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Stronger Together Letter to NYSUT
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.
A Message From Carol Burris
Via principal and public education advocate Carol Burris… The Governor and Chancellor Tisch are proposing an overhaul of the already flawed APPR system. They propose that the system be designed to find MORE teachers and principals ineffective and developing, in order to be in better alignment with the high percentages of students who are below proficient on …
Looming Battles for 2015
Happy New Year to our PJSTA members along with any other readers of our blog. Hopefully you had an enjoyable vacation and return to school well rested. You’ll need it. We have a number of developing battles on our hands. For those of you who may have missed it, New York State’s Board of Regents Chancellor Merryl …
NYSUT Withdraws Support for Common Core and Seeks King’s Dismissal
Via the Albany Times Union… The state’s largest and most powerful teacher’s union on Saturday issued a declaration of “no confidence” in state Education Commissioner John King, a symbolic but unprecedented gesture calling for King’s removal from his post by the state Board of Regents. … The resolution states that the board declares “no confidence …
Tuesday Notes & Links
A few things you may be interested in… Reality Based Educator comments on Empress Merryl Tisch’s refusal to back her puppet Ed Commish John King. While he attempts to escape “Bridgegate” and now an investigation into how he misused Hurricane Sandy relief funds, Chris Christie is “screwing teachers, students, and schools.” The Gates Foundation is …
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