PJSTA President In Radio Interview

This morning PJSTA President Beth Dimino was on the Chuck Morse Radio Show fighting out against the Common Core.  Click here to listen.  Dimino’s part begins at 51:35.

MORE than a Test Score!

Our friends from the MORE Caucus of the UFT will be hosting a forum on standardized testing on Saturday, February 1st in Manhattan.  Rob Pearl and I will be headed in to represent the PJSTA.  We’d be happy to have any other PJSTA members join us. Here are the details via MORE’s Facebook page… Find …

Tuesday Notes & Links

A few things you may be interested in… Reality Based Educator comments on Empress Merryl Tisch’s refusal to back her puppet Ed Commish John King. While he attempts to escape “Bridgegate” and now an investigation into how he misused Hurricane Sandy relief funds, Chris Christie is “screwing teachers, students, and schools.” The Gates Foundation is …

Cablevision Editorial

Peter Kohler of Cablevision has called out the Board of Regents and the state legislature for their bungled implementation of the Common Core.  Thanks to Maurizio Milana who caught this on News12 and passed along the link.  Below is the transcript of the editorial.  Click here if you’d like to watch the video. The state’s …

Merit Pay

In his State of the State address this week, King Andy Cuomo proposed that New York should develop a merit pay system that would allow the state’s “highly effective” teachers to earn bonuses of “up to $20,000”.  He didn’t specify where the money would come from, nor did he mention that merit pay has been …