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Harlem Success Academy Vs. Mosiac Prep – Voices of Parents and Teachers

Rose Annette Jiminez and other parents speak at the Harlem Success Academy attempt to expand in Mosaic Academy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2TpCQSHiWk The Mosaic Community speaks out:

Anatomy of a Walkout at Hearing Over HSA 3 Charter Expansion in Public Space

Harlem activist Bill Hargraves points out the shoddy methods in how the DOE runs a so-called public hearing and then leads a walkout. Concerned Educators Network Comments: There was a walkout at the DOE sham hearing to expand Harlem Success Academy in a Public School building on Monday June 21, 2010. Those sham hearings have … Continue reading →

GEM OPEN MEETING – TUESDAY JUNE 22ND, 4:30-7:00

WHAT: GEM OPEN MEETING WHEN: TUESDAY JUNE 22ND, 4:30-7:00 WHERE: CUNY GRADUATE CENTER (34TH ST AND 5TH AVE) , ROOM 5414 (F, V, N, R, D, B, Q TO 34TH STREET) Grassroots Education Movement has been building a fight-back against the attacks on public education, teachers and the communities we work in. GEM along with … Continue reading →

Eva Moskowitz Wants Mosaic Prep Academy- Hearing, Monday

MOSAIC PREP ACADEMY IS CALLING ON GREAT FIGHTERS FOR SUPPORT EVA MOSKOWITZ AND CHANCELLOR JOEL KLEIN REALLY HAPPY PLOTTING TOGETHER! ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO MOSKOWITZ WAS QUOTED SAYING “THAT SHE WANTED THE BUILDING WHERE HARLEM SUCCESS 3 DWELLS IN IT’S TOTALITY NOT IN PIECES AND THAT WE DON’T HAVE ENOUGH PARENT INVOLVEMENT TO FIGHT BACK” … Continue reading →

John Jay H.S. Campus Fight Back Friday!

by John Yanno This morning (June 10, 2010) before the start of the school day, a group of about 35 teachers and a handful of students and community members picketed in front of the John Jay High School Campus in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn, NY . The John Jay Campus Community (JJCC), a … Continue reading →

Bronx Science Teachers Tell Bloomberg: Stop Harassment and Abuse

Friday, June 11th, 2010 A spirited picket line of teachers called on Mayor Bloomberg yesterday to call for an end to supervisory abuse and a fair settlement in the case of the Bronx Science Twenty. Current and former Bronx Science teachers were joined by UFT colleagues from all over New York City in a demonstration … Continue reading →

Fight Back Fridays: John Jay Campus in Brooklyn

MORNING PICKET AGAINST THE BUDGET CUTS! STAND UP FOR JOHN JAY STUDENTS! Who: ALL THREE SCHOOLS in the John Jay building!Where: In front of the school! When: June 11 (tomorrow) 7:30-8 am (we will also picket Friday June 18, Friday June 25, and Monday June 28!) A group of teachers from Research and Law (not … Continue reading →

June 4 – Tweed Protest Against Budget Cuts, Layoffs, …

June 4th – Protest at Tweed

Report on the City wide June 4th, School Budget Cuts Protest in front of the York City Department of Education’s Tweed building.

June 4th – PS 197M

About 30 teachers, parents and students participated in the protest in front of PS 197M on Friday June 4th, 2010, day of Public School protests against budget cuts around New York City. We blocked one traffic lane directing cars and buses to the center lane. We heard a lot of Solidarity honking from drivers passing … Continue reading →