Cuomo Warns Unions They Need A "Reality Adjustment"
Colby Hamilton at DNAinfo:MIDTOWN — Gov. Andrew Cuomo warned the city’s municipal labor unions Tuesday that they should be prepared to signficantly manage expectations as they prepare to sit down and negotiate new contracts with soon-to-be-mayor Bill de Blasio.While he praised the unions for their “superb” willingness to help the city during tight times in the past — most notably during the fiscal
“Tell The Assembly We’re Coming For Them. We’re Coming For Them, We’re Angry And We Vote!” - Parent At Common Core Forum
More protests on the Gospel of the Common Core tour:BINGHAMTON — Bearing signs reading “We are human, not machines,” “Oust the King” and “End Fed Ed,” Binghamton area residents let state Education Commissioner John King see — and hear — their discontent with Common Core state standards.“Tell the assembly we’re coming for them. We’re coming for them, we’re angry and we vote,” said Christina Bangel,
Cuomo's Job Performance Ratings
After a Siena poll showed Andrew Cuomo with a 44%-56% job performance rating last week, a new Quinnipiac poll released today shows a different story:New York State Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who saw his job approval rating drop in Quinnipiac University polls in the first six months of the year, opens his reelection bid with a 62 - 25 percent approval rating today. Marist released a poll yesterday finding
NYSED Commissioner John King: Elementary School Teachers To Blame For Common Core Opposition
First, he said there is no turning back:State Education Commissioner John King defended the Common Core curriculum during a tour of the Binghamton region on Monday while acknowledging some difficulty in rolling out the standards.“Any time you try to raise standards across 45 states, it’s going to be a complicated process,” King said.King is traveling throughout the state to explain the initiative
Merryl Tisch Get A Subpoena From The Moreland Commission Yet?
Of course she hasn't - but she should.We learned on Sunday that Regents Chancellor Tisch paid out of her own pocket for private employees to run NYSED offices - at least the first million came from the Tisch family fortune.Millions more came from the Gates Foundation, General Electric and a bunch of other corporate entities - $19 million in total from more than two dozen private employees.These pr
11-25-13 Perdido Street School
Perdido Street School: Cuomo's Education Reform Agenda ExposedTim Farley wrote a letter to Governor Cuomo, part of which made it to the Times Union.In it, Farley shows just how much of the NY State reform agenda is Cuomo's agenda.He notes how Cuomo has been trying to distance himself from the state reform agenda in recent days, as public outrage over the reforms has grown, then writes: This seems
