Contract talks seem have taken a turn for the better in Chicago, days before a strike date. (Sun-Times)
In a statement, Randi Weingarten walks a fine line while supporting Chicago’s teachers. (AFT.org)
As children start making new friends for a new year, here’s a look at how they do it. (Boston Globe)
One “con” on a teacher’s first week pro/con list is the city’s special education reforms. (B. Niche)
The fallout of the “turnaround” tumult at John Dewey High School still isn’t clear. (Bensonhurst Bean)
It turns out that more districts front-load salary increases than many folks thought. (Teacher Beat)
A teacher explains how she navigates the exciting terrain of working with seniors. (GS Community)
It’s the first week of school, but eighth-graders already have chances to tour ninth grade. (Insideschools)
A Newark school that didn’t open this week epitomizes many districts’ enrollment woes. (Hechinger)
A memory of childhood cheating leads to the conclusion that culture can breed dishonesty. (Motherlode)
nycdoenuts
Randi’s statement is anything but a fine line. She’s asserted a commitment both to producing excellent teachers (by cooperating with Ed leaders) AND to protecting them for well over a decade now. It’s been pretty consistent.
Contrary to what the Ed reformers fool what are otherwise very intelligent people into believing, these two things are NOT incompatible.
Sdoyle1
Weingarten and Mulgrew really need to be in a turnaround school teaching 5. Also their non elected cadre.
nycdoenuts
Fair enough. But nothing Randi is saying or signaling -even with the strike in Chicago looming tomorrow- is anything new. In fact, partnering with district leaders to both protecting and producing good teachers is something Unity has always been about….even under Shanker.
That’s not meant to endorse or condemn them. I’m just making an observation.
MHaber8643
Those ”Union Leaders” would not lower themselves to such pedestrian activities; Randi is too busy being a 1 %er, and Big Mike is too busy being her figurehead!!!
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