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NYC Educator: Megyn Kelly Is Just Another Denizen of the Fox Sewer
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Sunday, August 09, 2015. Megyn Kelly Is Just Another Denizen of the Fox Sewer. All over the news, all over Facebook and Twitter, there's talk of Donald Trump and the much-maligned crusading reporter Megyn Kelly. Didn't she ask the tough questions? Didn't she challenge Donald Trump over his misogynistic rhetoric? Didn't she provoke him into spouting yet further offensive verbiage? On the one hand, he's banned from some big GOP speaking occasion. On the other are people going after Megyn Kelly. Not to the ...
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NYC Educator: The Faculty Conference
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Thursday, August 06, 2015. As principal, I am horrified by lateness. There is no excuse for lateness! On another note, too many of our students are failing. We need to reverse this trend. Of course we need to do whatever possible to help our students. On that front, I'm opening up the floor to suggestions. Mr. V? Thank you Mr. V. I see a hand over there. What's your suggestion, Ms. R? Great suggestion Ms. R. Mr. C, what's your opinion? Posted by NYC Educator. Labels: tales told out of school. You know, w...
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NYC Educator: Perdido--Fariña Unwittingly Admits VAM Is Invalid for All
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Wednesday, July 29, 2015. Perdido- Fariña Unwittingly Admits VAM Is Invalid for All. Perdido Street School nails Carmen Fariña. To her own words. Fariña thinks there should be an asterisk. To so called highly effective teachers who move into renewal schools. After all, if they're highly effective at one place, how can they be developing or ineffective at another? If they do the same things, they should receive the same rating, Shouldn't they? Haven't we eliminated human error? Where Andrew Cuomo is on sa...
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NYC Educator: Politics as Usual
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Monday, August 10, 2015. If you watched the Republican candidates debate on August 6th, doubtless, you were struck by many things. There is one thing in particular that stood above all else in my mind because it relates so clearly, I believe, to the barrage of recent attacks that I and my colleagues have had to suffer as public-school teachers. NYC Educator. Recently referenced the point as well. I would like to add my thoughts. As NYC Educator pointed out, Megyn Kelly and her team declined to follow up&...
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NYC Educator: Another Fatality of Ed. "Reform"
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Thursday, July 30, 2015. Another Fatality of Ed. "Reform". Perhaps you've read the recent story of a NYC principal who committed suicide. On the eve of being exposed for filling in answers on students' 2015 Common-Core NY State Exams. Although the news is certainly dramatic, and you could view it as an isolated incident, it is not. It is symptomatic of the gross failures of more than a decade of ed. "reform.". Several years back, if they only could have predicted the direction things were headed? Now hel...
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NYC Educator: The Post Huffs and Puffs...Some More!
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Friday, August 07, 2015. The Post Huffs and Puffs.Some More! Recently featured an article entitled, " The city thinks 'The Three Little Pigs' is a book for high schoolers. The staff probably hopes that such an article will make the public cry out in utter disgust and run off to the nearest charter school. Imagine eleventh graders using kindergarten texts! Isn't the moral of the story: "Look how public funds are wasted! Governor Cuomo and his wealthy backers were right! So, do I know the truth? There is a...
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NYC Educator: What Do Mulgrew and Christie Have in Common?
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Sunday, August 02, 2015. What Do Mulgrew and Christie Have in Common? Chris Christie says it's time to punch teacher unions. In the face. This isn't surprising coming from the bombastic lunatic he is. This is a guy who makes agreements to fund pensions in exchange for higher contributions from state employees, and then turns around and says, "Screw you, I'm not paying." This is a guy who shouts down young teachers in public. This is a man who will take a state helicopter. So what's the point? Is Mulgrew ...
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NYC Educator: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
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Tuesday, August 11, 2015. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. Occasionally, though, there's a ray of sunlight. In the morass of nonsense and reforminess. In fact, this particular ray of sunlight focuses on a truth many teachers know- that it is income and not teacher quality that is a general predictor of standardized test scores. Not only that, but the gap has widened considerably since Ronald Reagan became union-buster in chief. In fact, this disparity affects not only test scores:. Marveling at the impen...
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NYC Educator: PROSE and Cons Part 2--Return of the Strawman
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Tuesday, July 21, 2015. PROSE and Cons Part 2- Return of the Strawman. I had no idea the PROSE programs entailed enabling higher class sizes until the other day when Leonie Haimson tweeted it. To Randi Weingarten. Leo Casey is consistently attentive to and protective of Randi, and I told Leonie he would claim she opposed teacher empowerment. I knew this because when my friend Julie Cavanagh opposed the latest substandard UFT Contract, that was exactly what he told her. A few hours later, voila. Leo harpe...
