https://freerepublic.com/tag/nysut/ en-us Mon, 27 Apr 2015 19:41:31 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3283655/posts NYSUT is promising that they "will win the war" that is being waged against them by "well-funded, aggressive, cold blooded radical extremists." The front cover of a new flier released by NYSUT shows fists raised with the headline "WE WILL WIN THE WAR" written above: Inside the flier, the union promises states, "We will win the war on teachers and working families!" A war is being waged by "extremists" all over the US, according to the flier, and "a tsunami of tenure attacks, voucher schemes, privately owned charter schools and funding cuts" is washing "across the country and the tidal... Pundit Press https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3283655/posts#comment Mon, 27 Apr 2015 19:41:31 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2684298/posts Our continuing look into the public school system and what is being taught to our children generates another surprise today. Kids in New York are being taught to be like Van Jones! Today, we learned on the Glenn Beck radio program (video clip at the end) that the public schools in New York state have a special program in their curriculum on Police Brutality that prominently features Van Jones, a former White House Green Jobs Czar who stepped down from that plum position after his deep roots in many radical organizations were exposed on both Beck’s TV and radio programs.... The Blaze https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2684298/posts#comment Sun, 6 Mar 2011 02:49:36 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2678750/posts Teachers union ad challenges Andrew Cuomo's cuts--Editorial - NYPOST.com When last we shone a light on abusive teachers-union fat cats, the focus was a 24-person roast quail feast in a posh Albany restaurant whose management had to call the cops to get the unionists to pay the check. Today, the porky-pussycat watch yields one Richard Iannuzzi, president of New York State United Teachers -- the state's largest teachers union and the parent organization of New York City's United Federation of Teachers. Iannuzzi will pull down roughly $300,000 in salary and benefits this year -- up 16 percent since 2008 --... NY Post https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2678750/posts#comment Wed, 23 Feb 2011 18:49:33 GMT