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Thursday, January 12, 2012

Jersey Jazzman: Son of Mario = Governor Goofus?

Jersey Jazzman: Son of Mario = Governor Goofus?:

Son of Mario = Governor Goofus?

Dear lord, what is the Son of Mario thinking?
Gov. Cuomo in a statement accused Assembly Democrats, led by Speaker Sheldon Silver, of putting the interests of the teachers unions before the students.
Cuomo singled out the Assembly Dems for what he deemed a faulty 2010 teacher evaluation law passed in order to qualify for federal Race To The Top funds.
The law required that a new teacher evaluation system be subject to negotiations between each local district and their teacher unions.
The city recently lost millions of dollars after failing to reach a deal with the union by the end-of-the-year deadline.
“The Assembly-led legislation in 2010 protected the teachers union at the expense of the students and