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Thursday, January 23, 2014

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What More Evidence Is Needed To See The Regents And SED Plan No Changes To Their Education Reform Agenda?
NYSED Commissioner King told a panel of state senators in Albany today that everything is going swimmingly with Common Core:Testifying in front of the Senate Education Committee, Education Commissioner John King questioned the need for a delay of the Common Core or using the results to evaluate teachers. Some lawmakers have called for a delay in the program’s implementation.“The question is to del

Sheriff Andy Cuomo Is Dubbed The "Education Governor"
Capital Tonight reports that an NYSUT analysis shows 69% of school districts will be receiving less aid in Cuomo's proposed budget than they got in 2009.The Cuomo administration defended the budget proposal thusly:On WCNY’s The Capitol Pressroom this morning, Cuomo’s top aide Larry Schwartz defended Cuomo’s education plan, saying the focus should be on the students. He called Cuomo “an education g

Cuomo Goes To Hollywood To Receive Bribes, Er, Donations
Governor Cuomo's schedule today:Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s press office has not released a public schedule for him. He’s scheduled to be in Los Angeles, CA tonight to attend a high-dollar fund-raiser being hosted in his honor by Hollywood bigwigs. Gee, that wouldn't be payback for this, would it?ALBANY—New York's tax rebates for movie and TV studios are so generous that the state is actually paying them


Gothamist Still Mocking Upper East Side
By saying they're right in their allegations, Bill de Blasio has given the Murdoch Street Post a victory in the "Socialist Mayor Plays PayBack With God-Fearing Upper East Side Capitalists" meme that emerged yesterday after the Murdoch outlets decided to manufacture a news story to make de Blasio look incompetent and inept with the snow removal on the Upper East SideThis was the not first
Fighting Cuomo's Budget Proposals
It's important progressive people and groups take Governor Cuomo on over his budget giveaways to Wall Street and the 1%:A coalition of progressive groups announced Wednesday afternoon that it would launch grassroots efforts to knock out what it described as giveaways to the wealthy in Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s executive budget proposal. “Right now, we cannot afford to spend a $2 billion surplus on tax c


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Perdido Street School: Stop Saying Cuomo Has "Joined The Fight" Against Common CoreFrom the Daily News: ALBANY — Gov. Cuomo has joined the fight to change the state’s new Common Core curriculum. Cuomo, as part of his budget presentation Tuesday, announced plans for a special advisory panel that will recommend “corrective action” in the way the state implements the curriculum — which is p