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PJSTA’s McMullan Responds to Newsday’s Propaganda
Those unfortunate souls who still read Newsday may have seen an editorial in today’s edition titled, “Stop the testing tug-of-war”. Other editions seemed to have it titled “Don’t Slow Down the Common Core in New York”. It was a real propoganda piece in which Newsday shilled for the Common Core. The PJSTA’s Melissa McMullan penned …
Arrogant Cuomo Doesn’t Care What New Yorkers Think
In his State of the State address, Andy “Lobbyist for Students” Cuomo chose to completely ignore the growing revolution by students, parents, and educators over his education reform agenda. Rather he doubled down on his efforts instead, proposing a merit pay system that would pay “highly effective teachers” a $20,000 reward. The same merit pay …
Who is it Gonna Be?
Via Newsday… Diane Ravitch, the outspoken education historian, policy analyst and author, called on educators across Long Island Tuesday to boycott Common Core-related curricula and refuse to administer state tests as an act of defiance against the state and federal governments. “Your community is your boss, and you do what’s best for children,” said Ravitch, …
Reign of Error Book Club
A reminder that next Wednesday, October 9th will be our first book club meeting for Diane Ravitch’s new book Reign of Error. We will be discussing the first four chapters of the book on Wednesday night. Anyone is welcome to attend. Details can be found here. If you haven’t already picked up a copy of …
The PJSTA Book Club: Reign of Error
Last week we told you about the release of Diane Ravitch’s new book Reign of Error: The Hoax of the Privatization Movement and the Danger to America’s Public Schools. Today we would like to announce the details of a book club that the PJSTA will be hosting to discuss the contents of the book. Here …
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