NY Times To Lay Off/Eliminate 7.5% Of Newsroom Staff - How Come Opinion Page Columnists Are Immune From Cuts?
From the NY Times:The New York Times plans to eliminate about 100 newsroom jobs, as well as a smaller number of positions from its editorial and business operations, offering buyouts and resorting to layoffs if enough people do not leave voluntarily, the newspaper announced on Wednesday. Arthur Sulzberger Jr., the newspaper’s publisher, and Mark Thompson, its chief executive, said that in addition
NYC Charter Schools Proponents Look To Get Charter Cap Raised Or Eliminated
They're having a rally this week, they're engaged in a TV ad campaign to push charters and critize public schools and it's all for this:The announcement comes as Mr. de Blasio and Ms. Fariña are facing pressure from charter school advocates, who are planning a rally on Thursday to denounce failing schools and recently started running television advertisements describing a crisis in schools serving
Zephyr Teachout Tells PEF Members: "Cuomo's Not Invincible Anymore"
From the Times-Union:While the Fordham law professor lost her Democratic primary challenge earlier in the month to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Zephyr Teachout on Monday vowed to publicly support members of the Public Employees Federation as they move into upcoming contract talks."I will stand with you to get that dignified contract," Teachout told PEF delegates. Members of the 53,000-member white
Bill Hammond Exposes Cuomo's New-Found Interest In Fighting Terrorism
Nice job by Bill Hammond in the Daily News calling "bullshit!" on Cuomo: The words “terror,” “terrorism” and “security” do not appear in transcripts of any of Cuomo’s first three State of the State speeches. He used them this January to note that he was hiring former NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly to help him establish an emergency preparedness college, to address not just terror threats, b
De Blasio, Farina Overhaul School Grading System
From the NY Times:New York City is overhauling its system for evaluating schools, de-emphasizing test scores in favor of measures like the strength of the curriculum and the school environment, and doing away with an overall A-through-F grade for each school, the schools chancellor, Carmen Fariña, said on Tuesday....Under the old system, instituted under Mr. Bloomberg in 2006, schools received ann
9-30-14 Perdido Street School
Perdido Street School: Oprah Loves "Warriors"Associated Press today: SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) -- Oprah Winfrey is donating $100,000 to a youth center on the south side of Syracuse.Winfrey made a surprise stop Monday at the Mary Nelson Youth Center and said she was writing out the check on the spot. She called Mary Nelson a "community warrior" for doing the work she does on the city'