The Grassroots Education Movement (GEM) to Defend Public Education educates, organizes and mobilizes educators, parents, students and our communities against the corporate and government policies that underfund, undermine and privatize our public school system. GEM advocates both within and outside the UFT for the equality and quality of public education services and the rights of school workers.
THOMPSON TO RELEASE REPORT FINDING THAT DOE IS LEAVING STUDENTS IN OVERCROWDED SCHOOLS
New York City Comptroller William C. Thompson, Jr. will release a comprehensive study finding that new schools being built or planned by the Department of Education will leave tens of thousands of students in overcrowded facilities on Sunday, September 13th at 12:30 pm.
Thompson will be joined by a number of elected officials and advocates, including New York State Senator Liz Krueger, New York City Council Members Robert Jackson and Jessica Lappin, New York State Assembly Member Micah Z. Kellner, Leonie Haimson, Executive Director of Class Size Matters, and Andy Lachman of Parent Leaders of Upper East Side Schools.
DATE: Sunday, September 13, 2009
TIME: 12:30 pm
PLACE: PS 290, 311 East 82nd St., between lst and 2nd Ave, Manhattan
CONTACT: Laura Rivera, (212) 669-2701 or (646) 265-4249, lrivera@comptroller.nyc.gov
-April film showings for "The Inconvenient Truth Behind Waiting for Superman" are filling up, dates to be publicized soon. The official film opening will take place in May and will be announced soon. To be put on the list for a copy of the film or to sign up for a house showing or a public screening email: gemnyc@gmail.com
GEM Produces: The Inconvenient Truth About Waiting for Superman - The Trailer
School Leadership Team Response to the Educational Impact Statement A Brief Summary A 70 year history of serving neighborhood children The sectioning off of prestige programs into small schools in 2002 -3 Severe over-crowding and deplorable learning conditions as a result of small school expansion in 2003-4 and 2004-5 Restructuring into....
NYC Schools as Targets for Closing, Reorganization, Etc. -
NOTE: The latest list of the 55 schools potentially targeted for closing from the DOE, handed out at a briefing for elected officials after the release of the HS progress reports around 11/15/10.
Below is the list previous to Nov. 15 broken into categories:
The 11 schools selected for transformation are: Automotive High School Bread & Roses Integrated Arts High School Brooklyn School for Global Studies Chelsea Career and Technical Education High School Cobble Hill School of American Studies Flushing High School Franklin Delano Roosevelt High School Long Island City High School Queens Vocational and Technical High School Unity Center for Urban Technologies William E. Grady Career and Technical Education High School
The additional 23 schools on the state’s “persistently lowest achieving” list that will most likely be phased out and replaced with new schools are: August Martin High School Beach Channel High School Boys and Girls High School Christopher Columbus High School Fordham Leadership Academy for Business and Technology Grace Dodge Career and Technical Education High School Grover Cleveland High School High School of Graphic Communication Arts Jamaica High School Jane Addams High School for Academics and Careers John Adams High School John Dewey High School John F. Kennedy High School Metropolitan Corporate Academy Monroe Academy for Business/Law Newtown High School Norman Thomas High School Paul Robeson High School Public School 065 Mother Hale Academy Richmond Hill High School Sheepshead Bay High School Washington Irving High School W.H. Maxwell CTE High School
Additional schools that the city says it will attempt to close again next year, after having been prevented from doing so because of a lawsuit from the N.A.A.C.P. and the teachers’ union this spring: Frederick Douglass Academy III (middle school) Global Enterprise High School Monroe Academy for Business and Law School for Community Research and Learning New Day Academy Academy of Collaborative Education Kappa II Academy of Environmental Science High School Middle School for Academic and Social Excellence Public School 332 Business, Computer Applications and Entrepreneurship High School Choir Academy of Harlem High School
PS 24K, PS 15K, PS 30M, Prospect Heights International High School, PS 123M, PS 193K, PS 41M, PS 84K, The Brooklyn New School, Banana Kelly, PS 3K, PS 202K, Fredrick Douglass Academy 5, Benjamin Banneker High School, East Flatbush Community Research School, PS 307K, IS 218, Ps 321K, Humanities Prep, The Earth School, PS 197M, PS 139K, Jamaica HS
Upcoming UFT Election is Discussed at ICE Meeting
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Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2024 - Merry Xmas and Happy Hanukkah!
