tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post5571841610758216536..comments2024-03-29T03:15:56.828-04:00Comments on Perdido Street School: Message To Corporate Media, NY Politicians And Educrats: The Teachers Union Is NOT The Moving Force Behind Opt-Outreality-based educatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01712885202661371924noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-71426180763269636982015-04-22T16:28:26.188-04:002015-04-22T16:28:26.188-04:00The tide of American public opinion is turning and...The tide of American public opinion is turning and a revolution of sorts is taking shape. This is both the scariest time I can ever remember as an educator and also one of the most fascinating! Arne Duncan is going to have a real dilemma here as the feds mull over getting involved at the state level. The attempt to deflect ALL the blame to unions is laughable but most of all, it is infuriating parents. This strategy is backfiring. I am no sage but, I predict that Merryl Tisch will soon be H-I-S-T-O-R-Y, a small footnote citation will appear next to her name as the first NYS Chancellor to resign because of the will of the people. This is somewhat amusing because MORE people know who Merryl Tisch is as chancellor than any other person who has ever served as NYS chancellor! P.S. Tennessee just repealed Common Core. I guess Cuomo thinks that there is still time in NYS to get it implemented ... what a waste of money and education!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-79055855607551148862015-04-22T11:19:58.596-04:002015-04-22T11:19:58.596-04:00Schadenfreude, at least in this case, is sweet.
R...Schadenfreude, at least in this case, is sweet.<br /><br />Revenge, as in seeing these arrogant know-nothing's repudiated and a stake driven through the heart of so-called reform, will be sweeter still.Michael Fiorillohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02120229151713643775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-37545644723076878862015-04-22T09:28:43.639-04:002015-04-22T09:28:43.639-04:00Their only hope in saving face is to pin this on u...Their only hope in saving face is to pin this on union thugs. You know thugs like Mrs. Wagner in Room 101 teaching 3rd grade. What total b.s. I am especially enjoying watching the ed reform caste grasping for straws and flailing wildly as their own testing and bullying fetishism is being thrown back in their faces. The reality that Parents not unions are the driving force behind test refusal spells an end to their reign of test and punish. I like my Schadenfreude with an extra scoop of Tisch.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08125018774502675730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-26859284840647618732015-04-22T08:58:01.569-04:002015-04-22T08:58:01.569-04:00Here is where we are: Those that seek to destroy p...Here is where we are: Those that seek to destroy public education, teacher unions and the lives of individual teachers have seriously overreached. They may have won the most recent battles, but I do not think they will ultimately win the war. <br /><br />I know for a fact that various members of the Assembly and Senate are seriously sweating over the heat they have been taking as a result of their teacher evaluation vote. It is important for all of us to keep applying the pressure. Between that and the coming indictments that I believe will be hitting the state Senate, we might finally stop the attrition.<br /><br />To anyone paying attention it is clear that Tisch no longer has the support of a majority of the Board of Regents. A local paper in my community called both Tisch and Roger Tilles the other day concerning the opt out numbers. Tisch said they still have enough kids taking the tests to use the data for evaluation purposes. Five minutes later, Tilles said he does not support using test scores at all for evaluation purposes. Tilles is a very smart guy; someone that could possibly be elected chancellor.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-27151902944984459652015-04-22T08:57:08.821-04:002015-04-22T08:57:08.821-04:00On the positive side of the "blame the union ...On the positive side of the "blame the union for opt out" campaign by the deformers and the mainstream press is that hundreds of thousands of parents -- don't count only the actual opt outers but also people who take the tests because of fear or other reasons but don't support them - as laughing over the charges. In essence, the deformers by blaming the unions are converting more and more of the public to our side.ed notes onlinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15018047869059226777noreply@blogger.com