The leader of a minority caucus in the UFT tries to predict the outcome of evaluations negotiations. (ICE)
A high school senior’s mother says applying to college isn’t fair because so many can’t. (Insideschools)
A union blog praises Alternative Learning Centers, where suspended students get instruction. (Edwize)
Frustrated with fake news
How can you list ed notes as a real source of news. It is full of hate, spite, and lies. Supporting this only divides us further. It shows that this site does not care about accuracy at all!
Clay
Speaking of fake, can you get any faker than the constant mentions of E4E, the fakest grassroots organization of them all.
Clay
It’s funny, I don’t see a name associated with the E4E piece. Probably a fabricated BS piece.
Seeker
I actually bumped into one of my colleagues who went on a whim to an E4E meeting last week. He was curious about what they were all about. As soon as he told me that he went I informed him of their anti-union, anti-seniority, pro-merit pay, pro-privatizing, and pro-charter school agenda. I also mentioned that they are backed by corporate hedge funders who are trying to break the union. He mentioned to me that the E4E people were mainly focusing on getting a merit pay program going in NYC. He also go the feeling that many of the E4E people presenting at the meeting were not teachers and that he got rubbed the wrong way on many of their points. It is crucial that career teachers and newbies alike realize that folks in E4E are simply shills for the ed-deform movement. E4E do not represent the 99.9% of public school NYC teachers who want nothing to do with any new evaluation system that is designed to fire teachers by the thousands and create a constant revolving door of cheap, at will employees.
Vote NO!
Sorry,
Ednotes for the most part, tells it like it is…Sorry if that upsets your agenda.
http://twitter.com/SoBronxSchool Bronx Teacher
Norm and Ed Notes is a real source of news. There is no hate, no lies, no spite. I have learned so much from Norm and he has done so much for me. Anyone would be lucky to have Norm as an ally.
Educators for Doublespeak
Well from what I heard, one of the heads of E4E actually called up a teacher who had RSVP’d in advance of the evaluations meeting and told them they were no longer invited due to their known past stances on the issue. For what it’s worth.
Philissa Cramer
There is a byline on the front page of E4E’s site for the piece: “E4E-NY member and elementary ESL teacher Kate Schuster”
Philissa Cramer
Our “About” page has an explanation of how we compile Remainders: “The Remainders feature is our day’s-end roundup of interesting pieces about schools that appear online. We include both news stories and personal blogs in this list. A link’s inclusion does not imply GothamSchools’ endorsement of its content.”
Mr. Flerporillo
First, Ed Notes is clearly not intended to be a “news” site. It’s basically an advocacy blog and Norm doesn’t present it otherwise. Second, I’ve disagreed with Norm many times on different issues, and while he’s certainly not dispassionate about NYC schools, he’s never struck me as remotely hateful, spiteful, or a liar. He’s a good guy and a straight shooter.
Larry Littlefield
I’ve got a solution to the whole evaluation/ATR problem. Establish special schools in each borough that the children first of UFT officials, then NYC teachers, then children of officials of other public unions, then workers in other unions are required to send their children to. Enough to fill the schools. The children would go no where else.
Staff them exclusively with former ATRs and teachers subsequently rated unsatisfactory. Have a business agent to handle paperwork at the school, but no principal or assistance principal with actual supervisory authority, so managment cannot be blamed.
Problem solved.
Tim
Larry, that’s not fair–those people can’t afford to live in New York City on their salaries!
Larry Littlefield
There may still be enough living in the city to settle the argument. You say they’re all fine? Then fine, you take what they give you.
Then we can move on to actually facing what we’re going to lose for financial reasons.
A.S.Neill
Could someone translate what this post means or is trying to say? The school actually sounds pretty interesting to me as described. The kids would probably be pretty good, conscientious, and socially conscious i suspect. The Parents Association would be strongly involved and completely awesome. Most ATRs I’ve met seem pretty good teachers though a bit on the older side so that’s ok. And no DOE principal or APs? WOW!! I assume parents and teachers can elect-appoint their own, and now that’s really getting fascinating. Ok, I’m sold and will apply to transfer myself. And I suspect the school’s soon going to need a container truck to handle the teacher resume influx to teach there also.
Yes indeed, problem is solved. Is this for real? Please, please Larry make it happen and get me in.
Larry Littlefield
“And no DOE principal or APs? WOW!! I assume parents and teachers can elect-appoint their own.”
Nope, no one in charge, no one evaluated, do or do not do what you want. No one outside the union to blame.
You don’t apply there. You are sent there if the dictators at other schools feel you aren’t doing a good enough job. Anyone judged unsatisfactory, anyone who would otherwise been in a rubber room, anyone who is an ATR.
And since that really doesn’t exist according to the UFT, then problem solved. As long as no other people in the city are affected, no one else has a reason to complain.
A.S.Neill
Still not sure what you’re trying to get at here Larry. I’ll take the excessing into ATR that you want first. You send me there and I’ll accept 30 UFT kids to teach and get their parents on board for the super Parent Association. Make sure you send me the $570,000 that goes with kids budget of course (30x$19k). And even without the principal or APs, I’ll take care of the rest. These kids are going to have super fun and learn a lot while they do. Am I allowed to send my own kid there at least?.
Mr. Flerporillo
“You send me there and I’ll accept 30 UFT kids to teach and get their parents on board for the super Parent Association.”
Don’t try to slough off the kids from sanitation and corrections . . .
http://ednotesonline.blogspot.com/ Norm
Thanks Mr. F. I feel the same about you. We disagree but it’s honest disagreement though I will say I can be pretty spiteful and the UFT leadership often accuses me of being hateful — and at times they are right – when it comes to them. Being an equal opportunity hater and spiter cancels things out. As for a liar, I try not to be. I’m a propagandist against ed deform and undemocratic unionism and that means I don’t give their side since they have enormous propaganda machines to do that for them. Frustrated with Fake News must be an E4E supporter or Randi Weingarten.
Yes. I published Kate’s piece on ed notes with her picture with her wearing the E4E beanie. Note that Students for Ed Reform (another astroturf funded group) also have their own funded hats. DFER, Gates, Whitney Tilson and other E4E backers must have a fetish about hats — and that green beanie for E4E must be the worst choice ever. Sorry, does this make me a hater and spiteful? I plead guilty.
http://ednotesonline.blogspot.com/ Norm
While I often disagree with Gotham, Philissa and crew have been fair brokers in the ed wars especially given that to stay alive they have to get funding and we know that the ed deform movement has enormous resources to buy the press. That Gotham gives Ed Notes and other David vs Goliath real reform blogs space in the Remainders section is noteworthy and one of the few legit news sources that do that. I also consider many of the people associated with Gotham past and present as friends. And I do give money, although a pittance to Gotham. Think my $50 bucks is enough to buy them?
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