Jersey Jazzman: Cuomo to Teachers: Who Cares What You Think?

Jersey Jazzman: Cuomo to Teachers: Who Cares What You Think?:

Cuomo to Teachers: Who Cares What You Think?

by Duke

This makes me just so hopping mad:

The committee charged with making education-policy recommendations to Gov. Andrew Cuomo will hold its first public meeting on June 26.

The long list of committee members reads like a who’s who of education leaders in the state, from Randi Weingarten, head of the American Federation of Teachers union, to Geoffrey Canada, CEO of the Harlem Children’s Zone.

Oh, really? "Education leaders," did you say? Well, there must be plenty of teachers and principals on the panel, right?

Wrong; here's the roster:

Richard Parsons, retired chairman, Citigroup (chairman)

Lisa Belzberg, founder and chair emeritus, PENCIL
Geoffrey Canada, CEO, Harlem Children’s Zone
Jessica Cohen, outgoing superintendent of the Onondaga-Cortland-Madison BOCES*