Happy New Year from jd2718

To those who occasionally wander over to this blog, I wish you a happy new year.

In the coming months I will be writing about:

• new teachers – how to support them, how to protect their rights, where their rights are being infringed upon or abused
• UFT chapters – what makes some work, what makes others not work, what should we really mean by a “healthy chapter,” what all of us can do to help
• New Action – I am supporting New Action in the upcoming UFT elections, and encourage other UFT members to do the same. I will be writing more about why supporting New Action is important for new teachers and for our union as a whole.
• Teaching Math – stuff from my lessons. I have been neglecting algebra. I’ll address this
• NYC Board of Ed – or whatever they call themselves these days. Bloomberg’s chancellor and his crew are capable of all sorts of intentional and unintentional idiocy. I’ll write about some of this.
• Puzzles – more. I may even add one tomorrow.
• Steps – I haven’t added any step streets in months. (Problem with photo uploads on wordpress – sort of my fault). I will move to Flickr and get going again.
• Other stuff – of course!

Let’s welcome 2007!