno of the UFT’s MORE Caucus.  We have admirably mentioned MORE on this blog for quite a while now.  This post has also been published at Mr. Eterno’s blog, ICEUFT.   MAKING SOME SENSE OF …