New York Goes From 8th To 20th In Education Performance Under Andrew Cuomo
Interesting piece of data in Pedro Noguera's Time-Union opinion piece decrying the Cuomo budget:With Gov. Andrew Cuomo emerging as a champion of charter schools, what does it mean for the 97 percent of students in New York who attend public schools?Outside major cities, most people have never heard of a charter school. They are focused instead on their local public school, where the situation is o
Making Andrew Cuomo Pay For His Budget
Arthur Goldstein dubbed Andrew Cuomo's budget this:@kenne2 @noahegotbaum @rweingarten @AFTunion It would be great if we could publicly label it the Moskowitz budget.— Arthur Goldstein (@TeacherArthurG) March 28, 2014And indeed, it truly is the Eva Moskowitz budget.Cuomo told Moskowitz's Albany rally a few weeks ago that he would protect charters and help them to flourish in NYC, and he certainly d
3-29-14 Perdido Street School Week
Perdido Street School: Perdido Street School WeekAnd Now The Budget Agreement Is Said To Be CompleteJust moments after I posted that the education spending bill was holding up the state budget comes word that the budget agreement is now set:ALBANY — Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and legislative leaders have reached a deal on the next state budget that provides $300 million to expand prekindergarten in New
