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When politicians trample on education

Posted on December 31, 2010 by kwilder

Kimberly writes: If you can read this, and you care about children, please help. Please consider running for appointment to the NY State Board of Regents, or finding someone to propose to be appointed. Regent Saul B Cohen has retired. So, a Regent is needed from the 9th Supreme Court Judicial District, the area of […]

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Green Party certified as ballot qualified Party in NY

Posted on December 27, 2010 by iwilder

The Green Party was officially certified Monday December 14 by the NYS Board of Elections as the newest ballot qualified party, with the  Gubernatorial ticket receiving 59,928 votes. 50,000 votes for Governor is needed to qualify a party. The Greens received 49,201 votes outside of NYC. Key issues for the Green Party in 2011 will […]

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NYCLU Sues Police Officer Over Taser of a Syracuse 9th Grader

Posted on December 25, 2010 by iwilder

The New York Civil Liberties Union today filed a civil rights lawsuit in federal court on behalf of a Syracuse student who was shot with a Taser by a police officer last year. The student, a ninth grader at the time, was attempting to stop a fight between two female classmates at Fowler High School […]

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As anger mounts over Lib Dem tuition fees “betrayal”, disillusioned supporters join the UK Green Party

Posted on December 20, 2010 by iwilder

The Green Party this evening was calling on former Lib Dem supporters disillusioned by Nick Clegg’s tuition fees “betrayal” to join the Green Party. The call came as anger mounted against Liberal Democrat politicians following their parliamentary vote for rises in university tuition fees, despite their pre-election pledge to oppose such increases. via Green Party […]

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Two lives to reflect on…unjust deaths

Posted on December 13, 2010 by kwilder

I had remembered hearing about the death of a young man in an institution in Staten Island this month. I had put aside the story to blog about it when I felt I had the emotional energy to do it justice. Then, I forgot about it. Yesterday, I went to a statewide meeting about autism […]

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12/13/2010: NY State Board of Regents Meeting

Posted on December 12, 2010 by kwilder

My trip to Albany The NY State Board of Regents recently took a vote that approved a lot of bad things for the disability community. What bothers me the most is that they took away a safeguard mandate that guaranteed students with autism a certain amount of speech and language classes.

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Reaction to the rash, short-sighted decision of the NY State Board of Regents to cut speech service requirements

Posted on November 19, 2010 by kwilder

Kimberly writes: The disability community is currently digesting the decision that the NY State Board of Regents made this week which scales back speech service requirements. The Board released school districts from longstanding policies that they must give certain levels of speech services to students with autism and other disabilities. The decision by the Board […]

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NY State Regents: Tell them they were wrong. Ask them to change their mind.

Posted on November 16, 2010 by kwilder

KW writes: Today, the NY State Board of Regents made decisions that overturned 20 years of rights given to students with autism in New York State. There had been in place a much-needed requirement that students with autism be entitled to 5 days of speech a week. Those speech/social skills classes would help those students: […]

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At noon today: NY Board of Regents may take away important promises to students with autism

Posted on November 16, 2010 by kwilder

Update 11/17/2010: The NY State Board of Regents did it! They voted to take away the specific requirements for speech services for students with autism. By many media accounts, they set back the clock 20 years on services to students with autism. Story and list of NY State Regents Board members: here. There is an […]

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Will Guv-elect Cuomo Promised Tea Party Education Cuts Cause Protests In NY Like London?

Posted on November 12, 2010 by iwilder

New York Governor-elect Andrew Cuomo has has moved forward with his Tea Party austerity budget.  Cuomo announced that he will balance the state budget on the back of working families instead of rescinding the the rebate of the stock transfer tax as Green Party Guv cand Howie Hawkins demanded.  According to the Wall Street Journal, […]

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Green Party candidate supports parent/student/community struggle in Illinois

Posted on October 19, 2010 by kwilder

From a Rich Whitney for Governor 2010 press release, October 19, 2010: Rich Whitney to visit parents occupying Whittier Field House Carbondale, IL—Green Party candidate Rich Whitney will be visiting the field house at the Whittier Elementary School in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood this evening in a show of solidarity and support for the parents, students […]

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Guv cand Hawkins (G-NY) Joined in SUNY Albany Protests Against Education Budget Cuts, Part of National Day of Action

Posted on October 11, 2010 by iwilder

The only way that the Green Party can regain ballot status in NY is to get 50,000 votes for their Governor candidate in 2010. This opportunity comes only once every four years, and it only applies to the Governor’s race. Gaining ballot status will enable the Green Party to run more peace candidates, more single-payer […]

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Council David Schwartzman (G): Save DC Public Schools; Overturn the Fenty-Rhee-Catania charter school scheme

Posted on October 8, 2010 by iwilder

David Schwartzman, DC Statehood Green Party candidate for the City Council at-large seat in Washington, DC, called for a fresh start for the District’s education system, with reforms to fix DC public schools and undo the damage caused by outgoing Mayor Adrian Fenty and education chancellor Michelle Rhee, who turned public properties into a giveaway […]

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The Shocking Doctrine of Education Reform Laid Bare by NBC | Naomi Klein

Posted on October 4, 2010 by iwilder

All my life, public schools have been holding bake sales to pay for basics, teachers have been buying class supplies, and the “great day” longed for in that classic bumper sticker remains elusive: “It will be a great day when our schools get all the money they need and the Air Force has to hold […]

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