By RiShawn Biddle
DropoutNation
NEW YORK - From the view of Michael Mulgrew, the president of the American Federation of Teachers’ New York City local, the United Federation of Teachers, the results from this year’s union elections are likely as pleasing as ever.
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By RiShawn Biddle
DropoutNation
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – One of the least-considered aspects of the defined-benefit pension deficits that have made traditional teacher compensation far too expensive to keep around is the fact that the full costs of the retirement plans to taxpayers and children are still not dealt with in a fully honest way.
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By RiShawn Biddle
Dropout Nation
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – (DropoutNation.net) editor (RiShawn Biddle) originally planned to give his thoughts on Thomas B. Fordham Institute research czar Mike Petrilli’s latest book on diverse school, and his continued (and wrongheaded) move to join forces with ivory-tower civil rights activists such as Richard Kahlenberg for pushing socioeconomic integration as school reform.
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By Ben Velderman
EAGnews.org
GUILFORD, Conn. – Armand Fusco has dedicated over 50 years of his life to public education, first as a classroom teacher and later as a guidance counselor, a principal, a superintendent and a university professor.
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By Ben Velderman
EAGnews.org
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A few weeks ago, 1,015 young teachers in Nevada’s Clark County School District received layoff notices after their union – the Clark County Education Association – refused to cancel scheduled pay raises for veteran teachers.
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By RiShawn Biddle
Dropout Nation
INDIANAPOLIS – If success as a school leader is merely judged on length of tenure alone, then Indianapolis Public Schools Superintendent Eugene White has clearly done well.
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