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Category Archives: Teacher Unions
Policy Discussion: School Leadership Team
The recent descent into labels (union-basher vs. union-apologist) seems deeply counter-productive. I personally would rather discuss specific policies, not people or entities. I don’t doubt that people on all sides of the issues have good intentions. So let’s look at … Continue reading
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Coming late v. leaving early
In a debate that makes one yearn for the intellectual challenge of “tastes great v less filling” comes news that DPS’s five additional late-start days, added to the calendar at the DCTA’s request during the last round of contract negotiations, may become five additional leave-early … Continue reading
The disease of direct placement
Tomorrow, the Denver Board of Education will hear public comment on and discuss Superintendent Boasberg’s proposal to limit forced direct placement for Title I schools. While I continue to believe this policy — which turns a free-form dance into musical chairs — … Continue reading
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Education resolution: diminish dualism
The mind tends towards division and opposition: heads v. tails, black v. white, defense v. offense, progressive v. conservative, Capulet v. Montague. This simplicity has its advantages, but considered and thoughtful debate is not one of them. In education generally — … Continue reading
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Song of Themselves
DCTA president Kim Ursetta’s full endorstatement on Michael Bennet was just posted by Alan, where she concludes: Michael Bennet would bring new ideas and approaches to the U.S. Department of Education. This press release was sent to the media on Tuesday, and … Continue reading
Strange Bedfellows (an ongoing series)
The latest tangent from the speculation regarding Bennet’s potential as Secretary of Education, is a press release from the Denver teacher’s union supporting the choice: “He is reform-minded and interested in new approaches,” wrote Kim Ursetta, president of the Denver … Continue reading
More bodies to the rubber rooms
Apparently not yet shamed by the series of reports (NYT, Daily News, NY Post) on New York City’s rubber rooms where, under union rules, roughly 700 teachers collect salaries for not teaching with an estimated annual cost of over $60M, Randi Weingarten wants … Continue reading
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