Why Did The NY Times Edit Andrew Cuomo Statements Out Of The Libous Criminal Indictment Story?
Here's the way the NY Times story on the indictment of State Senator Tom Libous, the second ranking Republican in the State Senate and a close friend and ally of Governor Cuomo, read this afternoon at 1:50 PM:The indictment of Senator Libous effectively could deprive the governor of his most powerful and sympathetic ally within the Senate Republican majority. But it comes just weeks after Mr. Cuom
Bill Gates Whines "Unmotivated Studnets" Are The Problem With The Education System
Via Diane Ravitch's blog, here's an AP story on Bill Gates stroking himself at an event at Los Alamos:Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates says eradicating malaria, tuberculosis and polio is easier than fixing the United States' education system. But what he says he really wishes he could do is write a check to eliminate biological, chemical and nuclear weapons.Gates made the comment
Indicted Republican State Senator Is Close Cuomo Ally
This is in the Capital NY story on the indictment of the second ranking Republican in the State Senate, Tom Libous, on making false statements to the FBI:U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara subpoenaed records from JCOPE earlier this year, as he took over the mantle of a defunct anti-corruption commission that Governor Andrew Cuomo convened in 2012. Bharara criticized Cuomo, a Democrat, for shutting down h
IBO Report - Teaching Experience Of Principals Plummets
The IBO report on NYCDOE schools was just released - you can see it here in PDF.I'm starting to pore through it now, but here's one stat that got my attention (though given the Bloomberg policies of hiring lots of people with little-to-no education experience whatsoever to work as "team leaders", it's not a surprised):In 2000-2001, principals in DOE schools averaged 14.0 years as a teach
RIP: Frank Cashen
From the Daily News:Frank Cashen, a one-time Baltimore sportswriter-turned-baseball man who presided over championship Oriole teams in the ’60s and ’70s and then, as general manager of the Mets, was the architect of their 1986 world championship team with a series of inspired trades for Keith Hernandez, Gary Carter, Ron Darling and Bobby Ojeda, among others, died Monday at Memorial Hospital in Eas
6-30-14 Perdido Street School
Perdido Street School: Why Is Governor Cuomo Still Paying Full Salary To The Executive Director Of The Defunct Moreland Commission?Quid Pro Cuomo at it again: Three months after Gov. Cuomo said he was pulling the plug on his anti-corruption commission, the panel’s lightening rod executive director is still drawing a hefty paycheck. State payroll records show that Moreland Commission Executive Dire