Saturday coffee.
Immigration rights protestors cross the Brooklyn Bridge. Photo: Jessica Klonsky
July is ending. August starting. The start of school is just three weeks away.
The kids (Kids! Both in their thirties) are here, along with Joey and Lucy, our grandchildren. It will be a busy week. It is a week we look forward to every summer.
Bob Herbert calls out the corporations for their greed.
Hiring one person to do the job of two is one of the ways that corporations squeeze our greater productivity for less money and keep the jobless numbers high, according to Bob Herbert in this morning’s NYTimes.
As The Times reported this week, Mr. McLane assured investors that his company was in no hurry to bring back 37,000 workers who were let go since 2008. The plan is to minimize rehires wherever possible, he said, adding, “We’re not only holding head-count levels, but are also driving restructuring this quarter that will result in further reductions.”
Education funding vote on Monday. Call Washington today.
The US Senate will be voting on a $10 billion dollar school funding bill on Monday. 135,000 teaching jobs could be saved. ‘Nuf said. Call now. 1-866-608-6355
In June, 2010, Bryan Bass, the principal of Brooklyn Center High School in suburban Minneapolis, was fired.
“Our goal isn’t to fire or admonish teachers.” -President Obama.
Valerie Strauss in the Washington Post reports that as a result of demands of the federally funded SIG program, Bryan Bass, an effective principal in Minneapolis, was fired.
Bryan Bass has been principal at Brooklyn Center for four years. Under his leadership, the number of suspensions each month fell from 45 to about 10. The number of graduates who went on to college doubled from 35% to 70%. Student mobility dropped from 33% to 26%.
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