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Comsewogue Returning RTTT Funds!
Via the Port Jefferson Patch… Beth Dimino, president of the Port Jefferson Station Teachers Association (PJSTA) said she thinks Superintendent Joseph Rella made the right call to ask for the boards support in sending the funds back. “The PJSTA stands in solidarity with Dr. Rella and the Comsewogue BOE’s decision to return the RTTT funds,” …
Barack Obama and the Destruction of American Public Education
You may remember Bill Ayers for the whole “Barack Obama pals around with terrorists” bit that the McCain/Palin ticket played during the 2008 election. Bill Ayers is actually a Distinguished Professor of Education and Senior University Scholar at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Last week he eloquently penned a letter to President Obama, calling out …
A National Campaign to Stop Race to the Top
Education/Labor blogger Fred Klonsky is imploring teachers across the country to contact the White House weekly to urge the president to abandon Race to the Bottom Top and stop privatizing public schools. Here is what he has to say… Contact the White House weekly at 202-456-1111 on your state’s designated day. Message: Give all …
More Opposition to RTTT
Recently we shared with you the story of the UTLA, who would not sign their district’s application for Race to the Bottom Top (RTTT). We recently received the message of gratitude posted below from the UTLA: Dear President Beth Dimino, UTLA President Fletcher asked that I write to on his behalf. Thank you so much …
Bravo UTLA!
Kudos to the United Teachers of Los Angeles who refused to give in to pressure from LA’s public schools. The district attempted to use the the Race to the Top application to strong arm the UTLA into accepting a new teacher evaluation system based on high stakes standardized testing scores. As a result the Los …
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