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GEM Points of Unity
Posted Oct. 26, 2010 Points of Unity: Grassroots Education Movement WHERE WE STAND: We support public education and reject the assumption that the private sector can more effectively provide public services. A democratic society is dependent upon the success of its public education system. Attacks on public education undermine democracy. In order to create a … Continue reading
GEM General Open Meeting on School Closings: Tuesday, Oct. 26
**** please forward widely **** School Closings An Educational Solution or a Political Attack on Public Education? Tuesday, October 26 4:30-7 pm CUNY Graduate Center 34th and 5th Ave. Room 5414 (Bring ID) Trains: N, R, D, F, Q, B, W, V, 6, 1/2/3 Grassroots Education Movement gemnyc@gmail.com http://www.grassrootseducationmovement.blogspot.com · What is the impact of … Continue reading
Video of District 3 Press Conference Over HSA Invasion at PS 145
On 10/19/10 the District 3 Community Education Council (CEC3) held a press conference at PS 145 that included members of CEC 3, parents, teachers and students from PS 145 and elected officials who stood unanimously against the DoE’s plan to give space at PS 145 to Eva Moskowitz’s and Harlem Success Academy Charter School (HSA). … Continue reading
GEM’s Julie Cavanagh at The Huffington Post
Julie Cavanagh Special Education Teacher in Red Hook, Brooklyn Posted: October 19, 2010 05:28 PM BIO Become a Fan Wagging my Finger While my Boss Wags the dog http://www.huffingtonpost.com/julie-cavanagh/wagging-my-finger-while-m_b_763483.html I recently found myself reflecting on a class I took in college that examined emotional and behavioral disabilities. One of the behavior modification methods discussed was … Continue reading
Clashes turn to chaos at DeWitt Clinton HS [Bronx]
October 13, 2010 By Nikki Dowling http://riverdalepress.com/stories/Clashes-turn-to-chaos-at-DeWitt-Clinton-HS,47003?page=1&content_source= Violence at DeWitt Clinton High School escalated to such a point on Oct. 1, that police were called in and slapped at least seven juveniles with disorderly conduct notices, according to police and the Department of Education. Overcrowding, and what some students say is rampant gang violence at … Continue reading
WOW! UE* Union In Defense of Public Education! UFT/AFT: Which Side Are You On?
What follows should be endemic to the UFT and the AFT unions. School unions should be actively and aggressively working with the UE, the FMPR (Puerto Rico) and other progressive rank & file groups (e.g. CORE Chicago) and not with the likes of Bill Gates and other corporate profiteers that promote neoliberal agendas such a … Continue reading
Real Reformers Rally at Waiting for Superman Opening: Sept. 24, 2010
Pics from rehearsal at Lincoln Center to the theater.
Labor Beat: Corporate Media and Plunder of Chicago Public Education
In the weeks following the election of Karen Lewis as the new Chicago Teachers Union President, we see how Chicago’s corporate public relations world attempts to spin the story of new union militancy in the face of layoffs and 35 students per classroom. Exclusive press conference scenes and analysis. Interview with Carol Caref, new CTU … Continue reading
Chicago Teachers Union Wins Back Jobs of Laid Off 1,000 Tenured Teachers
UPDATE: Oct. 12 NOTE: Some people were passing this email around as connected to race. George Schmidt sets us straight: Please see the correct information from George Schmidt. From: gnschmidt@aol.com Subject: Re: AFT P&J: Fwd: Black Chicago Teachers Win Discrimination Lawsuit 10/11/10 There were two separate legal actions. In 2009, CORE filed an EEOC complaint … Continue reading
What I Learned at NBC’s Education Nation Summit
Thank you, Teacher Brian Jones for sharing your lessons from your NBC debate. Your reflections demonstrate the higher order analytical critical thinking skills that the privatized charter school models (i.e. teach-to-the-test/rote learning) are pushing out of our classroom pedagogy. For full article, click: What I Learned at NBC’s Education Nation Summit Excerpted text: “Waiting for … Continue reading
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