tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14707730.post7453676456795262087..comments2024-02-24T19:49:45.687-05:00Comments on Schools Matter: Paul Toner and the TURNcoatsJames Hornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04462754705431590571noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14707730.post-58038808514234646692014-07-22T13:06:36.374-04:002014-07-22T13:06:36.374-04:00Some of us that were original "leaders" ...Some of us that were original "leaders" of SOS did not feel the unions should have had such a strong influence on what was shaping up to be a real grassroots movement. I for one - although never seen as a leader but just the secretary - voiced my disapproval of having a union rep on our conference calls. I believe I said at the time "they have been co-opted." ..... I was later booted out but not until after the most crucial work was done in setting the stage for the march. .... In the end, the unions did not prove themselves truly supportive of the effort.<br /><br />Hindsight for organizers should have been that we would have better off without them "advising." Depending on our grassroots information coordinators - the real workers - probably would have produced better results.<br /><br />"Firing" me (although Gary Ratner & I still gave our NCLB presentation two years in a row) left SOS without a secretary to keep track of the first conference notes on the final day. I believe important input from our people was lost....and the rest is history as we see it.<br />Victoria M Younghttp://www.thecrucialvoice.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14707730.post-53485893429876434032013-12-14T10:09:48.288-05:002013-12-14T10:09:48.288-05:00For more details on Broad and the Unions see:
Who...For more details on Broad and the Unions see:<br /><br />Who is Eli Broad and why is he trying to destroy public education?<br /><br />http://www.defendpubliceducation.net/<br /><br /><br />Ken Derstinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02645967327068634236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14707730.post-16223793855256791202012-07-25T15:13:27.959-04:002012-07-25T15:13:27.959-04:00How can children respect teachers and learn when t...How can children respect teachers and learn when they witness constant bashing and ridicule by the media and most notably by politicians. They are constantly labeled as overpaid, too many benefits, under worked and incompetent and now we expect children to respect them?<br />In order to improve education in the US we don't need more dictates from the "education experts" (many of whom have never taught in a public school a day in their lives) but instead a change in attitude of the entire country.<br />The current plethora of educational schemes will never suffice. <br />We need an all out effort to popularize education like that which has been done with the NFL and rap music. <br />You might say that can't be done but I will then point to the popularization of science and engineering in the 60s. It was done well and with great results. It yielded many of today's scientists and engineers who have catapulted us into the technological age of the twenty first century.<br /> Criticism, castigation and lip service will never cure the problem!<br />Walt Sautter<br />http://teachersdontsuck.blogspot.com/<br />http://petteachers.blogspot.com/walt sautterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02271157042842858883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14707730.post-34474214991224327602012-07-25T07:37:46.728-04:002012-07-25T07:37:46.728-04:00Randi Weingarten has been involved with the Broad ...Randi Weingarten has been involved with the Broad Foundation for ten years. From the 2009 Broad Mission Statement http://www.broadfoundation.org/asset/101-2009.10%20annual%20report.pdf<br /><br />Page 11<br />Teacher unions have always been a formidable voice in public<br />education. We decided at the onset of our work to invest in<br />smart, progressive labor leaders like Randi Weingarten, head of<br />the United Federation of Teachers in New York City for more<br />than a decade and now president of the American Federation<br />of Teachers (AFT). We partnered with Weingarten to fund two<br />union-run charter schools in Brooklyn and to fund New York<br />City’s first incentive-based compensation program for schools,<br />as well as the AFT’s Innovation Fund. We had previously<br />helped advance pay for performance programs in Denver and<br />Houston, but we were particularly encouraged to see New York<br />City embrace the plan.<br /><br />Page 16<br />The Broad Foundation invests $2 million in the<br />Teachers Union Reform Network (TURN), a network of<br />National Education Association and American Federation<br />of Teachers locals.<br /><br />Page 20 <br />In 2005 the Broad Foundation makes a $1 million grant to<br />the United Federation of Teachers in New York City to open<br />two union-run charter schools in Brooklyn, the first such<br />schools in the country.<br /><br />Page 21<br />Caption to a picture of “Randi Weingarten getting a hug from Joel Klein, then Chancellor of New York City Schools<br />Left to right in picture: Eli Broad, U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings, New York City Department of Education Chancellor Joel Klein and United Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten celebrate at the announcement of the winner of the 2007 Broad Prize.”<br /><br />Page 23<br />With the support of the United Federation of<br />Teachers, the New York City Department of Education implements<br />a school-wide bonus program in 200 of its most<br />challenged schools. The Broad Foundation invests $5 million<br />to help fund the bonuses.<br /><br />Broad Foundation Re-Focuses, Changes Leadership<br /> from Education Week - July 22, 2010 <br />“Another area where the foundation will put more emphasis is in building linkages with reform-minded union leaders, as it did in the District of Columbia, DiBiase said. The Broad Foundation has committed $10 million to help pay for the performance elements of the new contract negotiated by D.C. Schools Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee and American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten.” http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/District_Dossier/2010/07/broad_foundation_re-focuses_ch.html<br /><br />Eli Broad describes close ties to Klein, Weingarten, Duncan<br />from Gotham Schools<br />http://gothamschools.org/2009/03/11/eli-broad-describes-close-ties-to-klein-weingarten-duncan/phila.kenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16583950792868787397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14707730.post-46735183661207506552012-07-24T10:36:26.064-04:002012-07-24T10:36:26.064-04:00Is any of this up for discussion at the AFT confer...Is any of this up for discussion at the AFT conference?Sahilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11610179287237833742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14707730.post-40138748444318771952012-07-24T09:35:03.905-04:002012-07-24T09:35:03.905-04:00Important research. Thank you, Jim.
Open Question...Important research. Thank you, Jim.<br /><br />Open Question: Do the people leading SOS still feel beholden to the unions? <br /><br />I hold union activists in high regard. Put an emphasis on activist, as in the CORE caucus in Chicago and GEM in New York City. These are folks who support unionism, as I do, but demand accountability. All union members need to demand this accountability.<br /><br />Let's see what happens at the AFT convention coming up in Detroit.Susan Ohanianhttp://www.susanohanian.orgnoreply@blogger.com