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Heroic Teacher Jia Lee Once Again Refuses to Administer State Tests
Last year we directed you to the Teachers of Conscience position paper. Teachers of Conscience, a group of New York City public schools teachers concerned about market-based reforms and the future of public education, was the group referenced by Beth Dimino in her letter to the Comsewogue School District indicating her decision not to administer …
Sheldon Silver Arrested
Sheldon Silver, who likely would have provided the only resistance to Cuomo’s agenda that will destroy public education, has been arrested today on federal corruption charges. Silver, the long time speaker of the New York State Assembly, will likely be replaced with a Cuomo ally. With the Republican controlled Senate backing Cuomo’s agenda, it is …
A Message From Beth Dimino
A message from PJSTA President Beth Dimino… Governor Cuomo is wrong. He used junk science today to support his nonsensical theory that public education in NY is broken and that he alone has the “fix”. We can and will dissuade him of that opinion by each of us doing some or all of the following; …
Dimino Refuses to Administer State Tests
PJSTA President Beth Dimino has notified the Comsewogue School District that she is refusing to administer state tests this spring. Via the Long Island Press… “I find myself at a point in the progress of education reform in which clear acts of conscience will be necessary to preserve the integrity of public education,” she writes. …
Back-to-School: No Staples, No Walmart, No Testing!
It’s that time of year where teachers are busy preparing for their return to work. Here in Comsewogue we return to school two weeks from today with the PJSTA Union Conference in the morning followed by a Superintendent’s Conference Day in the afternoon. I stopped up at school today and was happy to see a …
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