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Weekend Reading
A few good reads to check out before Monday rolls around… Shaun Richman discusses how a loss in the Friedrichs case could make make strikes constitutionally protected free speech and thus nullify the Taylor Law in New York State… How ‘Friedrichs’ Could Actually Unleash Unions from Decades of Free Speech Restrictions The Gadflyonthewallblog has a post …
A Blogging Hero Says Goodbye
There are an number of exceptional bloggers in the public education blogosphere and I thoroughly enjoy reading many of them. However, as much as I enjoy a number of them, my absolute favorite has always been “Reality-Based Educator” from the Perdido Street School blog. I enjoy his willingness to call it like it is and …
Reactions to the New NYSED Commissioner
As you have surely heard by now, the Board of Regents unanimously elected MaryEllen Elia as the new state education commissioner. Elia, who supports the Common Core, high stakes testing, test based teacher evaluation schemes, voucher programs, and charter schools, was a predictably disastrous hiring. She recently was fired as a superintendent in Florida where …
Karen Magee, Discussions, Invitations
In her mind NYSUT President Karen Magee is having discussions about some important stuff… unfortunately reality seems to suggest otherwise. Reality-Based Educator with “They’re Discussing Having Discussions About the Coming Discussion on Teacher Evaluation Discussions”. Magee likes to see herself as a bulldog. Someone who won’t back down in her tireless defense of the NYSUT membership. …
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 …
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