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Today's Fresh Blogs...| NY Daily News - Teachers Union President Comes out Publicly as a Lesbian by Carrie Melago... |
| Published: October 15, 2007, 6:14 pm |
| Tags: Randi Weingarten, Education, Daily News, Uft, Nyc Department Of Education |
| Read original... The head of the city teachers union came out publicly as a lesbian while receiving an award from a gay rights group. Randi Weingarten - who has been open about her sexuality with friends and colleagues for years - told the Daily News on Friday that she felt her speech during the Empire State Pride Agenda dinner on Thursday |
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| Mayor Announces Merit Pay Deal - Media Round-up... |
| Published: October 18, 2007, 5:37 pm |
| Tags: Randi Weingarten, Joel Klein, Education, Schools, Mayor Bloomberg, Uft, Nyc Department Of Education, Merit Pay |
| Daily News - Erin Einhorn...City hall, teachers union announce landmark retirement deal... City Hall and the teachers union announced a landmark deal Wednesday to let educators retire earlier with a full pension in exchange for a merit-pay system largely tied to student test scores. Under the agreement, current public school teachers would be |
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| 2007 Queens "Making Strides Against Breast Cancer" with the St Johns University Liberty Partnership Program (LPP)... |
| Published: October 21, 2007, 4:15 pm |
| Tags: Usps, Dennis Walcott, Queens Health Network, Queens, Breast Cancer, Uft, Liberty Partnership Program, St Johns University, Local 338 |
| I had the privilege of participating with the St. John's Liberty Partnership Programs walk to find a cure for breast cancer...The LPP group raised over $800 this year...The total contingent from St. Johns University collected over $11,500 before the final totals had been tallied... It was a gorgeous Indian summer day for the Annual Making Strides |
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| Despite pay increase, city teachers quitting in record numbers, union says |
| Published: November 21, 2007, 1:45 am |
| Tags: Teachers, Randi Weingarten, Joel Klein, Education, Schools, Mayor Bloomberg, Uft, Reorganization, Nyc Department Of Education |
| for the years covered in the UFT analysis. He said more recent data shows resignations were down 1% in 2007 from 2006, with retirements down 3%. The union's release appeared timed as a response to Chancellor Joel Klein's announcement last week that he was arming the city with $1 million for lawyers to help boot ineffective tenured teachers. |
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| Teachers' Furor Over Slashed Budget By Jess Wisloski NY Daily News |
| Published: March 4, 2008, 1:19 am |
| Tags: Education, Queens, Schools, Mayor Bloomberg, Uft, Smaller Class Size |
| Read original...Special education teacher Edelma Perez was one of several educators picketing outside Public School 150 Tuesday to protest program cutbacks.Teachers and parents at Queens schools have erupted in protest over Mayor Bloomberg's citywide budget cuts after school administrators began scaling back classes and programs.Supported by the |
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| 10,000 Flood City Hall to Demand Restoring Ed Budget Cuts by Michael Hirsch - United Federation of Teachers |
| Published: April 2, 2008, 2:40 am |
| Tags: Cpac, Joel Klein, Alliance For Quality Education, Schools, Randi Weingarten, Budget Cuts, Education, Nyc Council, Mayor Bloomberg, Uft, Nys Assembly, Dmq, Nyc Department Of Education |
| huge turnout from the stage, UFT President Randi Weingarten noted how rain wasn't the only thing coming down hard on City Hall. The streets today are flooded with caring people, because everybody who is here in this rain understands what this is all about, Weingarten said. As much as was lost with the January cutbacks, the September |
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| Schools Caught in Albany Budget Fight by Joe Mahoney - NY Daily News |
| Published: March 31, 2008, 7:41 am |
| Tags: State Budget, Budget Cuts, Education, Paterson, Schools, Mayor Bloomberg, Uft, Sheldon Silver, Nys Assembly, Nys Senate, Nyc Department Of Education, Gianaris |
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| Rising Randi Keeps Ripping Away at Foes by Yoav Gonen - New York Post |
| Published: April 13, 2008, 1:29 am |
| Tags: Randi Weingarten, Joel Klein, Schools, Mayor Bloomberg, Uft, Nyc Department Of Education |
| issue of teacher tenure, the UFT president showed she wasn't ready to hang up her gloves. "No matter what they do to present themselves as children's protectors, the wolf under their sheepskin always shows through," Weingarten said of the two city officials. "We were fighting for budgets for education so we could do our job and, as we were |
