Long Island Common Core Poll

Via Diane Ravitch… Even as the Néw York Board of Regents made minor tweaks to the Common Core standards and testing, a poll by News 12, Long Island’s only TV news station, showed simmering anti – Common Core sentiment in this crucial suburban area. 8% say Delay It 86% say Eliminate It 6% say Leave It …

Arthur Goldstein Shakes Up the NYSUT Election Scene

We have learned this afternoon that Arthur Goldstein, who has been referred to by none other than Diane Ravitch as “NYC’s best teacher-blogger” is throwing his hat into the NYSUT election ring with the intention of running against incumbent Executive Vice President Andrew Pallotta.  Pallotta, who curiously thought all NYSUT officers but himself needed to …

New Yorkers Outraged by Governor’s Flawed Common Core Panel

Via NYSAPE, of which the PJSTA is a member… New Yorkers Outraged by Governor’s Flawed Common Core Panel The leaders of the NYS Allies for Public Education (NYSAPE), a coalition of more than 45 parent and educator groups from throughout the state, expressed their outrage at Governor Cuomo’s choice of appointees to his Common Core …

PJSTA’s McMullan Responds to Newsday’s Propaganda

Those unfortunate souls who still read Newsday may have seen an editorial in today’s edition titled, “Stop the testing tug-of-war”.  Other editions seemed to have it titled “Don’t Slow Down the Common Core in New York”.  It was a real propoganda piece in which Newsday shilled for the Common Core.  The PJSTA’s Melissa McMullan penned …

Cuomo’s Rigged Common Core Panel

Yesterday, Andy Cuomo, the self-proclaimed “Lobbyist for Students” announced his Common Core Implementation Panel.  In a move that surprised absolutely nobody, the panel is stacked with people who have already professed their love for the common core publicly.  It would seem as though the reason it took our esteemed governor such a long time to …