Education
Reading Thomas’s comments to my “What Profiteth a Community” post, I thought, at first, that we’d solved one area of disagreement. Consider: Isn’t there a real chicken-and-egg problem here? Justin’s right that, if we don’t have decent jobs in RI, our well-educated children will flee for greener pastures. On the other hand, what potential employers…
Still nothing from the NEA so the “pay cut” analysis hostage day count continues. Day 9 is now history. We eagerly await a response! The offer to post it here on Anchor Rising remains open. Here is our blog post describing how there is NO “pay cut.” It even includes spreadsheets with documentation of data…
Still nothing from the NEA so the “pay cut” analysis hostage day count continues. Day 8 is now history. We eagerly await a response! The offer to post it here on Anchor Rising remains open. Here is our blog post describing how there is NO “pay cut.” It even includes spreadsheets with documentation of data…
Westerly Sun reporter Chris Keegan has answered, via email, my question about the complaint that the NEA’s Peter Gingras filed with the State Labor Relations Board against Bill Felkner. Apparently, Gringas specifically mentioned Felkner’s blog during a phone conversation with Keegan. In other words — although I don’t know whether any penalties exist for doing…
Still nothing from the NEA so the “pay cut” analysis hostage day count continues. Day 7 is now history. We eagerly await a response! The offer to post it here on Anchor Rising remains open. Here is our blog post describing how there is NO “pay cut.” It even includes spreadsheets with documentation of data…
In a letter to the Sakonnet Times, Class of ’09 Tiverton High School student Lexy Halpen expresses her frustration with the ongoing contract negotiations of those responsible for her education: … Not only is it ridiculous that the school committee won’t fix this problem, but myself and my classmates are losing out on everything until…
Still nothing from the NEA so the “pay cut” analysis hostage day count continues. Day 6 is now history. We eagerly await a response! The offer to post it here on Anchor Rising remains open. Here is our blog post describing how there is NO “pay cut.” It even includes spreadsheets with documentation of data…
Having investigated the laws cited in the complaint against Bill Felkner, I’m reasonably confident that I’m either missing something or somebody else is misstating something. In his Westerly Sun article (subscription required), Chris Keegan wrote the following (emphasis added): In a letter to the Rhode Island State Labor Relations Board filed on Thursday, Peter Gingras…
Leslie Carbone, an adjunct scholar at the Lexington Institute, writes these words in a ProJo editorial entitled Schools versus the NEA-borhood bully: With the new school year under way, students, parents and teachers hoping for quality education face an ironic opponent: the National Education Association, America’s premier teachers union. When it comes to opposing common-sense…
The local affiliate of NEARI has filed a complaint against Chariho Regional School Committee member William Felkner with the state Labor Relations Board for “purposely attempted to communicate directly with bargaining unit members represented by the union” by posting information on a blog. Mr. Felkner further describes the complaint: NEA negotiator Pete Gingas filed a…