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What this proves is that Mulgrew is an inadequate leader. He has now put the entire UFT at risk. Mulgrew has let down multitudes of educators who feared no evaluation system and would continue to rise up to face all that Bloomberg brings. Where’s the kind of leadership that came with the likes of a Randi Weingarten when you need her?

What this proves is that Mulgrew stood firm, held his ground, and showed his effective leadership. He put the needs of students and educators first and opened himself up to personal endless attacks from our spiteful bully mayor and his wealthy friends.

Diego3, what have you been smoking?

Mulgrew’s actions today show his commitment and integrity. All those that said that the fix was in, all those AstroTurf reform groups, all those lying Tweed lackies should be called on it and questioned the next time they disparage Michael Mulgrew.

This is also black eye for the Governor, and a blow to Merryl Tisch – who publicly and confidently predicted a deal, and to John King who was clearly part of the talks and whose Stare Ed Dept. may lose a big part of their Race to the Top dollars.

First of all, I am thrilled that what ever the deal was, it ain’t happening.  Mulgrew would’ve made a deal but Bloomberg was his usually big baby self.  The only thing I’m thrilled to hear there was a sunset clause-so things could have been adjusted, changed, etc….

Second of all, Randi sold us out again and again.

I have been a delegate under them both and i trust neither, but Randi is a true snake in the grass.

Of course it’s better late than never but Mulgrew has allowed Bloomberg (and before him Randi) to destroy the school system, to destroy the union, to destroy the job protectins that people worked hard to protect.  And of course, as it always is, when some bureaucrat wants something done, invariably iut’”s for the children or so they say as the teachers are forcfed to take step after step down the plank till they fall in.

Of course teachers have always een evaluation, and very well thank you as I can say as a retrired high school techer   I had an Assistant Principal who was an expert on education in my field who worked with me from the time I came into the system showing me the ins and outs of teaching my subject.  Not some generalist like so many of the so called Principals who after two or three years on the job were adjudged by this sick system to e ready to help improve instruction and properly evaluate teachers  These small schools have destroy the essence of what a secondary school was supposed to be with a myriad of activities for students to pursue, with arge departments of expderienced techers in various disciplies, with subject area specialists in each discipline and with Principas who took 10 years as a teacher frollowed by 5 years as an Assistant Principal before assuming the awesome responsiblities of being a true Principal.  Not the Johnny come latelys being pushed first by Klein, then by Black (remember her) andnow head lackey Walcvott along with his cadre of deputy chancellors who go around destroying schools.;

And if yu listen to the Supreme Leader, the system is riddled with hundreds of incompetent teachers and that is the key problem in educatin in New York City today.  Please.  It’s about time, after allowing Bloomberg to destroy the school system that Mulgrew for once in his life time stood up to Bloomberg.  I, frankly, am shocked that he did but sometimes it takes a while to realize you are being led astray.  Tell Mr. Bloomberg to f*** off.  All he wanted, berfore we rid ourselves of him and the rest ofg the incompdetents down at Tweed, was to be able to say he fired thousands of bad teachers.  Too bad Michael.  When you leave, hopefully for a normal human being, thenm perhaps the kids of this city will have their educational opportunities restored to them.  Until then, the Kleins, Blacks and Walcotts of the world demonstrate just how far this school system has been destroyed.

I can’t believe that I am writing these words, but: MIKE MULGREW IS A HERO!

“$250 million is a drop in the bucket compared to the cuts this mayor has imposed on the classroom in recent years.”
Despite large increases in education funding and cutbacks in administration, to pay for retirement increases including one that (for some reason) he signed off on.  I wouldn’t say the Mayor imposed the cutbacks.  I’d say that everyone who matters was in favor of the shift in where the money went — the Mayor, the state legislature, and most importantly (the winner!) the UFT.

Meanwhile, Bill Thompson just said that if elected he will not raise taxes.  That BS.  The next Mayor will raise taxes, just as Bloomberg has over and over.  And the cuts the classroom will continue.

The $250 million means that some of the cuts might happen now instead of being dumped on the next Mayor.  And I’d agree that any evaluation plan agreed to under these circumstances would have been an administrative mess.

School districts across the country are complaining about the costs of implementing a new evaluation system. A lot of the $ that were “lost” would have been spent (money is fungible) on counsultants, training, test design for non-Regents courses, and the like. Why worry about losing $ that would largely be spent on an evaluation system that is unfair and inaccurate?

If the COMMON MAN’S PRESIDENT DID NOT STAND STRONG FOR OUR CHILDREN, WHO WOULD? If not NOW, WHEN?

No business budgets on “maybe” money. There should be no need for further cuts especially since over half the money was for consultants and admin costs of implementation

Will the school system face midyear layoffs?  Will the elimination of “Last In. First Out” Seniority Law also re-emerge?

what does that have to do with the price of bananas genius

Leadership Academy graduate?….how many years did you work in the classroom before you became a principal?…if it is less than 10 years please don’t even reply to the post

principal my azzz  jack

Reading through the history to try and find that answer (10 years, I believe, as a principal)), this person also heavily praises Klein (despite potentially cutting funding for principals years back), E4E, and also changed the name (Nicole/Ruth) a few times. Very bizarre. 

What does that have to do with anything?

if you are a teacher and have half a brain you will be glad there was no deal. its all about being able to get rid of teachers because as usual they are the scapegoat. god forbid the blame is put where it belongs: on the horrible uneducated parents. and i laugh when people say they should take a parenting class. if u need a class then u have no business being a parent. its not like taking a math class. everything isnt solved by taking a class. stop blaming teachers for the failure of the education system. you can lead a horse to water but you cannot make him drink it.

Evelyn, you should have written “you are demoralized.” 

Just a quick glance at your rudimentary writing (“your demoralized”), and your vulgarity (“oh sh**”), reveals exactly what you are: unpolished and unacceptable. Do you seek to judge others? Do you think you can easily generalize principals? You met principals who you believed were paraprofessionals or teaching assistants? What does that imply–about principals? Or paras? Or teaching assistants? You must be something special. Your weak attempts to pose derogatory comments about principals speak volumes about the kind of leadership that you possess.