Why Are Our Copays Going Up!!???

Just this month, I wrote three long (and dense) pieces describing the healthcare crisis that NYC Employees are facing. Feel free to read it....

The Secretive Teachers

A reformer's car broke down in front of a school after hours. He knocked on the door to ask for help and, sure enough, the school was fi...

MORE's New Steering Committee

Strike a chord for a democratic way of doing things. As of March 1, The MORE candidate for UFT president, Jia Lee (whom I wholeheartedly sup...

"SHOW MY FRIENDS AND TEACH THEM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

I had read on the excellent NYCEducator blog yesterday that Alan Singer had  noted  how the teacher in question from the Success debacle  w...

Another Blogging Voice Goes Silent

Scanning the Chalkbeat Twiter feed lead me to this sad piece of news. The victim who was killed in a homeless shelter two weeks ago had bee...

The NYC Teacher Healthcare Crisis: Part 3; The Road Ahead

Part 1:  Great Insurance Part 2:  Toward the Tipping Point Part 3:  The Road Ahead More than eighty percent of all city employees pay nothin...

The NYC Teacher Healthcare Crisis: Part 2, 'Toward the Tipping Point'

This is the second of three parts about the problem with health insurance that city employees are (all) about to face. This is some fairly w...

The NYC Teacher Healthcare Crisis: Part 1, 'Great Insurance!'

This is the first of three parts about the problem with health insurance that city employees are (all) about to face. This is some fairly wo...