Regents Say They're Feeling The Pressure
From Newsday: High school students across New York will not have to meet higher passage requirements on new, tougher state exams in order to graduate until 2022 under recommendations approved Monday by the Board of Regents. Those students currently were scheduled to start taking Regents exams based upon the Common Core academic standards this spring. The policy-making board's action means they wil
Reaction To The Regents Recommendations On Common Core And APPR Teacher Evaluations
So the Regents reaffirmed the importance of Common Core but delayed the timeline of full implementation to 2022. You can read the Regents press release here.The Regents recommendations seemed to make nobody but some members of the legislature happy.Here was Cuomo's response:“Today’s recommendations are another in a series of missteps by the Board of Regents that suggests the time has come to serio
Chris Christie Helicopter Rides Probed In BridgeGate Scandal
Interesting story from the Post:The New Jersey legislative committee investigating the Bridgegate scandal will probe records of helicopter rides Gov. Chris Christie took to see if he flew near Fort Lee while lanes leading to the George Washington Bridge were closed, sources told The Post.Lawmakers also want to know if the New Jersey governor took a ride with then-Port Authority exec David Wildstei
Randy Credico To Challenge Andrew Cuomo In Democratic Primary
Not sure this is the best Cuomo challenger around, but nonetheless here is the story:Comedian and activist Randy Credico, a “Tonight Show” veteran and subject of the Laura Kightlinger documentary “Sixty Spins Around the Sun,’’ says he’s “definitely” going to challenge Cuomo in the Democratic primary this year. “I’ve got the financial backers to do it, and we’ll get the votes of the progressives in
Today's Board Of Regents Meeting
From the Daily Politics update this morning:From our Ken Lovett in Albany: * It’s not that often that a Board of Regents meeting can be called “much anticipated.” But give the controversy surrounding the implementation of the Common Core curriculum, today’s meeting could get interesting. Very interesting. State lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have called for delays and changes or they vow to
5 Year Old Student Leaves Charter School Unattended
The Daily News: In a case reminiscent of the tragic death of autistic teen Avonte Oquendo — who disappeared from school months before his body was found in Queens — a 5-year-old disabled boy managed to slip out of his Brooklyn charter school and walked more than a half mile home with a stranger, the Daily News has learned. Malachi Nelson, whose cerebral palsy causes him to drag his right foot, was
2-9-14 Perdido Street School
Perdido Street School: What A Surprise That A "Blended Learning" Course Is A DisasterMayor Bloomberg loved all things techie - especially when it came to replacing humans with computers or computerized programs.So of course we got all kinds of computerized nonsense in the NYDOE during his 12 years in power and one of the more infamous was the iZone, which was a highly-touted education pr
