Showing posts with label monopoly. Show all posts
Showing posts with label monopoly. Show all posts
Wednesday, November 25, 2015

NY Times: Cuomo Reportedly Set To Reduce Role Of Testing In His Vaunted APPR Teacher Evaluation System

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It's amazing what 220,000+ opt outs and poll numbers mired in the very low 40's will do to a politician's take on a particular i...
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Friday, November 13, 2015

Mike Mulgrew And Andrew Cuomo Meet For A Late Lunch

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Sent along by Harris Lirtzman is this interesting tidbit from Governor Cuomo's July schedule: Thursday July 16, 2015: Dock's Resta...
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Tuesday, November 10, 2015

Cuomo Continues To Triangulate, Destroying Schools As He Simultaneously Tries To Assuage Liberals On Economic Issues

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Andrew Cuomo has governed as a triangulator since the beginning of his first term. He mostly triangulated on social issues that appealed t...
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Wednesday, October 28, 2015

545 out of 674 School Districts Seek Waivers From Cuomo's APPR Teacher Evaluation System

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From the Times Union: Well over half of New York school districts may be exempt from implementing a new, controversial teacher evaluatio...
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Tuesday, September 22, 2015

Weingarten, Mulgrew, Magee Met Personally With Cuomo In April

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Jimmy Vielkind at Politico NY: ALBANY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo met with Cardinal Timothy Dolan, the Catholic archbishop of New York, several ...
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Tuesday, September 8, 2015

Welcome Back To Another School Year Full Of Fear, Uncertainty And Constant Change

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It's the Tuesday after Labor Day and you know what that means teachers: Another day of meetings and professional development. This y...
Saturday, September 5, 2015

Unionization Key To Closing Racial Wage Gap

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Turns out busting public schools is NOT the secret recipe to closing the racial wage gap: A study released on Friday, noting the gains ...
Tuesday, May 19, 2015

Senate Dem: Cuomo Is Like Scott Walker, Out To Destroy Public Schools And Teachers

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From State of Politics: Queens Democratic Sen. Michael Gianaris in an interview on Monday compared Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s education reform ...
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Saturday, March 28, 2015

Cuomo Says Teachers Are An "Industry" That Resists All Change

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The guy who sucks up hedge fund and Wall Street industry money like he's a guy in the desert who just found water says this: In toutin...
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Tuesday, March 3, 2015

Cuomo Spokesman: The More You Protest, The Worse It Will Get For You

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From Jessica Bakeman at Capital NY: ALBANY—More than 1,000 teachers and public education advocates marched through the Empire State Plaz...
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Saturday, February 14, 2015

Cuomo's Out To Destroy Public Education - Why Aren't The Teachers Unions Trying To Destroy Him Politically?

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Temperatures in the Garden State aren't the only thing hitting bottom: New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s approval ratings have hit an ...
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Tuesday, February 10, 2015

Nothing Would Make Me Happier

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Ken Lovett reported that UFT President Mulgrew and NYSUT President Magee met with Cuomo aides on Friday after the unions unveiled attack ad...
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Monday, February 9, 2015

Cuomo Started This War, Why Won't The Unions Fight It?

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Ken Lovett reported that the teachers unions may have pulled attacks ads they were running against Governor Cuomo at the behest of some Cuo...
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Why Would NYSUT And The UFT Agree To Pull Down Attack Ads On Cuomo When He Has Promised To Destroy Public Education?

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Ken Lovett at the Daily News: Shortly after unveiling ads last week attacking Gov. Cuomo's education plans, the heads of the city an...
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Wednesday, January 21, 2015

Cuomo Will Hold School Aid Hostage To Passage Of His Education Reform Agenda

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Just in case you think Cuomo won't get most of what he proposed on education policy today, see this: This could be another indication...
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Siena Poll Finds Just 18% Of NYers Trust Andrew Cuomo To Set Education Policy

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From the same Siena poll that found Cuomo's job approval rating at 47%-51% and a 15% plurality looking to kill Common Core in NY State (...
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Governor Cuomo Expected To Have "Harsh Words" For Teachers, Schools In Budget Speech Today

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From Ken Lovett at the Daily News: The governor in his combined State of the State/budget address is expected to have harsh words for th...
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Cuomo Plans Destruction Of Public School System In New York

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Does that headline seem extreme? Check out what Cuomo said yesterday: Cuomo has said repeatedly that he’s dissatisfied with what he cal...
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Tuesday, January 20, 2015

Andrew Cuomo Calls Public School System "Single Greatest Failure Of The State"

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In case you're thinking tomorrow won't be an all-out assault on public schools and public school teachers, see this statement from t...
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Monday, January 19, 2015

Not A Progressive Reboot From Andrew Cuomo

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Governor Cuomo is trying to make himself look a little more progressive with some of his announced proposals this past week, including stude...
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