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COMMON CORE: New York State Update thru 4/7/2014

08 Tuesday Apr 2014

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collective bargaining, Common Core, Data mining, intimidaton, New York State, new-york-city, opting out, parental choice, retaliation, Teachers union, UFT


Before addressing the past week’s news events here in New York City, regarding Common Core testing and our public schools, since many parents are opting their children out of the Common Core tests to the disdain of big government and corporatists, note that the website United Opt Out was destroyed by hackers a few days ago. Screenshot below.

 

United Opt out site destroyed by hackers

 

 

United Opt Out is in the process or rebuilding its site but their Facebook page remains up and running, OPT OUT OF THE STATE TEST: The National Movement. Opt out forms are available at Truth in American Education.

MOVING ON…

In spite of efforts by bureaucrats to squash the massive tide of parents opting their children out of this year’s Common Core testing and sending the police to the door of parents who do[i] across the United States, parents across America are holding the line and opting their children out in overwhelming numbers.

 

Guinea-pig-009

As reported by the NYDN, at least 70% of students in three Brooklyn schools opted out of last week’s exams.

…In Brooklyn, three schools — PS 446 in Brownsville, Academy of Arts & Letters in Fort Greene, and the Brooklyn New School in Carroll Gardens — each had more than 70% of students opt out of the tests, according to the advocacy group NYCpublic.

In Manhattan, nearly 50% of students opted out at Hamilton Heights Elementary School and 75% didn’t take the tests at the Institute for Collaborative Education, said Jane Hirschmann of Time Out From Testing….

 

Continue Reading – COMMON CORE:  New York State Update thru 4/7/2014

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NYC Charter Wars Update – #Charterswork (UPDATED)

10 Monday Mar 2014

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Andrew Cuomo, Bill De Blasio, Charter Schools, election 2014, New York, parents' choice, Progressives, Success Academy, Teachers union


UPDATE: Having amended their mantra from “it’s for the children” to “it’s for the disabled children,” anti-charter school advocates the likes of one can expect to include Bertha Lewis, formerly of the corrupt and now defunct ACORN and no doubt with the backing of the teachers’ union funding will stage a protest today outside of Success Academy’s Harlem 4.

Remembering Occupy Wall Street, my bet is that the protesters will intimidate, harass and threaten students of Success Academy and their parents at 4:30 p.m. when classes let out.

A charter schools network is challenging Mayor de Blasio's (inset) decision to cancel the siting of three schools. Photo: Riyad Hasan/NYPOST.

A charter schools network is challenging Mayor de Blasio’s (inset) decision to cancel the siting of three schools. Photo: Riyad Hasan/NYPOST.

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As if Bill de Blasio’s stance on NYC’s charter schools  not far left enough, many of Sandinista Bill’s comrades have concluded that the mayor’s assault on charter schools, which is only the beginning, did not go far enough.  Thus, they have decided to push the envelope in the war against charter schools by filing a lawsuit against de Blasio.

NYC Communists sue de Blasio for not overturning additional   charter school co-locations.

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“…Upset that the mayor didn’t go far enough, Public Advocate Letitia James and Council Speaker Melissa Mark Viverito are moving ahead with their lawsuit to overturn other charter school co-locations that were approved by de Blasio last week, The Post has learned.

James is hosting an emergency meeting with parents in Brooklyn on Saturday to discuss the decision to proceed with the suit. She had pulled back on the litigation pending action by Schools Chancellor Carmen Farina and City Hall….”

Continue Reading – NYC Charter Wars Update – #Charterswork (UPDATED)

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California Lawsuit Exposes Nightmare of Teacher Tenure

15 Saturday Feb 2014

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California, Education, failed teacher's, students, Teachers union, Tenure


L.A. Times op-ed, teachers union defense of educational status quo are packed with malarkey

EAG News

LOS ANGELES – Now in its third week, the Students Matter trial still has a ways to go. Initially scheduled to last four weeks, the proceedings are set to run longer. On Friday, Prosecutor Marcellus McRae told Judge Rolf Treu that the plaintiffs need another week and a half or so to conclude their case before the defense takes over. The coverage of the trial has been thorough, with the Students Matter website providing daily updates, as has the always reliable LA School Report . The media have generally been either neutral or supportive of the case […]

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At the same time, students and parents are no longer willing to sit back and ingest the myth that it is all about the children, particularly in light of the much coveted and nearly untouchable system of tenure put into place that permit the worst teacher to keep his or her job as the students in their classrooms fail….

 

Continue Reading – California Lawsuit Exposes Nightmare of Teacher Tenure

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What do Commies, Anarchists, etc.. have in common? 05032012

03 Thursday May 2012

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Dirty bureaucrats, Dirty Politicians, Marxism, obama, Obama doctrine, Obama's Civilian Service, Obama's legacy, Progressives, Scott Walker, Teachers union, union thugs, Unions, violence


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‘53’ STATES? Bin Laden’s the Vice President of USA? “Lunch Scholars” Video – Another reason to get rid of the Teachers’ Unions

03 Friday Feb 2012

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Education, Educational Institutions, Illitaracy, Indoctrination, Teachers union, Useful Idiot


How re-assuring is it that one day our nation will be in the hands of these illiterate and unenlightened children?  It is both deplorable and an embarrassment as one comes to realize that the likes of those on display in the above video are America’s future.

Our educational institutions are failing our children by churning out a nation of useful idiots and morons.   I say we hold the Department of Education, teachers and their unions liable.  Oh yes and the parents.  They do NOT get a pass on this.  They are just as much to blame for trusting these institutions and failing to monitor the schools, teachers and the education their children were not receiving. H/t The Blaze.

