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Wednesday, January 22, 2014

1-22-14 Perdido Street Schoo

Perdido Street School:







It's All De Blasio's Fault
The Murdoch news outlets ran with the story that the de Blasio snow response was incompetent and inept, with the Post putting the story on the front page and Fox 5 playing the story on the TV.The meme went something like, Socialist de Blasio played payback with the UES by failing to plow the streets there promptly during yesterday's snow storm.The Times and other outlets picked up the story, de Bl

Cuomo's Pre-K Proposal Doesn't Add Up
From Jessica Bakeman at Capital NY:ALBANY—Some lawmakers and advocates are questioning whether Governor Andrew Cuomo's proposal of $1.5 billion over five years is enough to fund full-day pre-kindergarten statewide, or whether it's a wise expenditure when schools are struggling to educate students in mandatory grades. The governor announced Tuesday during his annual budget address plans to allocate

Stop Saying Cuomo Has "Joined The Fight" Against Common Core
From the Daily News: ALBANY — Gov. Cuomo has joined the fight to change the state’s new Common Core curriculum. Cuomo, as part of his budget presentation Tuesday, announced plans for a special advisory panel that will recommend “corrective action” in the way the state implements the curriculum — which is part of a national effort to raise academic standards. “I support the Common Core agenda,” Cu
NYC Schools Are Opened
New York City schools are opened this morning.It remains to be seen how many students actually come to school.Or how many teachers - especially the ones who live on Long Island.But the world's largest day care center cannot close unless conditions are so prohibitive that there is no sane reason it should remain open.There's anywhere from 8-12 inches of snow out there and it's 9 degrees this mornin


1-21-14 Perdido Street School
Perdido Street School: Governor Cuomo Will Fund After School Programs Through Gambling LossesCome on seven, mamma needs junior to get that after school SAT prep class!Buried in the Daily News article reporting that Governor Cuomo is funding universal full-day pre-K across the state for the year, attempting to cut off Bill de Blasio's campaign pledge that NYC will fund its own universal full-day pr