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Thursday, June 19, 2014

6-19-14 Ed Notes Online

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"Flowers for Algernon" Author/Teacher Daniel Keyes - and My Tenuous Connection
Daniel Keyes, the author of “Flowers for Algernon,” the story of a man with an I.Q. of 68 who temporarily becomes a genius after surgery — a book that inspired the film “Charly,” starring Cliff Robertson — died on Sunday at his home in South Florida.  He was 86.... NY Times--- He told the Japanese newspaper The Daily Yomiuri in 1999 that the character of Charlie occurred to him while he was teachi


Randi Influence Over NYSUT and Cuomo Endorsement? Peter Goodman vs Mercedes Schneider
Not endorsing is not the same as opposing and the majority of NYSUT local presidents oppose Cuomo.... Beth DiminoThere are some interesting posts up at Education Bloggers Network Central (bloggers plugged into the Ravitch network).Mercedes Schneider, a Randi Weingarten critic based in Louisiana, blogged about Randi's support for anti-teacher, ed deform Conn. Gov Malloy: AFT’s Weingarten Supports M




6-18-14 Ed Notes Online Week
Ed Notes Online: What's Up Today, June 18, 2014: Jose Vilson, NYCEducator on Class Size, RBE on Abusive PrincipalsA quick reminder about tonight's: MORE, Change the Stakes Sponsor Jose Vilson Book Conversation in InwoodStill in Cape Cod at FIRST robotics conference so I can't make it. (I have so much to write about being with hundreds of people from all over the world and most states. And if your