Teacher Evaluation Changes Said To Still Be On Legislative To-Do List
Buried in Ken Lovett's Daily News piece about the UFT threatening IDC head Jeff Klein if he doesn't stop governing with Republicans was this bit of news: As the legislative session enters its final two weeks and with the Senate politics now dominating at the Capitol, few believe much will get accomplished before lawmakers leave town for the year. But some issues are still percolating and could be
UFT Threatens To Pull Support For State Senator Jeff Klein
From Ken Lovett at the Daily News:ALBANY — Two influential labor unions are threatening to yank their long-time support of Senate co-Leader Jeffrey Klein if he and his group of breakaway Democrats don’t begin conversations to realign themselves with the chamber’s mainline Dems.The unions representing the city’s teachers and the hotel and motel workers threw down that gauntlet late last week to Kle
Get Ready For Another NYSED Commissioner King Speech
Last time he gave a big speech, he compared the Common Core to the Civil Rights Movement.This time, given the venue for the speech, we'll hear more about how his education reform agenda is indispensable for making New York State into an economic powerhouse in the 21st Century economy:Also at noon, state Education Commissioner John King delivers remarks at a luncheon hosted by the Manhattan Institu
UFT President Mulgrew Takes On The Test
From State of Politics:At 10 a.m., UFT President Michael Mulgrew will be joined by Sen. Adriano Espaillat, Assemblymen Karim Camara, Ron Kim, and other legislators to announce the introduction a bill that would mandate the use of multiple academic measures rather than the current single multiple-choice test, Stuyvesant High School, 345 Chambers St., Manhattan.There are no other details about the
6-8-14 Perdido Street School
Perdido Street School: Bill Gates Exposed For All To See As An Arrogant, Whiny ElitistOkay, it's official:We're onto a new phase of the fight against the CCSS. News media outlets are no longer buying and using pro-Common Core boilerplate rhetoric in stories on the Common Core, they're no longer framing the CCSS the way CCSS proponents want the standards framed, and they're no longer buying into th