I taught high school Social Studies and like to think of myself as an historian, I completed all my PhD coursework and began my dissertation, “life” intervened. I read as much as I can; enjoyment and expanding knowledge. I keep promising myself I’ll finish that dissertation, maybe. I’ve been writing my blog (Ed in theContinue reading “Mulgrew v Trump(ism): The Upcoming UFT Leadership Election”
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Mayor Adams versus US Attorney Damian Williams
Is Adams corrupt,? Lining his pockets with fraudulent dollars and/or is US Attorney Damian Williams gaining notoriety and planning to run for public office, maybe NYS Attorney General? Williams, with widespread publicity, has seized phones, searched residences of a host of Adam’s acolytes, they’ve fled, abandoning a sinking ship and grasping for lifeboats. Adams hasContinue reading “Mayor Adams versus US Attorney Damian Williams”
Will Adams and Diddy Share the Same Cell?
The rumor from City Hall is the reporters have a pool on the day Adams resigns or is indicted? When the FBI knocks on your door at 5 am it’s probably not to bring a bagel and lox breakfast. From Adams on down, including the Banks brothers, high level cops, and a host of highContinue reading “Will Adams and Diddy Share the Same Cell?”
Will the 2024 Presidential Election Be a Replay of 1876 and/or 2000?
Somewhere in the bowels of Mar-a-Lago a team of lawyers and fraudsters are planning on stealing the presidential election Our white, male founding fathers didn’t trust the farmers and working class. Senators were selected by state legislators and electors, the elites selected the president. . Corruption is deeply embedded in our political system, from blatant payContinue reading “Will the 2024 Presidential Election Be a Replay of 1876 and/or 2000?”
Are Polls Accurate Predictors of Election Outcomes?
The NY Times reports polling results in the battleground states as “extremely close,” Nate Cohen, the Times polling guru is writing about polling in his column, The Tilt, almost every day. Of course Nate was “wrong” in 2016 and 2020 and to his credit takes a mea culpa, he tries to explain why the polling universe, wereContinue reading “Are Polls Accurate Predictors of Election Outcomes?”
Let’s Take Back the House- “Down Ballot” Candidates Really, Really Matter
I pedaled over to my local coffee rendezvous and chatted, the Jets, the Mets and one of the coffee addicts asked, “What day is Election Day?” I jumped in, “November 5th,” and the addict responded, “I’ll be out of town, my vote doesn’t matter, NY is a blue state.” I had to restrain myself. RepublicansContinue reading “Let’s Take Back the House- “Down Ballot” Candidates Really, Really Matter”
Another Year: A Quiet School Opening Awaiting a Consequential Election
The Tuesday after Labor Day, teachers, shuffling into schools across the city. . A combination of anxiety, waking up in the middle the night as the “day” approaches and a relief, the “day” arrives. In my school, a high school, bagels, cream cheese and coffee, complements of the Parents Association. A few shrieks of joy as aContinue reading “Another Year: A Quiet School Opening Awaiting a Consequential Election”
Michael Mulgrew: “Shrewd Political Instincts and a Willingness to Pivot”
The online daily news site, City and State has a lengthy essay in praise of Michael Mulgrew, Mulgtrew isn’t afraid to pivot … in his decade and a half atop one of the city’s most influential public unions, Mulgrew has displayed shrewd political instincts and a willingness to pivot to that he’s positioned between hisContinue reading “Michael Mulgrew: “Shrewd Political Instincts and a Willingness to Pivot””
School Reform Should Be Bottom Up, Driven By the Collaboration Among School Leaders, Classroom Teachers and Their Union
Many years ago Ed Gottlieb was a neighbor, a retired elementary school principal from a school on the Upper West Side and chair of the War Resisters League, a conscientious objector during World War 2, a dedicated pacifist and opponent of the war in Vietnam, as well as a poet. If you walked around hisContinue reading “School Reform Should Be Bottom Up, Driven By the Collaboration Among School Leaders, Classroom Teachers and Their Union”
City and State Education Summit: Preparing for the Challenges of the Next School Year
City and State is a daily online site that summarizes and links to City and State political news and sponsors the Education Summit, this year State Commissioner Rosa as keynote speaker and panels including UFT president Michael Mulgrew and Dan Weisberg, Deputy Chancellor with hundreds in the audience, a wide range, staffers, not-for-profits, all shades of advocates,Continue reading “City and State Education Summit: Preparing for the Challenges of the Next School Year”
Ed in the Apple: Blogging on the Intersection of Education and Politics Title 