Video: Change the Stakes Rally at Tweed Apr 24 14 - Parents and Students Speak

Here are 2 videos extracted from the Change the Stakes rally on April 24 at Tweed. First parents speak and the 2nd one is a group of amazing...Read more »

UFT HS VP Doesn't Want to be Like Tennessee - Likes Current System

I'll leave you to judge this report from Murry Bergtraum CL John Elfrank-Dana for yourselves: Janella Hinds, VP High Schools, was asked ...Read more »

WAIT, WAIT. DON’T MISLEAD ME! - Charter Wait List Balderdash Debunked

I've always maintained the charter wait lists are a bunch of lies -- ask them to show you their lists. With Obama proclaiming National C...Read more »

Stand Up, Opt Out: Support Teacher Test Refuseniks

http://standupoptout.wordpress.com/ MOREistas (and supporters): Almost 30 teachers are refusing to give the NYC ELA Performance Assessment ...Read more »

Your Mama Hears...

...from Peter Propertyseller that veteran rap artist, high-end headphones mega-mogul and, it seems, up and coming real estate baller Dr. Dre...Read more »

Breaking: 26 Teachers and Staff of International High School at Prospect Heights Campus in Brooklyn refuse to give NYC ELA Performance Assessment Test

Oy! Can I get up that early tomorrow to cover this? Well, the Brooklyn Botanic Garden plant sale is still on tomorrow and it's right acr...Read more »

LA Dreamin: Alex Caputo-Pearl Wins Run-Off for Presidency with 80% Over Incumbent Warren Fletcher

Breaking: Alex Caputo-Pearl, the Union Power candidate for UTLA President, just defeated Warren Fletcher, the incumbent UTLA President, in t...Read more »

(Producer) Richard Gladstein Sells Hollywood Spread

SELLERS: Richard and Lauri Gladstein BUYERS: Anna Frick and Jeremy Carver LOCATION: Los Angeles, CA PRICE: $3,405,000 SIZE: 3,258 square fee...Read more »

Meryl Streep Flips Out Above Sunset Strip

SELLER: Meryl Streep LOCATION: Los Angeles, CA PRICE: $6,750,000 SIZE: 3,500 square feet, 4 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms YOUR MAMAS NOTES: Although...Read more »

Mary-Kate Olsen and Olivier Sarkozy Snag Turtle Bay Townhouse

BUYERS: Mary-Kate Olsen and Olivier "Oliver" Sarkozy SELLER: estate of David Deutsch LOCATION: New York City, NY PRICE: $13,500,00...Read more »

Ravitch and Weingarten Misdiagnose Pearson Issue --- by A Newark Teacher

Note - This article is written by a teacher in Newark who often writes for Ed Notes, not by me. I take a more nuanced view of where Ravitch ...Read more »

Lorraine Bracco Goes Hollywood

BUYER: Lorraine Bracco LOCATION: Los Angeles, CA PRICE: $1,620,000 SIZE: 1,872 square feet, 2 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms YOUR MAMAS NOTES: It h...Read more »