Cuomo Common Core Panel Suggests Increased Professional Development & Training For Members Of The Board Of Regents And NYSED
Cuomo's Common Core panel said increased professional development and training is needed for both the Regents and the functionaries at NYSED since they've managed to screw up so much of their reform agenda, both the development of that agenda and the implementation of it.So the panel suggested the Regents and SED functionaries be forced to attend ten hours of Common Core training and PD per week f
Cuomo's Common Core Panel Issues Report
Panel calls for continued implementation of Common Core and APPR but recommends the state cut inBloom ties: Gov. Cuomo's Common Core panel wants to restrict how much time can be used teaching to the tests, limit standardized testing to those above second grade, and end a controversial contract with a data sharing company, the Daily News has learned. The report is broken into four sections of recom
Andrew Cuomo Says Public Schools Are Failing
After de Blasio went on the Morning Joe clown show and got pounded by the neo-liberals over there over the charter issue, Andrew Cuomo went on the kinder, gentler Brian Lehrer Show to expound upon how much he loves charters and how much he thinks public schools suck:Not only are charter schools not a threat, Mr. Cuomo said, but they are part of the solution to failing public schools, which he call
Macho Andy
A slideshow of Andy Cuomo's most mach moments, courtesy of AM New York.And yet, there's no photo of him wrestling with the Common Core State Standards controversy which has tied his administration in knots.He's for it, but he's against the implementation, and he would be out there protesting with parents if he had any say in education policy and wasn't so busy trying to make sure the CCSS tests ar
There Will Be A Political Price For Lawmakers Who Vote To Reelect Incumbent Members Of The Board Of Regents
From Jessica Bakeman at Capital NY:Assembly higher education committee chair Deborah Glick said Monday's last-minute interviews of candidates for the Board of Regents are not atypical, despite the fact that the political circumstances surrounding this year's elections are much different than usual.Reached Sunday by Capital, Glick said lawmakers would see two or three late entrants at noon on Monda
De Blasio Looks For Health Care Concessions From Unions
Here it is: The city is kicking off negotiations with municipal labor unions this week to find potential savings in health care costs, officials confirmed to the Daily News. “The city will commence discussions about health benefits with the unions that represent the workforce,” said Marti Adams, a spokeswoman for Mayor de Blasio. The discussions are a key part of overall labor talks with the union
3-9-14 Perdido Street School Week
Perdido Street School: The New York State Education Department Common Core Modules - Meant To Dumb Down A Whole Generation Of ChildrenHere's a comment NYCDOEnuts left on this Perdido Street School post yesterday on the NYSED modules:At my school, I have two 9th grade classes where I am required to teach to the modules. They are so dry and tedious, that on days when I follow the curriculum (knowing