Commission Proposal Floated To Resolve Teacher Evaluation Impasse In Budget
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and the legislature are considering a commission to design a new teacher evaluation plan, in order to break an impasse over the state budget. But even some lawmakers...
View ArticleCuomo, Leaders And Education Reforms
With education in flux across New York thanks to the Common Core, there's a mixed reaction to Governor Andrew Cuomo's provisions for it in the freshly finished budget. $1.6 billion has been allocated...
View ArticleTeacher Union-Led Boycott Of April Exams Could Have Consequences
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and the state legislature approved some significant changes to the state’s education system and how teachers are evaluated going forward. But, before all that can be...
View ArticleWill New Teacher Evaluations Be Put Off For Another Year?
Less than a month after it was enacted, Governor Cuomo’s new teacher evaluation plan seems to be in jeopardy, with the Regents Chancellor calling for a year’s delay and a key Senator saying the...
View ArticleKaren Magee: Why Do The Rich Need More Tax Credits?
Two recent events — one political, one cultural — offer a glimpse into two worlds.
View ArticleCampbell Brown Speech At Business Dinner Attracting Union Protesters
The teachers union and its allies will protest outside New York’s annual Business Council meeting in Lake George on Wednesday. The union is upset over a speech to be given by former CNN anchor and now...
View ArticleNY: Mixed Reaction Over John King Appointment
When John King, New York's top-ranking education official, left his post for a federal position, many New Yorkers breathed a sigh of a relief. That relief is short-lived, now that King is succeeding...
View ArticleNYSUT Is Suing The State Over Changes To Teacher Evaluations
New York's largest teachers union is suing the state over changes to the teacher evaluation law.
View ArticleKaren Magee: Thoughts On Back To School
In just a few weeks, parents will send their children back to school. Already, we see vans and S-U-Vs on the Thruway, packed to the gills with the belongings that college students need to fill their...
View Article#1355: "Remembering D.A. Henderson"
We talk a lot about heroes in today’s culture. In fact, the word has lost a little bit of its luster. But the world lost a hero a few weeks ago…someone whose name you may not know. Let’s just say if...
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