NYSUT President Iannuzzi Calls For No-Confidence Vote On SED Commissioner King
From the State of Politics blog:In an exclusive Capital Tonight interview, NYSUT President Dick Iannuzzi revealed he will soon ask his Board of Directors to bring an apparently unprecedented vote of no confidence on state Education Commissioner John King in response to what the union feels is a failure to respond to the growing concerns over the Common Core curriculum. “The frustration level is ov
Amiri Baraka Dies
From NJ.comAmiri Baraka, the longtime activist and former poet laureate of New Jersey died today, officials confirmed. He was 79 years old.Baraka was placed in intensive care at Beth Israel Medical Center last month for an unknown reason, but a spokesman for his son's mayoral campaign said his condition was improving late in December.Newark Mayor Luis Quintana said Baraka will be sorely missed. &q
State Senate Minority Leader Wants To Look At CCSS, APPR, And InBloom Issues
From Capital Tonight:Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins in a radio interview said she remains concerned over the speed of the roll out of Common Core evaluation standards as well as a plan to collect student data by the state Department of Education. “I am absolutely in favor of looking at what we’re doing, how fast we’re doing it and really evaluating what we’re looking at putting on t
NYSED Commissioner King: Merit Pay A Great Idea
From TWC.news:Another proposal from the governor, rewarding excellent teachers, those who rated highly effective on a valuations would be eligible to receive $20,000 as a bonus.Dr. John King said, "We certainly support rewarding highly effective teaching. We know there's an opportunity to identify teaching practices and allow them to be mentors for their colleagues." As Leonie Haimson po
Cuomo Doubles Down On Education Reform
Sheriff Andy did not mention the controversy over the Common Core State (sic) Standards, the inBloom data project, the APPR teacher evaluation system or the state's Endless Testing regime during his State of the State speech yesterday.He did pat himself on the back for doing a really, really swell job as governor, however, and talked about how much better things are in New York State now that he's
1-8-14 Perdido Street School
Perdido Street School: Cuomo Has Protesters Penned Up For State Of The State SpeechSheriff 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 concour