NYC Teachers Hit Back... At Long *Friggin'* LAST.

[Smarmie Doofus]

Cross post from GD
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022389218#post17


And they're not waiting for their sclerotic union leadership to get the ball rolling. ( Hint: that will never happen.)

New York, NY -- New York City teachers are under siege. In schools across the city, usually in hushed tones, teachers talk about their contractual rights, earned over many years of service: tenure; fair, objective and honest performance evaluations; the freedom to openly discuss educational issues without fear of retaliation. They worry that these rights are being usurped, corrupted, gradually eroded or simply given away. After 10 years of attacks from a relentlessly hostile, anti-union, and anti-teacher Department of Education, some educators have decided to confront this crisis head-on.

WHAT: A Public Forum on New York City Public Schools. This forum will include a panel of accomplished educators who have bravely chosen to confront the Department of Education directly on these issues. They will speak to the climate of mistrust that is spreading in the NYC school system as a whole. They will tell their own stories --- stories that, in some cases, involve putting their own careers in jeopardy by publicly advocating for their students and suffering vicious reprisals as a consequence. The discussion will include the importance of tenure and how it affects not only educators, but parents and students as well. Ways to address the problem will be considered: how to push back against the culture of fear; how to challenge individual hostile work environments; the role of the UFT and union chapters in fighting for freedom of speech and freedom of thought in our schools; ways we can all work together to protect our rights on the job.

WHO: M.O.R.E. (The Movement of Rank & File Educators - The Social Justice Caucus of the United Federation of Teachers) is sponsoring this event. Panelists include:

The rest at:

http://morecaucusnyc.org/


Including the date, time and place . ( Sat Feb 23rd, 3-5 pm, CUNY Grad Center, 365 5th Ave. @34thSt Room 5415)

Can we keep this kicked for a while? Just so it gets max exposure