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Eric Adams ordered NYC schools to shelter in place due to flooding. No one told principals.
By Michael Elsen-Rooney, Amy Zimmer and Alex Zimmerman — Chalkbeat New York
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What should the UFT do in the midst of climate/weather emergency?
By Nick Bacon - repost from newaction.org
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Nick Bacon
The Response By Mayor Adams & The Chancellor to This Week's Massive Flooding -- with Dr. Michael Oppenheimer
Listen now (57 mins) | Episode Summary Daniel interviewed world-renowned climatologist, Dr. Michael Oppenheimer, about how climate change is affecting…
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Dan Alicea
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Op-Ed: How the Proposed Contract Attacks Our Pension and Healthcare Benefits
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Examining the 2023 UFT contract draft - a 'tentative' analysis
 • Nick Bacon
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Good News on UFT Retiree Healthcare: Judge Frank Grants TRO for Switch to MAP
 • Nick Bacon
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Retirees Win! – For-Profit Mulgrewcare Plan Quashed Again
 • Nick Bacon
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CAVEAT UFT MEMBERS: Before voting on this new tentative contract be sure to ask this question about the new healthcare givebacks.
 • Dan Alicea
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Are We Replaceable? The UAW and Writer Strikes and Technology: Lessons for Teacher Unions
For the last half century unions have been under attack and the numbers of non-government workers in unions has steadily declined, today only 6% of…
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Goodman Peter
NYC Parents and Educators: Share your stories and reactions to the torrential flooding on 'Talk Out of School', WBAI 99.5 FM
I want to share your stories and reactions about how the recent flooding affected your school, commute and families on Sunday's episode of 'Talk Out of…
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Dan Alicea
Torrential downpour floods 150 NYC schools, throws commutes into disarray
By Michael Elsen-Rooney, Alex Zimmerman, Julian Shen-Berro & Amy Zimmer - Chalkbeat NY
Why Bloomberg's attack on class size doesn't add up; Leonie Haimson's OpEd in the Washington Post (plus charts!)
Leonie Haimson of Class Size Matters dispels the claims made against the NYS' new class law. She has receipts.
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Make your voice heard: how should the DOE be reducing class size?
The Class Size Working Group appointed by the Chancellor to help develop a plan to lower class size citywide in accordance with the new state law is…
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Leonie
Remote Parent Engagement: Analyzing the Fine Print
Teachers are happy to now be able to conduct parent engagement from home. But some of the fine print has put a damper on things - to say the least…
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Nick Bacon
History of the new class size law & the Class Size Working Group, with Johanna Garcia
Listen now (57 mins) | EPISODE SUMMARY After a brief recap of NYC school news, Leonie's guest this week is Johanna Garcia, parent activist, the chief of…
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Leonie
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