Budget Update - NO Changes To APPR Teacher Evaluations
This afternoon I wondered if Shelly Silver had caved to Governor Cuomo on the charter school issues yet.I also wondered if there would be any changes to either the Common Core implementation or Cuom's APPR teacher evaluation system. Daily Politics reports the following:Gov. Cuomo and state lawmakers are zeroing in on a deal that would set aside $300 million for a full-day prekindergarten in New Y
Has Silver Caved To Cuomo On Charter School Issue?
Trying reading these tea leaves:The top legislative leaders emerged from closed-door budget negotiations with Gov. Andrew Cuomo reporting progress and gave a clear public signal that whatever disagreements between Speaker Sheldon Silver and Senate GOP Leader Dean Skelos arose had been patched up. “Look how much I love Shelly,” Skelos said smiling while putting his arm around the longtime speaker.
The Old Paradigms For Education Cannot Work In This World
The editorials from the NY Post about de Blasio and Farina get more vicious and ridiculous by the day. Today's is about how ruthless competition among schools and putting extra stress on students is the key to success for children:In the course of admitting he didn’t have a good reason for taking a good school away from kids in Harlem, Mayor de Blasio said that to fix a “broken” city school system
3-24-14 Perdido Street School Week
Perdido Street School: Poll Shows Cuomo Would Be Vulnerable To Third Party CandidateNot 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