Thursday, September 10, 2009

Back-to-school business

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Today as I was visiting two buildings, one elementary and one middle school, it struck me how much teachers build on the work of each other ...
Friday, September 4, 2009

All in a day's work

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Questioning the motivation of reaching out to students. Reviled for wanting to spend time with them at all when there’s more Important work ...
Monday, August 31, 2009

Let the games begin

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Recently the comment period for the US Department of Education proposed Race to the Top guidelines was closed. After reading through the pro...
Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Educational Assistant Bargaining Issues

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Today the work of the Educational Assistant Bargaining Team, from the training in January-the surveying this spring-and the planning and res...
Friday, June 26, 2009

Vallay Varro for St. Paul School Board

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The Committee On Political Education screened candidates for the 2 year school board seat being vacated by Tom Conlon. The COPE found 3 cand...
Wednesday, June 24, 2009

SPFT School Board Endorsement

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I would like to take this opportunity to thank the COPE Committee for their time, both in February and this week, as they seriously delibera...
Saturday, May 2, 2009

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

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There is an unprecedented opportunity to invest in the quality and the future of St. Paul Public Schools because of the American Recovery an...
Monday, March 23, 2009

Membership budget ideas

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Members have been spending time at each membership meeting since January working to address the budget dilemma that faces our school distric...
Sunday, March 15, 2009

What would teachers do?

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We have a lot of decisions to make in St. Paul Public Schools. There is a serious budget crisis to deal with, stimulus package money to spen...
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Wednesday, February 25, 2009

SPFT Budget Brainstorming

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At our January membership meeting, the members present began a thoughtful discussion about the state of the SPPS budget for 2009-10. At that...