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http://shawnbeightol.com/blog/?p=302 Thoughts on the Recent NOISE Regarding My Questions About the UTD/MDCPS Healthcare “Compromise”: IT IS NOT ENOUGH TO SAY “NO,” YOU MUST VOTE MONDAY, Feb 13 “Alternate Title: Isn’t there money for what MDCPS wants (WIFI, TESTS, ADMIN)?” 1) … Continue reading →

When a Charter School Movement Supporting “Union” Calls a Labor Movement Activitst “Right Wing” http://shawnbeightol.com/blog/?p=297 UTD has released a series of character attacks against me for raising questions of the Healthcare Compromise before us (see my analyses here: http://shawnbeightol.com/blog/?p=292 and … Continue reading →

http://shawnbeightol.com/blog/?p=292 see also previous BLOG on this topic:  http://shawnbeightol.com/blog/?p=283 I present these as questions so you can forward them as questions (to which we all know the answers) and thus not be accused of pushing opinion: 1)      Will someone answer … Continue reading →

Shortlink: http://shawnbeightol.com/blog/?p=283 Colleagues: Pass this message on to your colleagues! UTD just released their “compromise” with the School District (see http://www.utd.org/file_download/651/TentativeAgreement-January27-2012.pdf ). A couple observations: 1) Your Healthcare costs are going up – don’t forget the premium on the schedule … Continue reading →

Why Bill Gates’ Education Reform is Off-Target – by Shawn Beightol http://shawnbeightol.com/blog/?p=275 Last night, ABC News aired Bill Weir’s interview with Bill Gates on Nightline. Topics ranged from the Gates’ Foundation global work on curing polio and malaria to his … Continue reading →

shortlink: http://shawnbeightol.com/blog/?p=266 I am wrapping up a beautiful winter break with my wife and her Rio family “doing Rio” – surfing, dancing, biking, etc.  However, my mornings have been filled with heavy reading and contemplation over the content of deep … Continue reading →

shortlink: http://shawnbeightol.com/blog/?p=259 We won the lawsuit against UTD’s illegal contract changing votes in May and August that resulted in the raise (step) being suspended and the IPEGS evaluation formula being changed to include 50% reading proficiency! The court’s decision is … Continue reading →

Story Idea: Major Foundation Funds Florida’s Jeb Bush Education Initiatives, then Trains Journalists to Advocate? shortlink: http://shawnbeightol.com/blog/?p=251 Monday, October 10, 2011 5:39 PM From: “sb” <beights@yahoo.com> To: sbeightol@dadeschools.net Bcc: csegal@tampatrib.com, lpostal@tribune.com, ksanders@sptimes.com, solochek@sptimes.com, mshatzman@tribune.com, dbreitenstein@news-press.com, tengstrom@news-press.com, dillon@nytimes.com, straussv@washpost.com Dear sirs … Continue reading →

The nonprofit arm of NCS Pearson funded a trip for former Florida Education Commissioner Eric Smith to attend a 10-day forum in Finland in 2009. Read more: http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/11/07/2491548/lawmaker-calls-for-inquiry-into.html And more Bush/Educational Vendor Profiteering: A software company run by Neil Bush, … Continue reading →

shortlink: http://shawnbeightol.com/blog/?p=228 I looked into the Deloitte SAP/ERP software contract with Miami-Dade County Public  Schools in an attempt to answer the question: “What is MDCPS doing with its money from the state for education that 66 other counties are NOT … Continue reading →