Labor-Organizing Threats= Terr...
“You’re known by the company you keep”. That tidbit of trite wisdom has defied and stood the test of time, not just...
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DOE- Let the Truth Slip Away, ...
The DOE faces many challenges, the least of which is fitting the elongated titles of its senior executives on their office suite...
read moreThe DOE Shuffle: Dance of Dysf...
The Department of Education, that behemoth of dysfunction, tends to flaunt what it should hide and keep secret what it should...
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The UFT’s arbitration triumph was also,as usual, a victory for the rule of law. An independent arbitrator ruled last week that...
read moreFederal Mandated High-Stakes T...
The New York State Education Department as of now still intends on inflicting high-stakes math and ELA standardized tests this...
read morePanel for Education Policy: A ...
“I always voted at the Chancellor’s call And I never thought of thinking for myself at all; I thought so little they...
read moreBanned Books Week: Make Our Cl...
The annual Banned Book Week ended on October 3rd almost unnoticed. It’s as though the event itself were banned from our...
read moreWeingarten for US Education Se...
In the event of a Democratic victory in the presidential election, who will replace the abominable Secretary of Education, Betsy...
read moreParents Busted For Not Having ...
Talk about adding insult to injury!It’s frustrating enough for parents having to struggle at home to help their kids with...
read moreFly on the Wall
Being a “fly on the wall” can be fun if it lets us be undetected voyeurs with full powers of human comprehension without...
read moreThe Twilight Zone on Earth
As fanged butterflies rip up our nervous stomachs as we anticipate the re-opening of schools on Monday, there’s no time like...
read moreUnited We Stand!
In his letter to the New York civil service newspaper The Chief last week, David Irons admonishes the United Federation of Teachers...
read moreBetsy DeVos Waives the Waivers
“Stop fiddling with that ventilator and give that child some privacy so he can take that standardized test for which we paid...
read moreLabor Day’s Remote Parad...
There was no Labor Day parade this year, but that was because of the pandemic, thankfully not a lack of enthusiastic recognition of...
read moreTeachers and Cops: Media Slant...
Violent crime of every category is skyrocketing in New York City. Last weekend there was an average of a shooting every hour around...
read moreCOVID-19 Testing and UFT Deter...
If the recent New York Post story is true, and Mayor DeBlasio did in fact cancel meetings and ignore 5 offers since June...
read moreOutside Learning, DeBlasio and...
Mayor DeBlasio’s storied trouble putting his nose to the grindstone may be aggravated by his always having his head in the...
read moreBillionaires (Or) Bust?
Governor Andrew Cuomo has given a thumbs down to the so-called “Billionaires Tax” (S.8277/A/A.01041) ...
read moreVirus and Conspiracies of Sile...
Jon Miller. the deputy superintendent of a school district in Georgia, explicitly ordered all staff who tested positive for the...
read moreWinging It Without A Prayer
What’s the latest limbo count? As of close of business last week, more than 400 NYC schools were “in limbo”,...
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