Tuesday, September 24, 2013

The Right Wing Smear Campaign Against Bill De Blasio

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They're smearing him as an "ACORN project," calling him "Sandanista Bill" for doing humanitarian work in Nicaragua...
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Bloomberg's DOE Manipulates Graduation Rates

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The Mayor of Money has hailed graduation rate increases as another piece of proof that is education reforms have worked. But just as the ...

There Must Be NO CONCESSIONS In The Next UFT Contract

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NYC Educator and I had a discussion about pattern bargaining for the UFT contract. When the last UFT contract expired, the pattern for mun...
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Cory Booker May Have A Senate Race On His Hands

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DFER favorite-Cory Booker is supposed to win this New Jersey Senate race hands down. But Quinnipiac finds the race has narrowed with a lit...
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A Few Reasons To Vote For Tish James

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9 days til runoff, here's a few reasons 2 #voteOct1 for #LetitiaJames #letswinthis pic.twitter.com/J5cPAqcM1D — Letitia James (@Tis...
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Monday, September 23, 2013

NY Times Hit Piece On Bill De Blasio

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Read Alex Pareene's take on the NY Times hit piece on de Blasio as a closet Sandanista. Here's a bit: The New York Times droppe...
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Lhota Criticizes De Blasio As A Socialist

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Well, if you can't run on issues, you can always red bait: Bill de Blasio’s not ready to overthrow capitalism just yet. Asked ...
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Bloomberg So Sad He Has To Go

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"Bloomberg prepares to depart with all the reluctance of a 6-year-old leaving Great Adventure" http://t.co/rbGXAigLoo cc: @jench...

How About NYSED Commissioner John King PROVES He Consults With Parents Over His Education Reform Agenda?

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From the Buffalo News: The state Education Department wants Buffalo School District leaders to prove that they offered meaningful oppor...

Daily Data Tracking

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Teach for America corps member Mary Mac Thielman enters her students' daily exit ticket percentages onto the data tracking wall at O....

Bloomberg Plans Final Destruction Of Zoned High Schools Before He Goes

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From the Daily News: In a push that is alarming parents, the Bloomberg administration plans to stop guaranteeing eighth-graders a spot ...
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Cuomo's Commission On Government Transparency And Ethics Hides Its Own Expenditures

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This is called transparency and ethics, Cuomo-style: New York's latest anti-corruption commission created by Gov. Andrew Cuomo...
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Sunday, September 22, 2013

A Reminder About The MORE Petition On Teacher Evaluations

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While Michael Mulgrew sends out emails to members defending the ADVANCE teacher evaluation system (see here and here ), the MORE caucus ...

Education Nation Should Invite Carrianne Howard To Talk About How Wonderful Lloyd Blankfein's Art Institutes Are

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Raging Horse does an excellent job of pointing out who NBC should have invited for their corporate education reform-slanted Education N...
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Bloomberg Propaganda-Meisters All Over The Internet

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You see these Bloomberg shills, paid press whores like Howard Wolfson or Andrew Kirtzman, flacking their Bloomberg propaganda all over the p...
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When I'm President

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We take a break from the political and education rants for the following music post: My wife took me to see Ian Hunter and the Rant Band a...
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Stephanie Simon Takes On Some Education Reform Mythology

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The Stephanie Simon article at Politico on why public schools may not be failing is up now and it is a good one. She busts some cherished ...
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Saturday, September 21, 2013

Joe Lhota Says Bill De Blasio Wants To "Annihilate" Charter Schools

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From the Wall Street Journal: As for education, Mr. Lhota said one of the key differences between the two candidates is their stance on c...
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The Class War Is Over - The Plutocrats Won

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Andrew O'Hehir in Salon: American conservatives love to attack anyone who raises the issue of worsening economic inequality for wagi...
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The Fundraising Race Between Bill De Blasio And Joe Lhota

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The NY Times reports that de Blasio has a slight lead over Lhota in fundraising since the primary ended. De Blasio has $700,00 in funds, ...