Monday, August 24, 2015

Charter School Shills With Ties To Cuomo Plan To "Bankroll" Bid To Destroy De Blasio

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Anybody else think this idea came straight from Cuomo? Ken Lovett of the Daily News reports the following: ALBANY — Business bigwigs — ...
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Sunday, August 23, 2015

PDK/Gallup Poll: Americans Overwhelmingly Reject Test-Based School Accountability

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Lyndsey Layton in the Washington Post: Americans overwhelmingly think there is too much emphasis on standardized testing in public schoo...
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How Are Teachers Handling The Opt Out Issue?

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NYSED Commissioner MaryEllen Elia said any educator who supports or encourages the Opt Out movement is "unethical". A commenter...
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LoHud: Teachers Union Not Behind Opt Out Movement

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I keep seeing this allegation that the Opt Out movement was started, nurtured and spread by the teachers union. The latest incarnation of ...
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Saturday, August 22, 2015

Reality Punches Chris Christie In The Face

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Politico reports Chris Christie's 2016 campaign for president is fading into darkness: Chris Christie, the voluble New Jersey governo...
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NY Times: Cuomo Should "Stop Being Ridiculous," De Blasio Should Stop Overreacting To Nonsense

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A scathing NY Times editorial on the bullshit story that is the Times Square topless problem: Times Square is not going to hell, or anyw...
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Friday, August 21, 2015

Hakeem Jeffries, Eva Moskowitz Weigh Odds Of Challenging Bill de Blasio

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This isn't a surprise. Criminal justice reform hypocrite Hakeem Jeffries (it seems prison abuse only bothers him at Rikers, not in the...
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Tisch, Elia Warn They Will Go After Educators Who Support Or Encourage The Opt Out Movement

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Yesterday Regents Chancellor Tisch announced that there will be no sanctions against districts with high opt out rates this year but put the...
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NYSED Commissioner MaryEllen Elia Attacks Parents And Teachers Over Opt Out

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Gates Foundation-funded MaryEllen Elia gave the keynote address to Gates Foundation-funded astroturf group Educators4Excellence and attack...
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Thursday, August 20, 2015

Merryl Tisch Says There Will Be No Penalties For Opt Rates This Year

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From Kate Taylor in the NY Times: School districts will not be penalized for having large numbers of students refuse to sit for the New ...
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Cuomo Says High Opt Out Rates Shouldn't Be Held Against Districts

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Cuomo says he doesn't believe school districts with high opt out rates should face sanctions. — Jimmy Vielkind (@JimmyVielkind) Augus...
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MaryEllen Elia Gives Keynote At Educators4Excellence Conference

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Gates Foundation-funded MaryEllen Elia meets up with Gates Foundation-funded Educators4Excellence for a reformy extravaganza (per the Capi...
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Chris Christie Says Schools Without Teachers Unions Would Be "Nirvana"

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We must destroy the village in order to save it: Governor Chris Christie said that the academic achievement gap can't be fixed until...
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Wednesday, August 19, 2015

Message To John Kasich: They Took Our Teachers Lounge

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TPM: Ohio Governor John Kasich said at an education summit in New Hampshire that many teachers believe that "we’re out to take thei...
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Cuomo's Offended By Topless Women In Times Square

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Gov. Cuomo on topless women in Times Square: "I believe this activity is illegal. … I think it has to be stopped." pic.twitter.c...
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Wealthy Political Donors Are Sad Some Republican Candidates Are Running Away From Common Core

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Some Common Core shills seem unaware that Common Core is about as popular as Ebola these days with a good segment of the population. Take ...
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Tuesday, August 18, 2015

Guards Beat And Kill Prisoners In Andrew Cuomo's New York With Impunity

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Michael Winerip and Michael Schwirtz have another piece in the NY Times detailing the systemic abuse of prisoners by guards that goes on in...

Carl Heastie Acknowledges Even A "Super Teacher" Can't Break The Ravages Of Poverty, Mental Illness, Outside Issues

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Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie suggested to the Times-Union that success in school may be a little more complex than "It's the teach...
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Monday, August 17, 2015

Being A Teacher These Days Means Walking A Tightrope Without A Safety Net

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There's this myth perpetuated by education reformers, politicians and the media that "bad teachers" can't be fired, that o...
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Teachers Should Think Long And Hard Before Working At "Struggling" Or "Persistently Struggling" Schools

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NYSED has labeled 144 schools around the state "struggling" or "persistently struggling," with 62 of those schools loca...
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