Daily News: Chris Christie Presidential Ambitions All But Kaput
Daily News editorial tonight: In the best possible light, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie built a top staff of lying thugs who threatened lives and safety to serve his political ends. If not, Christie is a lying thug himself. Emails and text messages among his close aides made public Wednesday documented that in September they gleefully engineered George Washington Bridge lane closures to punish th
Cuomo Calls For Merit Pay For Teachers
Apparently Andrew Cuomo hasn't heard that students, parents, teachers and administrators all over New York State are up in arms over his teacher evaluation system that mandates so many extra tests so that teachers and administrators can be rated for the year, because he's doubling down on that issue with a proposal to reward so-called "highly effective" teachers based upon his APPR teach
Assessing Chris Christie's Performance
A commenter at the NY Times on news that at least one Chris Christie aide was aware of the plan to close GWB traffic lanes to retaliate against the Democratic mayor of Fort Lee and reveled in the pain it caused Fort Lee residents:Governor Christie makes sure that teachers have a very strict guidelines for performance assessment. How do we performance assess our governor?An NJ.com editorial assesse
Christie Steals Cuomo's Spotlight
Governor Cuomo is giving his State of the State speech today, but a lot of attention is being paid to this:A series of newly obtained emails and text messages shows that Gov. Chris Christie’s office was closely involved with lane closings on the New Jersey side of the George Washington Bridge in September, and that officials closed the lanes in what appeared to be retribution against the mayor who
Cuomo Has Protesters Penned Up For State Of The State Speech
Sheriff Andy brooking no dissent reports Capital NY's Scott Waldman:ALBANY—The state's biggest anti-fracking demonstration of the year on Wednesday has been supplanted by New York apple cider, bobsleds and engines made in New York. A wide array of tourist billboards and display booths are being set up in the concourse around the Empire State Convention Center, where Governor Andrew Cuomo will deli
How Will Cuomo Talk About Education In His State Of The State Speech?
Sheriff Andy is giving his State of the State speech today.We have heard through the grapevine that he will call for more CCSS PD for teachers and provide money in the budget for that.We heard yesterday that Shelly Silver is ready to walk back some CCSS implementation if the Regents don't do it themselves. So, what does Cuomo say about CCSS today?Does he mention it in his speech?I'm betting he dis
1-7-14 Perdido Street School
Perdido Street School: De Blasio Vs. CuomoInevitable that Sheriff Andy would want to make sure Bill de Blasio knows he's the boss.Cuomo says he can get an extra $250 million for full-day pre-k funding without raising taxes - a kind of one year windfall in the budget.De Blasio says the funding needs to be sustainable and over a period of years - in short, taxes need to be raised on individuals maki