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Monday, May 19, 2014

5-19-14 Schools Matter

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Madeloni Beats TURNcoat Paul Toner for MTA President

Amazing and wonderful!  From CPS: Congratulations to Barbara Madeloni, president-elect, and Janet Anderson, vice president-elect of the Massachusetts Teachers Association. Madeloni, the former director of the Secondary Teacher Education Program at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, was elected at the MTA's annual meeting of delegates by a vote of 681 to 584. She pledged to work with educa


5-17-14 Schools Matter All Week
Schools Matter:  Schools Matter All WeekBogus Test Based Evaluations and Charterization Put Hundreds of Memphis Teachers' Jobs on Chopping BlockThis year it's called "excessing."  Just over a year ago it was call "surplussing." A clip from the Memphis Corporate Appeal:. . . .The shuffle in schools happens every spring as principals draw up staffing numbers to match projected en