Comments on: TUDA and the DOE Response [Updated] http://www.edwize.org/tuda-and-the-doe-response Sat, 20 Mar 2010 00:11:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: TUDA and the DOE Response – Part II | Edwize http://www.edwize.org/tuda-and-the-doe-response/comment-page-1#comment-64043 TUDA and the DOE Response – Part II | Edwize Thu, 22 Nov 2007 18:50:41 +0000 http://edwize.org/tuda-and-the-doe-response#comment-64043 [...] TUDA and the DOE Response – Part II [...] [...] TUDA and the DOE Response – Part II [...]

]]> By: Teacher turnover « JD2718 http://www.edwize.org/tuda-and-the-doe-response/comment-page-1#comment-64035 Teacher turnover « JD2718 Wed, 21 Nov 2007 03:45:11 +0000 http://edwize.org/tuda-and-the-doe-response#comment-64035 [...] and got hammered in the press. The UFT went after them. Then national test results came out, and the City looked bad. So what does Bloomberg do? Investigate? Fix the problems? Nah. He goes to war against “bad [...] [...] and got hammered in the press. The UFT went after them. Then national test results came out, and the City looked bad. So what does Bloomberg do? Investigate? Fix the problems? Nah. He goes to war against “bad [...]

]]> By: jd2718 http://www.edwize.org/tuda-and-the-doe-response/comment-page-1#comment-64034 jd2718 Wed, 21 Nov 2007 02:00:37 +0000 http://edwize.org/tuda-and-the-doe-response#comment-64034 Elm Street? That's one of those small ones... It's the little street that runs north from Chambers, just east of 52, downhill to Reade (and the entrance to the IRT at the north end of the City Hall platform. Monday 11/26 is a presentation on the pension changes in the Bronx. (which we've been pushing). Can I assume it will be rescheduled? Jonathan Elm Street? That’s one of those small ones…

It’s the little street that runs north from Chambers, just east of 52, downhill to Reade (and the entrance to the IRT at the north end of the City Hall platform.

Monday 11/26 is a presentation on the pension changes in the Bronx. (which we’ve been pushing). Can I assume it will be rescheduled?

Jonathan

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]]> By: Jackie Bennett http://www.edwize.org/tuda-and-the-doe-response/comment-page-1#comment-64019 Jackie Bennett Tue, 20 Nov 2007 03:22:30 +0000 http://edwize.org/tuda-and-the-doe-response#comment-64019 Readers -- the English teacher in me... there are probably plenty of grammar errors, but I noticed one that bothered me. Something inadvertently changed between my typing this piece up and finalizing it. The above phrase is incorrect: "...NYC teachers have been micromanaged to death, often forced to teach in ways they do not believe in, and buck dictates only at the risk of their career." It should have read: NYC teachers have been micromanaged to death, often forced to teach in ways they do not believe in, and buckING dictates only at the risk of their career. My apologies. I suppose the first might also be technically correct, but by eliminating the ING from bucking, what has also been delimited is the direct connection of the final clause and the first clause. That changes the meaning. This is all very exciting, you must admit. Readers — the English teacher in me… there are probably plenty of grammar errors, but I noticed one that bothered me. Something inadvertently changed between my typing this piece up and finalizing it. The above phrase is incorrect:

“…NYC teachers have been micromanaged to death, often forced to teach in ways they do not believe in, and buck dictates only at the risk of their career.”

It should have read:

NYC teachers have been micromanaged to death, often forced to teach in ways they do not believe in, and buckING dictates only at the risk of their career.

My apologies. I suppose the first might also be technically correct, but by eliminating the ING from bucking, what has also been delimited is the direct connection of the final clause and the first clause. That changes the meaning.

This is all very exciting, you must admit.

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