We have seen this coming for a while, but that didn’t lessen the sting of Governor Cuomo’s plan for public education that he laid out in his 2015 State of the State and budget proposal today. Via Capitol Confidential… Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s combination State of the State and budget proposal includes tough reforms that would …
Governor Cuomo, who yesterday said that public education, “Probably has been the single greatest failure in the state,” gives his state of the state address today at 1:30 pm. I am sure there will be plenty of reaction afterward as Cuomo launches his plan to eviscerate public education. While we wait for that a few links …
PJSTA President Beth Dimino has notified the Comsewogue School District that she is refusing to administer state tests this spring. Via the Long Island Press… “I find myself at a point in the progress of education reform in which clear acts of conscience will be necessary to preserve the integrity of public education,” she writes. …
The Stronger Together Caucus has authored a letter to the NYSUT officers, Board of Directors, and members. The letter addresses NYSUT’s seeming reluctance to push back against Governor Cuomo and Merryl Tisch regarding their APPR agenda. Click here to view the letter. Click here to contact the Stronger Together Caucus.
I’d like to take a bit of a break from our typical posts on here, consisting of news related to unions and public education in general to focus on something new. Across the school district we are employed in, PJSTA members can be found doing extraordinary work of all different varieties. Much of this work tends …
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