All Hail NJEA. All Jeer UFT.
Laura Waters
February 12, 2018
When I was growing up in New York City, visitors from New Jersey were disparagingly mocked as the “bridge and tunnel crowd.” Woody Allen got
QOD: WSJ on NYC Mayor de Blasio’s “Embrace” of UFT & Unified Antipathy towards Charters
Laura Waters
March 16, 2016
Read the whole article but here are a few tidbits: Mayor Bill de Blasio…has embraced the United Federation of Teachers and its president, Michael Mulgrew,
UFT Attacks NYC Charters for Discriminating Against Kids with Disabilities, But He Misses the Real Story
Laura Waters
January 27, 2016
Politico reports that UFT President Michael Mulgrew has resumed “UFT’s decade-long war against the city’s charter sector.” The reference is to a conference call with
Mayor De Blasio and UFT: How Close is Too Close? (plus a personal reflection)
Laura Waters
October 1, 2015
I’ve been awfully tough on NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio and his apparent lack of urgency in addressing the city schoolchildren’s need for meaningful change
QOD: Black Lives Don’t Matter to Bill de Blasio
Laura Waters
September 30, 2015
Speaking of incremental vs. transformative change, the Wall St. Journal’s William McGurn writes about how black and Hispanic children in New York City Public Schools
UFT Members Encourage “Unethical” Stance on Opting-Out of Tests
Laura Waters
September 20, 2015
From Chalkbeat: “I think opt-out is something that is not reasonable,” State Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia said at an event hosted by the teacher advocacy
NYS Comm. Elia is No Union-First Hack
Laura Waters
September 18, 2015
Today the New York Post Editorial Board comes out swinging, fists squarely directed at State Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia because she committed the unforgivable transgression
QOD: De Blasio’s “Bedrock Principle” is “Not Offending Teachers Unions”
Laura Waters
September 17, 2015
Campbell Brown in today’s NY Post: I believe the reason he can’t articulate a vision for NYC’s public schools and their students is because education
QOD: Teacher Unions Are Alienating “Blue-State Democrats”
Laura Waters
January 26, 2015
I have little affection for Reason, a publication that sings the anthem of “free minds and free markets,” but this piece kind of nails it.