UFT Contract Analysis: Zeroing in on Special Education. What went wrong? And what does that mean for the rest of the agreement?
If there’s any section of the contract that can help us understand if the UFT was successful in negotiations, it’s special education. The reason here is simple. It is one of the few places where UFT had some obvious leverage during this round of bargaining. Because of the many public failings ar
Special Education
Special Ed for 12 years under Bloomberg was devastated. It was if he took a bulldozer to special education under the guise of reform. Children with special needs suffered the most. Klein empowered principals and ignored children, emboldening incompetent principals. Under the Individuals with Disabil
Special Ed under Bloomberg
(from the New Action leaflet distributed at the June 2014 Delegate Assembly). For a printable version click: June 2014 Leaflet Front and back Special Ed Under Bloomberg “I want you to love your job again.” These were the words of Carmen Fariña to special education teachers, school psychologi
Oppose ‘Mandate Relief’ – New Action Exec Board member
Testimony before New York State Regents opposing Proposal #1 mandate relief – to remove School Psychologists from CSEs. Good evening, my name is Maria Ramos, I have been a School Psychologist for 16 years and before that I was a general education teacher. I am an employee of the NYC Department of