Will NYSUT Re-Announce Support For John King & Common Core After Mike Mulgrew And The UFT Oust Iannuzzi?
The NYSUT board of directors announced a vote of no confidence has been issued against SED Commissioner King and support for the Common Core State Standards has been withdrawn until a set of demands around the implementation, testing and budgeting of the CCSS are met by the state.This sounds all well and good, but there is a civil war going on within the NYSUT between the Dick Iannuzzi wing of the
Cuomo Takes Home $600,000 In Cash Bribes From Hollywood
From the Hollywood Reporter:A high-wattage gathering of Hollywood moguls feted New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo in Brentwood on Thursday night, raising nearly $600,000 for his reelection campaign and quietly discussing their hope that Cuomo will seek presidency, if Hillary Clinton decides not to run.Behind Hillary, he's the second pick," said one attendee at the evening gathering, held at the Spani
If Common Core "Roll-Out" Flawed, Why Are CCSS Tests Still Scheduled This Year?
Chris Cerrone on the Twitter:If the Common Core roll out in NYS is flawed, why are we giving the CC aligned state assessments this year? @senatormaziarz @AlGrafNY— Chris Cerrone (@Stoptesting15) January 24, 2014That's a good question.NYSED Commissioner King heard from many State Senators yesterday who told him that the state's implementation of the new Common Core State Standards has been horrendo
NYSED Commissioner John King Says New York Legislature Doesn't Have Power To Pull State Out Of Common Core
I know, sounds crazy, but he said it:Some legislators have suggested ditching the Common Core standards altogether. King defended their educational value, descibring that they push students to improve in writing, comprehensive reading and mathematical problem solving.But, ultimately, it wasn't the Legislature's decision to adopt the Common Core, and it won't be in their power to scrap it, King sai
Common Core Criticism Rises To A Crescendo Across The State
Newsday reported that Cuomo's call for a Common Core commission to look at the CCSS roll-out isn't going over so well with critics: Long Island educators and parents Wednesday denounced Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's proposed panel to review the rollout of the Common Core academic standards, repeating calls for an immediate moratorium and saying the state's schoolchildren are being harmed by a hasty, flaw
Rob Astorino Does Not Seem To Understand The Problems With Common Core
Jessica Bakeman at Capital NY:ALBANY—Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino, the closest thing there is to a plausible Republican challenger to New York's Democratic governor this year, took the opportunity at an impromptu press conference Wednesday to blast what he called "Cuomo's Common Core."And in fact Governor Andrew Cuomo beat him to the punch Tuesday, criticizing the state's ro
1-23-14 Perdido Street School
Perdido Street School: Gothamist Still Mocking Upper East SideBy saying they're right in their allegations, Bill de Blasio has given the Murdoch Street Post a victory in the "Socialist Mayor Plays PayBack With God-Fearing Upper East Side Capitalists" meme that emerged yesterday after the Murdoch outlets decided to manufacture a news story to make de Blasio look incompetent and inept with