Oct. 29th, Retirement Seminar

If you are thinking of retiring within the next few years, please join us for a Retirement Seminar for all HTA Members.
 
      On:   Wed.,October 29th
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#TIMEfail

If you haven't heard, Time magazine's November 3 cover is both misleading and insulting, categorizing educators as "Rotten Apples."  This weekend, we have been raining a Twitterstorm down on them an
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Kean University, NJIT feud over similar curriculums

By Patricia Alex, Staff Writer, The Record.

Kean University is launching an architecture school bearing the imprint of design guru Michael Graves, but the dean of the state’s premier public architecture program six miles away says the initiative is a waste of public money.

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MHFT Newsletter -- October 24, 2014

Election Countdown: 11 Days

What can convince a county board that has approved  40 charter schools (including 20 Rocketship schools) in 11 years to uphold the local denial of VOICES and Navigator by the Morgan Hill Unified School District?   It is a simple answer . . . Claudia Rossi being elected to the Santa Clara County School Board and Steve Klem, Donna Foster-Ruebsuch, David Gerard, and Ron Woolf being elected to the Morgan Hill Unified School Board. 

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MCEA 2014 Convention Recap

The Maryland Classified Employees Association convened in Ocean City, MD in the middle of October for their annual convention. The purpose of the gathering was expressed in the motto “Reclaiming the Promise of Quality Public Service for Strong Communities.” President Linda Day presided over the conference and saw that the events ran smoothly. Union business was the order of the day for the convention as votes were held, debates were had and officers were elected. Returning members to the board included Brenda Baskin, Anadi Naik, Dale Maddox, and Barbara Thompson. Marion Jones, Raymond Benson and Agnes Valenzia were re-elected while Anna Custer was elected to the board.

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TIME: Apologize to Teachers

 

Time magazine is about to use its cover to blame teachers for the problems in America’s schools. On Monday, Nov. 3, this cover will be in every supermarket checkout line and newsstand across the country—and it’s already online.

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NYSUT 2014 Candidate Endorsements

Election Day, Nov. 4th, is less than two weeks away. Please take the time to look over the attached  list of candidates NYSUT is officially endorsing. 
 
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MHFT Newsletter -- October 23, 2014

San Jose Mercury News Endorses Hover-Smoot:

Charter schools are one of the hottest controversies in county education circles, especially when it comes to Rocketship schools, which attempted a rapid expansion that has been stopped or at least slowed by a court ruling.

The county board needs knowledgeable members who will work collaboratively with the county's 31 school districts on charter proposals, which parents often support.

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