A reader wrote:
Cuomo is losing his sense of reality. I am now reading how Cuomo is spending almost 2 million dollars to defend not spending more money on schools!!!! This is so crazy people. Say it again, Cuomo is spending almost two million dollars to defend his policy of short changing schools of funding.
And that gave me an idea:
NYSUT should run ads "Cuomo spends $1.7 million on lawyers to keep from spending more money on public school kids..." Bet that would be great for his poll numbers.
What say you NYSUT?
Want to take Cuomo's numbers down even more?
Run an ad with public school teachers looking into the camera and telling the public how Cuomo is spending nearly $2 million dollars on court costs to keep from having to pony up for more money for public school children.
Do you think they want to take his numbers down? Mulgrew- Pallotta are figuring out the face saver to prop Cuomo up that we will pay for in the schools.
ReplyDeleteOf course that's what they're doing. Thus this post:
Deletehttp://perdidostreetschool.blogspot.com/2015/03/report-mulgrew-is-negotiating-with.html
Seems like so much that is wrong with our unions can be traced to Andy Pallotta. Personally, I would like to know why NYSUT gave John Flanagan $7,750 last year. The man is vehemently anti union and anti-public schools and detests public school teachers. His record as Senate Education Committee chairman is as bad as it gets in the USA. Yet, Pallotta directed the treasure of NYSUT members to this creep's campaign committee.
ReplyDeleteThe interesting thing to me is this: How is it that during Mike Bloomberg's tenure our pal Cuomo never bothered to speak a word about NYC schools whether positive or negative. Suddenly, now Bloomberg is out with the rest of his bogus backwards chancellors - in case you need reminders: Klein, Black and Walcott - NOW suddenly Cuomo has become "New Yorks savior for our children" Huh?? Now?? What interest did Cuomo have while bloomberg was mayor?? To me, this is a fascinating fact.
ReplyDeleteI agree with this premise. Cuomo could care less when bloomberg was mayor of NYC because he knew that he would get major resistance from bloomberg and the money. CLEARLY, Cuomo is taking advantage of diblasio and is smearing him simply because he can. Cuomo is a wiesel in that he never confronted bloomberg on any NYC school matters. Yet with Cuomo he has stepped all over him including throwing diblasio under the bus with the whole charter school issue and giving evil moskowitch her rooms in our nyc school buildings. Bottom line, cuomo is a fake in that he puss....eee...out when ole mikey bloomberg was in office and now taking advantage of dibasio who really is a level headed man/mayor who really wants to do the right thing and now for politics or personal gain
DeleteI agree with this premise. Cuomo could care less when bloomberg was mayor of NYC because he knew that he would get major resistance from bloomberg and the money. CLEARLY, Cuomo is taking advantage of diblasio and is smearing him simply because he can. Cuomo is a wiesel in that he never confronted bloomberg on any NYC school matters. Yet with Cuomo he has stepped all over him including throwing diblasio under the bus with the whole charter school issue and giving evil moskowitch her rooms in our nyc school buildings. Bottom line, cuomo is a fake in that he puss....eee...out when ole mikey bloomberg was in office and now taking advantage of dibasio who really is a level headed man/mayor who really wants to do the right thing and now for politics or personal gain
DeleteThis from Newsday:
ReplyDeleteGOP opposes basing 50% of teachers' rating on students' scores
March 24, 2015 by YANCEY ROY / yancey.roy@newsday.com
Republicans who control the State Senate oppose Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s proposal to base 50 percent of a teacher’s evaluation to students’ scores on standardized tests, lawmakers said.
“We want to knock that number down,” said Sen. Carl Marcellino (R-Syosset). “We think it’s too high.”
Marcellino added that he was speaking “personally” and not for all Senate Republicans, though others said the conference, in a lengthy closed-door meeting Monday, overwhelmingly disapproved of the governor’s initiative.
Under the current teacher-evaluation process, 20 percent of an instructor’s rating is based on students’ test scores. But Cuomo has knocked the current system as “baloney” and has pushed for 50 percent.
In calling for change, the governor also has cited a Newsday analysis that found many Long Island districts skewing ratings so as to rate more teachers as "effective."
The Senate put Cuomo’s initiative in a one-house budget resolution adopted a week ago. But officials said that was more as a “placeholder” in the budget than a sign of support.
The Democratic governor has said he’d agree to significantly boost state aid to schools this year — but only if the Senate and Assembly back changes to teacher evaluations and other education issues.
Lawmakers are trying to pass a roughly $142 billion budget by April 1, the beginning of New York’s fiscal year.