Here's A Solution For The Teachers Contract Negotiations
Comment left on the NY Times story on contract negotiations:Just declare all the teachers to be bankers and that they deserve bonuses regardless of performance. That seems acceptable for real bankers (hi there, Jamie Dimon), who are extracting money from society, so why not extend the model?Guy has a point.
Common Core, CCSS Tests, APPR, And InBloom Are A Package Deal
The Cuomo administration yesterday:“Common Core is an issue about which there has been a lot of dialogue,” Cuomo spokeswoman Melissa DeRosa said in a statement Tuesday that both affirms the standards and distances the administration from its rocky rollout. The proposed moratorium on its implementation is “premature,” DeRosa said, adding that the governor would wait for recommendations from a panel
Ed In The Apple Gives Hint On What UFT Is Negotiating For The Contract
NY Times article this morning on what's going on in the teachers contract negotiations.James Eterno has an excellent companion piece to the Times article over at ICEUFT, but the gist of the Times article is basically, if teachers receive full back pay due as part of the bargaining pattern, it eats away a lot of the money that could go to increases for other unions.In the comments on the side of th
Cuomo, Tisch & King Seem To Be Only Supporters Left On CCSS
Prominent members of the Assembly are calling for a moratorium:Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Assembly Education Committee Chairwoman Cathy Nolan today called for a two-year delay – “at minimum” – in using Common Core test results for “high-stakes” decisions for teachers, principals and students. Silver and Nolan said in a statement that “New Yorkers share the same goal – to improve our schoo
2-4-14 Perdido Street School Week
Perdido Street School: Making SUNY And CUNY Tuition FreeFrom State of Politics:Assemblyman James Skoufis is sponsoring legislation to give students free tuition to SUNY and CUNY schools if they agree to certain requirements. Participants would have to do 250 hours of community service each year, and then after graduation they’d need to stay in the state for at least five years. The goal is to help