DON'T FORGET THE MEDICAL BENEFITS AVAILABLE TO AGCEP EMPLOYEES!

Ever wonder what all those acronyms mean?  Well, now you can find out!

This cartoon gets to the heart of the matter!

Last year I exchanged emails with a high-ranking official at the US Department of Education. I complained that the accountability movement had gotten out of control, that too much time was spent preparing to take tests, learning to take tests, and taking tests, especially in low income districts. I said that the time spent on testing was reducing time for the arts, history, science, civics, geography, even physical education. Thus, kids have more tests and worse education.

In the workplace, just cause is a burden of proof or standard that an employer must meet to justify discipline or discharge.  Click on title above to learn more about just cause.

These are the approved meeting minutes for the PIO Council.

Here’s what you see in Waiting for Superman, the new documentary that celebrates the charter school movement while blaming teachers unions for much of what ails American education: working- and middle-class parents desperate to get their charming, healthy, well-behaved children into successful public charter schools.

Here’s what you don’t see: the four out of five charters that are no better, on average, than traditional neighborhood public schools (and are sometimes much worse); charter school teachers, like those at the Green Dot schools in Los Angeles, who are unionized and like it that way; and noncharter neighborhood public schools, like PS 83 in East Harlem and the George Hall Elementary School in Mobile, Alabama, that are nationally recognized for successfully educating poor children.

These are the calculations used to determine the budget

The Proposed 2010  - 2011 GFT Budget