Our third episode of PJSTA Live deals with Ed Reform 2.0. We were joined by two guests, Alison McDowell and Jia Lee. McDowell, a parent and a public education activist, blogs at Wrench in the Gears where she takes a skeptical look at digital curriculum in public schools. Additionally she has been involved in United …
The PJSTA did not send our delegates to the AFT Convention this year. So I asked our friend Jia Lee to share her observations of the convention with us. They will be published elsewhere as well. Here are Jia’s take aways from the convention… AFT July 2016- Observations of a Rank and File Member By …
Last school year was a particularly taxing year, for a number of reasons, both professionally and otherwise. It left me wiped out and completely fried by the time we reached the last day of school. So I took the first two weeks of my summer to pretty much disconnect from the education world. No blog reading, …
The United Federation of Teachers, the country’s largest teacher union local, has wrapped up their 2016 elections and results are due back today. President Michael Mulgrew, who infamously threatened Common Core opponents with violence, was being opposed by opt-out activist Jia Lee. Though a victory for Lee would seem to be a no-brainer to most …
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