tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post8873690481528543983..comments2024-03-14T13:50:26.981-04:00Comments on Chaz's School Daze: Michael Mulgrew's Knockout Of Campbell BrownChazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09964739497720364749noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-36018737376380258562013-08-24T17:14:46.211-04:002013-08-24T17:14:46.211-04:00I agree with the comments. However, occasionally,...I agree with the comments. However, occasionally, our union actually does the right thing for the right reasons and this is one of those occasions.Chazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09964739497720364749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-61685856874239895772013-08-24T12:00:10.490-04:002013-08-24T12:00:10.490-04:00I agree with everything Michael Fiorillo says. I w...I agree with everything Michael Fiorillo says. I will add a few things. <br /><br />1) In some schools teachers are being forced to work until 6 PM without extra pay. They decorate walls, they input data and other tasks all without any extra pay.<br />Michael Mulgrew says nothing about this. <br /><br />2) In many schools teachers are being forced to pass students who who should not pass. In many schools they talk about the 80 percent rule for passing. If you do not pass at least 80 percent of your students you stand a high probability of being U rated. I know teachers who have told me that they pass everyone because "They do not want any trouble with administration".<br /> Michael Mulgrew says nothing about this. <br /><br />3) Education has now become a business. Many aps and principals have little or no teaching experience and yet are placed in charge of schools. Many come from the leadership academy and are there for the sole purpose of driving the statistics in the right direction. This is a disgrace and Michael Mulgrew is silent on this issue.<br /><br />4) In many schools the aps and principals will not hire senior teachers. These schools hire all untenured or new teachers. The principals know that they can control these people. Micheal Mulgrew says nothing about this.<br /><br />5)Michael Mulgrew backed Thompson for mayor. Thompson is in favor of opening more charter schools. <br /><br />As Michael Fiorillo says "The man's a fraud". I will add that he is doing more to destroy the union than help the union.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-77307206749526608322013-08-23T21:02:23.315-04:002013-08-23T21:02:23.315-04:00I agree that Mulgrew handled himself very well. He...I agree that Mulgrew handled himself very well. He has got the capacity for snide sarcasm, which I actually like. I'd very much like to see it more consistently used against reformy folks like Campbell rather than UFT members who don't precisely follow party line.NYC Educatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12188066345722781723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-84948805120486951112013-08-23T15:20:33.239-04:002013-08-23T15:20:33.239-04:00Sorry for the poor proofreading: the first line s...Sorry for the poor proofreading: the first line should have read "... takes down a human cartoon..."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-64141859620865559282013-08-23T10:58:05.447-04:002013-08-23T10:58:05.447-04:00So, Mr. Tough Guy takes down a Huma cartoon: big d...So, Mr. Tough Guy takes down a Huma cartoon: big deal.<br /><br />Where was he when it was time to stand up to Cuomo, et. al. on Common Corporate Standards and Danielson checklists?<br /><br />Oh, right, he was collaborating and promising to sell them to his members, which he is faithfully doing.<br /><br />The man's a fraud, just like his mentor, doling out some occasional poses for the benefit of a demoralized rank and file.Michael Fiorillonoreply@blogger.com