This is not the first time Gov. Cuomo has proposed a licensing regime for student-loan servicing firms. This year, both the political context and the legal landscape have changed.
‘Because the law required a test score for evaluations, state test scores were simply replaced by scores from locally-chosen tests. But it gets even more insane.’
‘Removing competitive admission is hardly radical; it is simply bringing our middle schools into alignment with nearly all other public middle schools in the nation.’
‘If we are serious about equity, then there is a moral imperative to provide teachers, especially new teachers serving our highest-needs students, the tools and support they need from the get-go.’
Do we need more charter schools? Should public colleges be free? What role should tests play in the lives of students and teachers? On these and other topics, here’s where the gubernatorial candidates stand.
‘Teachers and other UFT professionals will be making up their own minds about how well the agreement represents their interests.’
‘Sometimes teachers approach me in tears, describing things that happened in their observations that ought not to have happened.’
‘At almost every turn, the contract benefits the Department of Education and does little to improve the lot of the vast majority of union members.’
The governor has shifted on several key education issues since taking office. Now he faces a long-time education advocate in the Democratic primary.
The Council backs a $212 million proposal for half-price MetroCards for poor families. Mayor de Blasio balks at the price-tag. Why not compromise on free transit for low-income community college students?
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