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PEP Nov 16 Real Reformers Stand Up
Patrick Sullivan talks about democracy, the Real Reformers stand up and more. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Raqk9kLxeTE
GEM & The Real Reformers Protest At PEP
GEM & Real Reformers at Klein’s School Board Hearing (PEP) (Video by Univision) Activists protests the new school’s chancellor (Ms. Cathie Black) for NYC schools. Audiencias sobre educación en NY Activistas protestaron contra la nueva encargada de educación de la ciudad. Fuente: New York: WXTVhttp://s.univision.com/images/flash/player.swf
No to the Moskowitz Success Academy Charter At PS 165 – Nov 17, 6:30PM
November 17, Weds – 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm the Community Education Council for District 3 (CEC3) will be having a meeting to discuss the co-location of Upper West Side Success Academy, a charter school, in the Robert E. Simon School Complex. As you might have heard, UWS Success already tried to claim space in … Continue reading
Video from Nov. 14 press conference: Black nomination
The speakers are united: mayoral control must go.GEM’s Julie Cavanagh leads off the video: “Our children are not consumers.” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXLLWiAfJ8c&feature=email&email=comment_received
Protest the PEP: Stand up to the ATTACK on Public Education!
More than 47 Schools Slated for Potential Closure It’s time to stand up to the attack on public education! Protest Michael Bloomberg and his puppet school board, the “Panel for Educational Policy.” This administration has overseen the school-closing assault and promoted other attacks on our public school system, including: – Increasing the number of charter … Continue reading
Colocation Toolkit Supplement
Click below to download Colocation Toolkit Supplement http://d1.scribdassets.com/ScribdViewer.swf?document_id=42398466&access_key=key-blnpd1atk6z8g6we6xm&page=1&viewMode=list
09-10 School Closure Retrospective
GEM produces a retrospective of the very contentious school closure process that Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Chancellor Joel Klein put the City through during the 09-10 school year and we’re about to go through it all over again. Only this time it will be 47 schools. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ngMFxhk-sc
GEM and Class Size Matters Produce Abridged Version of Advocacy Toolkit
Toolkit For Parents, Teachers, and Communities Educate * Organize * Mobilize Download the kit: http://www.scribd.com/full/41675726?access_key=key-2b6tixh0uuxrer7mqchp See the blog side panel for links to download of all advocacy documents and power points. CSM Advocacy Toolkit 2010 http://d1.scribdassets.com/ScribdViewer.swf?document_id=41675726&access_key=key-2b6tixh0uuxrer7mqchp&page=1&viewMode=list
Jane Addams Teacher Chronicles How NYCDOE Destroyed School With Poison Pill
Glenn Tepper gave this testimony at the GEM Oct. 26 meeting on school closings. With this narrative, I bear witness to how, within the span of a decade, a school can go from being so good as to be a finalist in the national New American High School competition, to being named by the New … Continue reading
John Dewey HS in Brooklyn, NY Initiates Fight Back Fridays
John Dewey HS Alumni Association web site: JDAA website: http://www.johndeweyalumni.org/ Threatened with being closed down after being fed a poison pill by the NYCDOE of having the very programs that have attracted generations of students eliminated, an influx of students from other large high schools in Brooklyn and budget cuts, the John Dewey school community … Continue reading
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