Jeb Bush Channels David Coleman In A Defense Of The Common Core
College Board President David Coleman, one of the architects of the Common Core State Standards, famously told an audience in New York State that one of the things you learn in life when you get older is that nobody gives a shit what you think or feel about stuff.Jeb Bush channeled that Coleman sentiment in a recent defense of Common Core:Bush has repeatedly explained the standards, implemented an
Cuomo's Job Performance Numbers Fall Again In Siena Poll
Sheriff Andy is under water, mainly due to the economy:New York voters do not see improvement on key issues ranging from the state’s economy to curtailing government corruption during Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s tenure, a Siena College poll released Monday found. The poll, which surveyed New York voters on a range of issues including the economic well-being of their family, tax policy, the quality of publ
Poll Shows Cuomo Would Be Vulnerable To Third Party Candidate
Not enough to knock him off, but maybe enough to ruin Sheriff Andy's plans for a big 2014 re-election victory to set him up for a 2016 presidential run: A wealthy Democratic activist commissioned a poll that shows a third-party leftist candidate could eat into what Gov. Cuomo is hoping will be a commanding victory this year. The fact the poll was even commissioned is another sign that Cuomo's bigg
Message To New York Legislators: You Leave APPR In Place At Your Peril
If you make no changes to the teacher evaluation system in NY State, then all the changes you make to Common Core aren't going to mean a damn.You see, the APPR teacher evaluation system is causing as much damage to children in this state as Common Core is.Want to know why there is so much testing and rote learning in New York classrooms these days?Because APPR forces it.Students are taking so-call
3-23-14 Perdido Street School Week
Perdido Street School: How Education Reform Is Harming The Health Of ChildrenThere is a horrific story in the NY Post this morning about a rash of suicides involving NYC school children over the last seven weeks: The city’s public schools are in the grip of a suicide epidemic. Ten students have taken their own lives in the past seven weeks, according to remarks made Saturday by Chancellor Carmen F