Source: NYSUT Media Relations ALBANY, N.Y. Oct. 9, 2014 – New York State United Teachers has filed suit in federal court seeking to invalidate confidentiality agreements the State Education Department requires teachers to sign before scoring state tests, saying the … Continue reading
NYSUT Bestows Award To UTN
Teaching Assistant, and UTN Negotiator, Tricia Hawkins and UTN President Antoinette Blanck proudly accepted this award from NYSUT Executive Vice President Andy Palotta at an awards presentation on Saturday, October 25th at the NYSUT School Related Professionals Conference in Albany.
Kevin Solari: Nervous, Cuomo? Green Party’s Howie Hawkins
The following article appears in the online journal: inthesetimes.com Written by Kevin Solari New York’s incumbent Gov. Andrew Cuomo may be the poster child for the Democratic Party’s rightward shift in recent years. After much handwringing among progressives in the … Continue reading
TIME: Apologize to teachers
Original article can be found here… From: Randi Weingarten Date: Thu, Oct 23, 2014 at 5:36 PM Subject: Teachers aren’t rotten apples Time magazine is about to use its cover to blame teachers for every problem in America’s schools. On … Continue reading
NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE #12
On Thursday, October 16, 2014, the United Teachers of Northport moved to the next stage in the negotiations process as impasse was declared. Notice of Declaration was provided to the District and necessary documents are being filed with PERB, the … Continue reading