See article entitled, Lunch Scholars Video: Something to Remember When Teachers’ Unions Claim They Deserve More Pay. 

Suggested reading:  Department of Indoctrination

 

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EAG FOCUS: Union greed inspires NY parent’s board run

30 Monday Jan 2012

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Education, Labor unions, Nassau County, New York State, Power Grab, Tax Increases, Teachers union, Unions, West Hempstead, West Hempstead Education Association, West Hempstead Union Free School District, WHEA


Moments ago, I received the following email from EAG (Education Action Group Foundation) that I believe is very much worth sharing with you.

The email touches on a problem that is systemic throughout the USA when it comes to unions and its membership.

In the midst of a bad economy, over the top unemployment, cities and state are broke and operating in the red because of exorbitant spending habits by government officials, the unions and many in its membership continue to have one priority in mind, i.e., GETTING THEIRS.

Of course, the result of their greed and selfishness would require that taxpayers who are already taxed to death and suffering under a bad economy be held hostage and forced to pay even higher taxes.

EAG’s email flashes a beaming light on the selfish nature of unions, its members and what one man who has had enough plans is doing about it.

“Disgust with local teachers union drives one New York parent to run for school board

By Ben Velderman
EAG Communications

WEST HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. – Bill Signorile has regularly attended West Hempstead school board meetings for the past two years, in hopes of getting board members to curb the district’s spending.

He says the board’s big-spending habits, particularly when it comes to union labor costs, are jeopardizing the financial futures of taxpayers and younger school employees, and threatening the quality of instruction for students.

     Over the past decade, Signorile has watched his school property taxes increase by 232 percent – from $2,584.97 in 2001-02 to $5,994.71 in 2011-12.

During that same period, the West Hempstead Union Free School District’s budget has increased by 56.7 percent – from $34.7 million to $54.4 million – even while enrollment has dropped by 200 students.

Signorile says ‘runaway’ taxes make it difficult for him to keep his home or send his children to college, while the ballooning school budget puts the jobs and pensions of district employees at risk.

New York’s Education Commissioner John King echoed those concerns at a budget hearing last week. King told state lawmakers that a number of school districts are facing insolvency over the next few years, according to TimesUnion.com.

In an interview with EAG, Signorile estimated that over half of West Hempstead’s commercial property sits vacant. That leaves the average homeowner – whose income has mostly flat lined in recent years – to shoulder more of the tax burden.

West Hempstead is located in New York’s Nassau County which has the highest median property taxes in the nation, reports CBS 880.

‘That means the community has to come up with the money to pay the ever increasing school costs,’ he said. ‘Does everybody want the train to crash?’

Signorile shared his concerns at a school board meeting last summer, in hopes of waking district officials up to the possibility of a serious financial calamity in the near future.

‘I told them, ‘Let’s freeze everything for five years and let the economy come back,’ he said.

Signorile was shocked by the response he received.

‘A retired teacher told me, ‘If you can’t afford to pay the taxes, you shouldn’t live here.’’

That response not only revealed the selfish attitude of the local teachers union to Signorile, but it also inspired him to run for the school board this coming spring.

‘I’m getting involved,’ he said.

Teachers union caused much of the mess

Signorile worked for 13 years as a New York City firefighter and is proudly pro-union. Those sentiments initially made him a strong supporter of teachers unions, but not any longer.

He said he was turned off by the union’s selfish behavior during the most recent contract negotiations, which spanned two years.

Even though a state-appointed fact finder determined ‘the district’s financial woes are significant,’ the West Hempstead Education Association managed to gain school board approval for a new contract last spring which included pay raises – 2 percent for 2011-12 and 1.75 percent for 2012-13.

The WHEA did agree to forego other types of bonuses – for longevity and continuing their education –  concessions the union president characterized as ‘a major sacrifice.’

Signorile was not impressed.

‘How do they expect me to keep giving them more money?’ he asked, noting that student achievement has stagnated over the past few years.

‘If the kids’ grades are jumping up, people wouldn’t have much problem with the pay raise,’ he said.

Equally appalling to Signorile is the fact that a number of young, less senior teachers have been laid off since 2008, even while the union keeps demanding more at the bargaining table.

‘A union’s job is not to demand an increase in salary if it results in your brethren getting laid off,’ he said. ‘There’s a lot of self-serving going on. They don’t even care about their fellow members.

‘It’s IGM – I got mine.’

‘This is a story that is consistent across New York State’

     Richard Cunningham, deputy superintendent for West Hempstead schools, understands Signorile’s concerns about taxes, but says the situation is not unique to the district.

‘This is a story that is consistent across New York State,’ Cunningham wrote in an email to EAG.

Like many New York school districts, Cunningham said West Hempstead is faced with higher employee pension costs, more state mandates over special education services, and the costs of transporting West Hempstead students to private schools.

He believes the district is taking a balanced approach to controlling its financial problems.

‘There are many people working very hard in West Hempstead to continue to improve educationand find ways to stem tax growth,’ Cunningham wrote.

He added that ‘total budget growth … since July 1, 2009 equals 3.39 percent’ and the union’s ‘salary schedules are among the lowest percentile’ in New York’s Nassau County.

Signorile remains very skeptical.

‘I’m at a loss to explain wage and benefit increases during a deflationary period,’ he said, a reference to his days as a stock market forecaster.

Signorile believes West Hempstead students stand to lose the most – fewer teachers and reduced academic and extracurricular offerings – if the district doesn’t make serious changes to its budget, particularly labor costs.

‘The boat is taking on water,’ he warns, ‘and most people are oblivious to it.’

Contact Ben Velderman ben@edactiongroup.org or (231) 733-4202

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