tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811638297838636919.post9017312688429942499..comments2024-01-15T15:23:15.700-05:00Comments on B-LoEdScene: Why Would the President of NYSPTA Support John King but Not Parents and Teachers? Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08125018774502675730noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811638297838636919.post-88687668434340313022013-10-18T10:37:52.605-04:002013-10-18T10:37:52.605-04:00You hit it on the head. Thanks!You hit it on the head. Thanks!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811638297838636919.post-62484678795974287152013-10-15T22:50:44.201-04:002013-10-15T22:50:44.201-04:00I read that the NYS PTA got $2million from the Gat...I read that the NYS PTA got $2million from the Gates Foundation. If so, that sure explains why she us throwing the very people her and her organization are supposed to represent, under the bus. Shame on her.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811638297838636919.post-86026378420734474462013-10-15T22:47:37.911-04:002013-10-15T22:47:37.911-04:00And furthermore I have read of several districts w...And furthermore I have read of several districts who changed their group to a PTO thus denying the national PTA governing body a significant kickback of dues. Did you see someone being naive here ? I didn't either. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08125018774502675730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811638297838636919.post-20754026507729964522013-10-15T16:33:01.684-04:002013-10-15T16:33:01.684-04:00Kinda like the DPCC, District Parent Coordinating ...Kinda like the DPCC, District Parent Coordinating Council? Actually, it's 3 people in a room coming up with ways to out-wonk each other by saying that EVERYTHING the schools and district does is not being done by some nutty book of regulations. What do they coordinate? Nothing. Who is on the 'council'? Three know-it-alls.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811638297838636919.post-78214652528602731392013-10-15T06:43:50.997-04:002013-10-15T06:43:50.997-04:00I don't know whether the PTAs of each state ha...I don't know whether the PTAs of each state have autonomy in determining their official positions or whether they must toe-the-line of a national organization. But let's not be naive about the purity of words: there is no way of forcing them to mean, in a specific context, what they are intended to signify. There's no way, for instance, of stopping China from calling itself a "People's Democratic". And consider the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Sounds perfectly innocuous: dedicated to the development of trade. But they are virulently anti-union and pro-business. The PTA is not necessarily an equal partnership ( or indeed a partnership at all). between parents and teachers. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811638297838636919.post-17616483486747837342013-10-14T23:40:24.421-04:002013-10-14T23:40:24.421-04:00Yes the Buffalo News is a good little outlet for N...Yes the Buffalo News is a good little outlet for NYSED and any kind of anti-teacher tripe the local Ed Reform crew cares to spew. They've never allowed for the obvious truth the entire state is chewing on now, namely, that King was all talk and no ass and when it came to crunch time he crumbled like the arrogant pet lamb of the Reform Caste he always was. We've pretty much scratched this bully to reveal the punk and he's done the rest with his petulant cancellation and his accusations that parents and teachers are akin to lobbyists. Shame on him for lacking the balls to face the people whose kids he's been using as guinea pigs in a rigged experiment meant to further enrich the rich and pillory the teaching profession. He can't go soon enough.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08125018774502675730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811638297838636919.post-12404877692329069922013-10-14T22:19:04.874-04:002013-10-14T22:19:04.874-04:00Good sleuthing finding the link to Ajemian and her...Good sleuthing finding the link to Ajemian and her staunch support of King as the mistreated little boy. Her response regarding the cancellation of the Town Hall Meetings didn't make sense to my logical side. Now I know why. Of course, the BN just regurgitated another one sided article about the cancellations somehow rationalizing that it's okay because parents were planning to protest anyway. The news will NEVER publish any responsible articles that tell the whole story. By the way, how many education reporters do they need anyway? I thought with the addition of D. WIlliams they would double team teachers and schools but NOW they have Mary Pasciak writing about schools again and they have picked up some stories from other news outlets. Yikes!!!3rd grade in the burbshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17255708909677596010noreply@blogger.com