Gov. Cuomo to announce state education commission to reform schools: sources - NY Daily News

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Gov. Cuomo to announce state education commission to reform schools: sources

EXCLUSIVE: His call will come just days after he was critical of the city and other districts that failed to reach agreement with their unions on a new teacher evaluation system by an end-of-year deadline

BY KENNETH LOVETT
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

Originally Published: Monday, January 2 2012, 2:00 AM
Updated: Monday, January 2 2012, 6:00 AM

Mike Groll/AP

Gov. Cuomo will annouce a state education commission to come up with reforms, sources said.

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ALBANY — Gov. Cuomo, in his second state-of-state address Wednesday, will accuse New York’s schools of being unaccountable and announce a commission to come up with reforms, the Daily News has learned.

Cuomo’s announcement will come just days after he was critical of the city and other districts that failed to reach agreement with their unions on a new teacher evaluation system by an end-of-year deadline.

“The failure to pass the teacher evaluation system is an example that not only is the system broken, but the ability to monitor

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