Submitted by Norm Scott
ICE had an excellent discussion on the UFT election Sunday night with ...
Vote NO on the UFT Contract. Here is Why:
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The best reason to vote no on this contract is this: UFT Unity* lied* to us
in 2018. They misrepresented that contract. It was predicated on deals we
wer...
REPORT: States With the Best and Worst Schools
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States With the Best (and Worst)Schools
By *Evan Comen, Michael B. Sauter, Samuel Stebbins and Thomas C. Frohlich*
January 20, 2017- http://247wallst.com
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Psst…it’s hatching!
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No, not the turtle egg in one of the lower school science classes. It’s our
new site, ReclaimingReform.org! Don’t worry; the links and discussion that
have...
Arne Duncan's "Chicago Plan, as former teacher and editor of Substance News George Schmidt explains, is the template for a national strategy to dismantle public education. Through revealing footage and comments from Chicago teachers, this video shows the resistance that has been growing among teachers and community organizations." 28 min.
Listen here (which was supplied by Remix). Note: there are problems in the broadcast for the first 10 minutes or so, but it goes well after that. More info at: www.teachers4justicenow.org.
IMPORTANT BOOK
A collection of essays by Leonie Haimson, Jennifer Jennings, Patrick Sullivan, Diane Ravitch, Deborah Meier, and many others.
We have to: 1. Fight for resources 2. Wage an educational campaign 3. Demand their teachers get the same provisions as we do 4. Fight all mandates and corporate incursions into our schools.
CHARTER SCHOOL DISCUSSION on WBAI July 30th, 2009
With Esther Armagh, Sheila Evans-Tranumn, Steve Mancini, Sam Anderson, and Angel Gonzalez.
Upcoming UFT Election is Discussed at ICE Meeting
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Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2024 - Merry Xmas and Happy Hanukkah!
Submitted by Norm Scott
ICE had an excellent discussion on the UFT election Sunday night with ...
Vote NO on the UFT Contract. Here is Why:
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The best reason to vote no on this contract is this: UFT Unity* lied* to us
in 2018. They misrepresented that contract. It was predicated on deals we
wer...
The Passing Of Chaz 1951-2020 Age 69
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I am the son of Chaz and like to inform you that he passed away this
afternoon from the COVID virus. My father passed in peace beside his loved
ones. We ar...
Olson Online:They don't serve the common good. They benefit some students --usually the more advantaged-- at the expense of others. Bite the bullet: get rid of school choice: More pros and cons for charters and choice
Perimeter Primate: Comparing parent education backgrounds in charter and public schools opens a window on creaming. Charter School Tactics Charter Schools and the Attack on Public Education LA teacher Sarah Knopp nails it.
Listen to Norm Scott and others discuss the effect of Bloomberg-Klein on NYC teachers. The Reassignment Centers were a main topic of this WBAI radio broadcast (go to June 11, 2009).
GEM spokesperson Angel Gonzalez talks about the May 14 rally and the campaign to stop school closings (phase-outs) and the imposition of charter school privatization. Go to Pseudo-Intellectualism and click http://archive.wbai.org/ Find WBAI Evening News Friday, May 8, 2009 6:00 pm News, and move time indicator to 6 minutes.
Harlem Charter Schools Serve Fewer High Needs Kids
Wrapped up my piece about Harlem charter schools serving fewer high-needs students than the area's zoned schools and thought you might like to see it.
M.S. Candidate Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism 2950 Broadway (at 116th Street) New York, NY 10027 (267) 205-4315 www.kylacalvert.com
This paper on consequences of school privatization is pretty great. Read especially the section on the Edison Schools where it was mandated for 90% of the students to watch commercials in the guise of current events.
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