Monday, June 15, 2015
Saturday, June 13, 2015
NYC Deparment of Education Employees Against Gov. Cuomo's Plan
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PRESS RELEASE: Civil Rights Attorneys Lay Out Evidence Against Education Tax Credit
The Coalition for Opportunity in Education daily bombards mailboxes with dishonest advertisements about their advocacy for the Education Tax Credit falsely stating its to "send children to better schools." These "better schools are religious and private, adding to the theft of public funds earmarked to public schools to educate all children. And it benefits the political coffers of Gov. Andrew Cuomo and his hedge fund donors continuously prostituting public education for their own interests and benefits.
PRESS RELEASE: Civil Rights Attorneys Lay Out Evidence Against Education Tax Credit
PRESS RELEASE: Civil Rights Attorneys Lay Out Evidence Against Education Tax Credit
Tuesday, May 19, 2015
Friday, May 8, 2015
Sunday, April 19, 2015
Vote for Maria Rosa, Executive Committee, BTF
Maria Rosa is running for a seat on the Executive Committee of the Buffalo Teachers Federation. The Election is in May. Please vote for me when the BTF mails a ballot to your home soon.My credentials to run are the following:
Past delegate chair, delegate, past delegate to the National Education Association Convention for three year period.
Elected in 2014 to represent Buffalo teachers at the American Federation of Labor Convention in 2016.
Tuesday, April 7, 2015
Chancellor Merryl Tisch proposal flawed
Regents Chancellor Merryl Tisch "...proposal is seriously flawed. First and foremost, none of these teacher evaluation provisions have a research base to show they improve teaching or student learning so we have just upended the system for purely political reasons.
Second, if the new system is so good, why confine it to poorly performing districts since charters and better
performing districts (largely the wealthiest for both sectors) also have poorly performing teachers even if their schools in some cases do better; transparency, if this is what this is about, should be required of all.
performing districts (largely the wealthiest for both sectors) also have poorly performing teachers even if their schools in some cases do better; transparency, if this is what this is about, should be required of all.
Finally, a tiered system of evaluations would forever lock in these misguided policies since legislators from State Evaluation-Free districts would have no incentive to change or eliminate the system on behalf of those districts -- likely with disproportionate numbers of
students from low-income families -- forced into this scheme by the
Governor and Regents Chancellor."
students from low-income families -- forced into this scheme by the
Governor and Regents Chancellor."
Professor David C. Bloomfield
NYSUT Knocks Tisch’s Proposal To Exempt Comments
NYSUT Knocks Tisch’s Proposal To Exempt Comments
“So much of what we talk about is driven by the lowest performing schools, which need to continue to be our very deep focus,” Tisch toldCapital New York. “But what if we started to include in this approach of evaluation our respect for the districts who, for decades, have really done great work? And when I say great work, I mean setting up a rubric by which districts can show that they are worthy of a certain amount of autonomy.” Chancellor Tisch
“So much of what we talk about is driven by the lowest performing schools, which need to continue to be our very deep focus,” Tisch toldCapital New York. “But what if we started to include in this approach of evaluation our respect for the districts who, for decades, have really done great work? And when I say great work, I mean setting up a rubric by which districts can show that they are worthy of a certain amount of autonomy.” Chancellor Tisch
Saturday, March 21, 2015
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Whitney Tilson (3rd background)
"Let’s be honest: we need a lot more well-off, well-educated white folks with a personal stake in both charter schools and education reform in general if we’re going to take reform to the next level, both politically and operationally.Whitney Tilson, hedge fund manager and major funding angel for the school privatizing Democrats for Education Reform, thinks there’s not enough rich, educated white folks.( Preaprez) click photo to his blog.
Arne Duncan
U.S. Secretary of Education, click photo