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| City Comptroller Honored At Annual Teachers' Union Gala - NY1: Education |
| Published: May 12, 2008, 2:23 am |
| Tags: Nys Board Of Regent, Teachers, Randi Weingarten, Dennis Walcott, Joel Klein, Parents, Schools, Comptroller William Thompson, Uft, Nyc Department Of Education |
| Read original...Watch video report...Thousands of current and retired teachers, as well as elected officials (and parents), packed the Hilton Saturday for the city teachers' union annual gala.One city official got the group's highest award, while others became the target of potshots for how they're running the city's schools.This year, the United |
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| Back and Forth: Randi Weingarten Learning Curve by Edward-Isaac Dovere - City Hall News |
| Published: June 17, 2008, 11:18 pm |
| Tags: Randi Weingarten, Budget Cuts, Joel Klein, Schools, Mayor Bloomberg, Uft, Nyc Department Of Education |
| Federation of Teachers (UFT).There are two battles ahead as she goes into the summer: one against the proposed school budget cuts of Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Schools Chancellor Joel Klein, which she expects to be fierce, and one for the presidency of her national union, the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), which she expects to be |
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| Rally Against School Budget Cuts Draws A Large Crowd by Michael Meenan - NY1 |
| Published: June 19, 2008, 2:46 am |
| Tags: Randi Weingarten, Budget Cuts, Nyc Council, Joel Klein, Schools, Ny1, Mayor Bloomberg, Comptroller William Thompson, Uft, Nyc Department Of Education |
| Read original...Watch video...As city schools brace for how budget cuts ordered by the mayor might impact teaching and learning all across the city in September, students, parents, and local leaders held another large protest at City Hall Monday opposing any school budget cuts. NY1's Michael Meenan filed the following report.All month, small |
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| Keep the Promises Rally at City Hall on June 16th... |
| Published: June 19, 2008, 12:31 am |
| Tags: Robert Jackson, Budget Cuts, Nyc Council, Schools, Uft, Nyc Department Of Education, John Liu |
| Former CPAC President William McDonaldOcynthia WilliamsLocal 32BJ Representative, DoyleCJE Rep Ernesto Maldonado Coalition for Educational JusticeCouncil Member Michael E. McMahon speaking with CM Domenic M. Recchia Jr, CM Rosie Mendez and CM Melissa Mark-ViveritoCM John Liu and CM Domenic M. Recchia, JrJane Hirschmann - Time Out From TestingRandi |
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| New York City Teachers Express Dissatisfaction With Chancellor Joel I. Klein by Elissa Gootman - NYTimes.com |
| Published: July 1, 2008, 12:32 am |
| Tags: Randi Weingarten, Joel Klein, Mayor Bloomberg, Uft, Nyc Department Of Education, Ny Times |
| which can be found online at uft.org, mimicked one that the Department of Education has distributed to students, parents and teachers for the past two years, with the word chancellor substituted for principal. The teachers in this city are incredibly heroic and incredibly selfless, because they've actually put their own views and |
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| City Teachers Disapprove Of School Chancellor's Performance - NY1: Education |
| Published: July 1, 2008, 1:19 pm |
| Tags: Teachers, Randi Weingarten, Joel Klein, Uft, Nyc Department Of Education |
| the resources we need," said UFT President Randi Weingarten.In his annual press sit-down conference Thursday, Klein said he could look back on the school year with satisfaction."To quote Frank Sinatra, it's been a very good year," said Klein, who said he gave himself an A for effort. He said the city's school system had bold changes, |
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| Group Wants Parent, Student Unions To Have Say on Schools -by Elizabeth Green - The New York Sun |
| Published: July 11, 2008, 11:36 pm |
| Tags: Mayoral Control, Joel Klein, Education, Parents, Schools, Mayor Bloomberg, Icope, Uft, Nyc Department Of Education |
| Read original...Click on pic to enlarge...To counter the power of the city teachers union and business leaders in shaping school policy, New York City should use taxpayer dollars to create two new unions complete with their own budgets and lobbyists, one for public school parents and one for public school students, a group is proposing.The |
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