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Thursday, August 21, 2014

8-21-14 Ed Notes Online

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Approval Expected for ISIS Charter School Application to SUNY, Cuomo Demands Coloco Space from deBlasio
We are overjoyed at this proposal since we expect tenured teachers will be beheaded.... Mona Davids, Campbell Brown We are pro school choice... Eva Moskowitz The final solution on the lack of teacher quality issue... Students First  Oh, I could go on, but ambition flags when it's a beautiful day outside.


George Schmidt on Karen Lewis for Mayor - and More; Randi Offers Karen a million bucks if she runs
AFT President Randi Weingarten said she'd give $1 million to Chicago teachers union chief Karen Lewis if she ran against Mayor Rahm Emanuel....Chicago Sun-TimesThe cynic in me says, what better way to get rid of a potential rival? A million bucks will be a drop in the bucket against Rahm but Randi is a genius. A win-win for her no matter what the outcome.The intriguing Chicago mayoral race can be

8-20-14 Ed Notes Online Week
Ed Notes Online: The Trouble With Frank BruniHow far are we from the day when Whoopi, Campbell and the rest of the ed deform crowd flat out blame the death of Michael Brown on bad teachers? Joining the anti-teacher fray is former NY Times food writer Frank Bruni, another clueless NY Times columnist writing on education (see David Brooks, Thomas Friedman, Joe Nocera, Brent Staples, and even one bad