Grassroots Education Movement
The Inconvenient Truth Behind Waiting For Superman
Congrats to Seung, UFT chapter, & parents: phenomenal work at Maxwell !
GEM, ICE, TJC represented! In an outside rally and indoor forum, Over 250 people shouted down the bankruptcy of the Mayor Bloomberg and his lackey Dist. Superintendent. Through the night, GEM, Councilman Barron, and crowd hollered out and clearly delivered our messages: Stop the charter privatization schemes. Fightback Citywide. UFT Mulgrew was there and heard … Continue reading
WH Maxwell VHS-Injustice of School Closures
WH Maxwell VHS-Injustice of School Closures http://d1.scribdassets.com/ScribdViewer.swf?document_id=23723166&access_key=key-14mrpdgss1othhv41p2t&page=1&version=1&viewMode=list
Comments on NY Times article on Charter school shared space
Another one slammed out of the park by the CAPErs at PS 15. Commentary on the NY Times article on shared space in public schools.http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/30/education/30space.html What can money buy you in New York City? Apparently not your own real estate. Instead, these corporate backed, millionaire and billionaire donor driven private companies and organizations, use public … Continue reading
Charter Schools Occupying Space in NYC Public School Buildings
Mucho thanks to Mollie from GEM for putting this list together. Organized by District Chartersinpublics http://d1.scribdassets.com/ScribdViewer.swf?document_id=22977361&access_key=key-1uco1br66u8mx7jblq3j&page=1&version=1&viewMode=list Here is another view of the list with more detailCharters in Public Schools 2009 http://d1.scribdassets.com/ScribdViewer.swf?document_id=22977986&access_key=key-1gcmtcb2swxy88tyegjq&page=1&version=1&viewMode=list
PS 15/PAVE Story Redux
Cross-posted on Ed Notes CAPE, which was formed to battle the PAVE invasion at PS 15 (and is now working with GEM to reach out to other schools in the same situation) posted an announcement this morning that it ain’t over ’till it’s over. The CEC15 has bravely forced the DOE to at least pretend … Continue reading
GEM/CAPE Meet, Will Do Two Conferences on Public Schools and Charters
A group from GEM and CAPE met this past week to discuss plans for holding conferences and workshops on public education and the impact of the charter school movement sometime this year. Details will be announced as the conferences take shape.
GEM NEWS: November, 2009
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Separate & Unequal at PS123M with Charter Invasion
Summer’09, Harlem: CEO Eva Moskowitz’s HSA2 Private Charter School took over P123’s third floor with the NYC Dept of Education (DOE) approval. CEO Moskowitz newly painted, lavishly renovated and refurnished HER third floor with state-of-the-art equipment. ONLY a limited number of lottery-selected students benefit from those separate elitist conditions. BUT the majority of the PS123 … Continue reading
NYCorE’s Political Education and Mobilization (PEM) work group
Join NYCoRE’s Political Education and Mobilization (PEM) work group as we launch our educator political education series for the 09-10 school year. Through these forums we will interrogate the ways in which current education reforms are aligned with corporate-thinking and how deeply these reforms shape our work lives, the lives of our students and the … Continue reading
GEM Supports PR General Strike & Joins 150 NY Protesters
(click title for YouTube video) We of the NYC Grassroots Education Movement – GEM/UFT extend our solidarity today with the Puerto Rico General Strike of Workers. We join with our brother/sister Puerto Rico workers in echoing their demands: NO to the layoffs of any public sector workers. Restore the public jobs of all fired 25,000+ … Continue reading
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