Education
Still nothing from the NEA so the “pay cut” analysis hostage day count continues. Day 3 is now history. We eagerly await a response! The offer to post it here on Anchor Rising remains open. Prove us wrong and we will admit to it. Or ‘fess up that your claim about East Greenwich teachers taking…
The NEA’s very public claim that the East Greenwich School Committee’s contract proposals would result in “pay cuts” for teachers has been discredited in this post and several earlier posts mentioned at the beginning of that referenced post. Along the way, many commentators on this blog and I have all challenged the NEA to put…
Today’s East Greenwich Pendulum town newspaper contains a Viewpoint editorial in which I wrote these words: The NEA teachers’ union strike and their contract demands are not about doing right by our children or about education. They are about maximizing adult entitlements where the NEA is willing to use our children as pawns to get…
I got a phone call today which passed along the following story: When the Judge recently heard the case involving the illegal East Greenwich teachers’ union strike, a teacher went up to a parent at the courthouse and said “Thank you for your support.” To which the parent replied: “I am supporting my child’s education…
Julia Steiny’s column yesterday on Rhode Island’s poor treatment of its school principals is worth a read: In Massachusetts, principals can hire new faculty and make many of their own decisions. The Massachusetts 1993 Education Reform Act shifted much authority to the principals, with the understanding that they would delegate and share that authority with…
The East Greenwich School Committee met with the mediator and NEA union negotiators last night for over 7 hours. No progress occurred. Here is the Word document-based press release they issued today. This was the first time I have been disappointed in the public statements of the School Committee. If I was on the School…
In my most recent post, I wrote these words: “We will learn a lot in the coming weeks and months about the priorities and values of the various stakeholders, won’t we?” Yes, indeed. Reinforcing the point of that question, John McCain is quoted in an earlier post about war: “Character,” writes the younger [John] McCain,…
Valerie Forti, President of The Education Partnership, wrote these words yesterday in a ProJo editorial: This year, the Rhode Island General Assembly sent a very clear message to school districts and to unions. In level-funding state education aid, after passing a Senate bill last year that checks property-tax increases, legislators sent the message that school…
Some reflections on the week that was, on what happened last week in East Greenwich and how it connects to broader issues across Rhode Island: LESSON #1: THE NEA LIES REPEATEDLY Just like they did in 2004-05, the NEA resorted to its typical Kremlin-esque disinformation campaign of lies and distortions to the working families and…
Word is in that Franklin, MA settled its contract with a 33% health insurance premium co-payment. Plus step increases of 2%, 2.25%, and 2.5% over 3 years. Starting to make 20% look like a deal! The ProJo weighs in on the teachers’ strikes. More on developments in West Warwick here and here.
