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Wednesday, August 20, 2014

Cuomo Remains Hidden In The Shadows

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A few of us on Twitter were wondering if anybody has seen Andrew Cuomo since he returned from his Israel trip. It seems like every morning...
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Tuesday, August 19, 2014

NYCDOE Finally Kicks Yuppie Sports League/Drinking Organization From DOE Property

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Meant to post about this a few days ago: T he city has once again revoked the Lower East Side permits for an adult sports league reside...

One Crooked Politician Stumps For Another Crooked Politician

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She's back from the political dead: Gov. Cuomo's Women's Equality Party rallied today at City Hall to tout its massive signa...

NYSUT, Other Unions Already Endorsed Andrew Cuomo In Spring

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Jimmy Vielkind at Capital NY: ALBANY—In one sense, the  AFL-CIO's decision Monday not to endorse Andrew Cuomo's re-election is ...

Support For Common Core Continues To Drop - Even In Reform-Friendly Polls

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Who will UFT President Michael Mulgrew punch over this very disheartening news for Common Core supporters? Anybody watching the escalatin...
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Monday, August 18, 2014

Remember, Union Leaders Did Their "Endorsement" Work During Working Families Party Convention

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I keep hearing some NYSUT people brag how NYSUT refused to endorse Andrew Cuomo for governor and am hearing from the same people that NYSUT ...
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Time For An Investigation Into New York State's Test Score Results, Data Tracking

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Two stories from over the weekend show that the statistics and data issued by NYSED Commissioner John King and his merry men and women in re...
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Sunday, August 17, 2014

NY Post Covers NYSED/Regents Scam On Test Scores

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The NY Post called NYSED Commissioner King and Regents Chancellor Tisch on their test score scam. Because it is such an important story, h...
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How Much Longer Can Michael Mulgrew Stay In Power?

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The UFT has signed on as a co-sponsor for the Rev. Al "Rent-A-Collar" Sharpton's anti-police brutality march and it's not ...
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Saturday, August 16, 2014

No Wonder Andrew Cuomo And Billy Joel Are Friends

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From the NY Post: The Piano Man is really The Electronic Keyboard Man. A tipster who peaked under the lid of Billy Joel ’s Steinway gra...
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What Andrew Cuomo Has Done Is A Lot Worse Than What Rick Perry Was Indicted For

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Ross Ramsey of the Texas Tribune: A Travis County grand jury on Friday indicted Gov. Rick Perry on two felony counts , alleging he abus...
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Friday, August 15, 2014

Why Did NYSUT Endorse The Pro-Charter, Pro-Voucher Jeff Klein?

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 From State of Politics: Independent Democratic Conference Leader Jeff Klein on Friday touted his endorsement from the New York State Un...
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De Blasio, Farina Full of Shit On Test Scores

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The lede of this Eliza Shapiro piece at Capital NY: Mayor Bill de Blasio and schools chancellor Carmen FariƱa on Thursday praised the sli...
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Thursday, August 14, 2014

You're A Winner If You Predicted A Slight Increase In NY Test Scores

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As many of us predicted, NYSED and the Board of Regents rigged the state testr scores this year to go up slightly so they could point to ...
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NYSUT Backs Indicted Senate Republican

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Your union in action: There was also no consensus among union leaders about the effort to flip the Senate into Democratic hands – a push...
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Education Reformers Turned On Michelle Rhee

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Mostly because she sucked: StudentsFirst was hobbled by a high staff turnover rate, embarrassing PR blunders and a lack of focus. But s...
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