Monday Morning Music – Tracy Chapman: The Times They Are A-Changin'
For some reason this song has been my earworm* for the weekend, but when I decided to use it for Monday Morning Music I didn’t want to use the classic […]
White House Summit on Community Colleges
The Chronicle of Higher Education reminds us that the White House is sponsoring a summit on community colleges on October 5, 2010. Dr. Jill Biden will lead the summit and […]
Monday Morning Music – Florence and the Machine: The Dog Days Are Over
Frank Frisenda, NCCFT VP for Classroom Faculty, requests this song in honor of the passing of the dog days of summer. Rumor has it he learned about Florence and the […]
Steve Perry, CNN, and Monday Morning Music
As many of you are aware, misguided and politically motivated forces are at work whose agenda is focused on the systematic dismantling of Public Education. Several examples include the restructuring […]
One Nation Working Together (plus some Monday Morning Music for Labor Day)
*** (UPDATE: NYSUT has buses leaving from Woodbury and Hauppauge on 10/2 at 5 AM. One leaves Riverhead at 4:30 AM. The cost if $40 per person. The buses will […]
NYSUT to ALBANY: Do your part before it's too late!
From NYSUT.ORG’s Media Releases page on 9/2/2010: NYSUT is urging state legislators in a new ad campaign to make a swift return to Albany and pass vitally needed legislation that […]
Welcome Back!
The Fall 2010 semester is upon us and the NCCFT wants to welcome new faculty to the campus and to welcome back those who have been away during the summer. […]
Monday Morning Music Returns! Rod Stewart – Maggie May
Monday Morning Music went on hiatus as the requests trickled to a stop in late July, but just in time for the first week of the Fall semester we have […]
Monday Morning Music – Nat King Cole: Those Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days of Summer
This week’s request comes from Irene Carley, who also requested last week’s song. It’s another one appropriate for the heat wave we seem to be having. If you want your […]
AFT Action Alert on Pell Grants
The House of Representatives approved an emergency spending bill that included $10 billion to save educator jobs and $5 billion for Pell Grants. It is now up to the Senate […]