Cuomo Education Reform Panel Still Not Done With Their Report
Jessica Bakeman at Capital NY:ALBANY—A panel of education experts tasked with making recommendations to Governor Andrew Cuomo for how to improve student performance is months late releasing its final report. The commission even missed last week's State of the State address, during which the governor laid out an ambitious schools agenda for the year. Cuomo empaneled his Education Reform Commission
Corproate Education Reform Proponent George Miller To Retire From Congress
The corporate education reform movement and for-profit post secondary school industry lost a reliable shill:California Rep. George Miller, Nancy Pelosi’s strong right arm and one of the top Democratic legislators of his generation, is stepping down at the end of this year after four decades in Congress. Miller informed Pelosi, the Democratic leader, of his decision last Wednesday and began telling
Common Core And Testing Go Hand-In-Hand
There has been a lot of debate over Randi Weingarten's publicly announcing that she wants to "de-couple" the Common Core State (sic) Standards from high stakes testing.Alas, the CCSS were meant to go with high stakes testing, teacher evaluations based in part upon student test scores and data collection projects like inBloom that will track all the statistics and scores.All three go toge
Troubles Mount For Chris Christie
I've written more than once that Chris Christie is a dirty guy, a crooked guy, and once he starts to get scrutiny at a national level as a presidential contender, stuff is just going to come out that will, in the end, destroy his presidential ambitions.BridgeGate has become a major problem for him, with new subpoenas being issued today:The chairman of the Assembly committee investigating the Georg
NY Post: De Blasio Picking Up Where Bloomberg Left Off On Court Cases
Meet the new boss, same as the old boss:Mayor de Blasio is tossing his “tale of two cities’’ mantra out the window this week, as his Law Department begins defending two hallmarks of the Bloomberg legacy in court.One case involves park activists who first sued the city in 2008, alleging that an upscale restaurant concession serving $18 omelets in Union Square would violate rules about profit-making
Again I Ask, Why No Blame For Bloomberg And Walcott?
The Post does another story on horror school PS 106 this morning:Kids at Queens’ notorious “School of No” have been forced to pay for a bizarre fifth-grade party at which their principal makes them dress up as little brides and grooms, The Post has learned — as the DOE announce that it would probe conditions at the school. PS 106’s fur-clad principal, Marcella Sills — who is known for frequently b
1-12-14 Perdido Street School
Perdido Street School: Why Aren't Bloomberg And Walcott Blamed For This?We always hear how great Mayor Bloomberg was for the school system, how much better things were after his 12 years of reign than before he took over.Then you get this kind of story from the Post that sounds very much like a school from the "bad-old days":Students at PS 106 in Far Rockaway, Queens, have gotten no math