New York State United Teachers

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• Editorial: New exams are a test for public education

  new curriculum with new methods. For teachers, it's a perfect storm. Their anxiety fills the classroom as well. New York State United Teachers , the largest teachers union in the state, took out ads (including in Newsday) calling on parents to "unite in a   Read more »

• Letter: Parents to mobilize against tests?

  was thrilled to read that the New York State United Teachers union is launching a campaign urging parents to speak out against high-stakes testing ["Ad campaign by union takes on standard tests," News, March 28].As a former teacher trainer, I know firsthand   Read more »

• Letter: Teachers union's right to sue

  letter writer can rail against New York State United Teachers all he wants, but the truth is that NYSUT's opposition to the tax-cap law is based largely on its inherently undemocratic and unconstitutional nature ["Teachers union is making LI costly," March   Read more »

• Editorial: Teachers' union lawsuit over tax cap is misguided

  facing cuts -- notably teachers -- say the law is unfair, divisive and undermines their ability to educate. That's why New York State United Teachers , or NYSUT, is challenging its constitutionality. The lawsuit, filed in State Supreme Court in Albany , argues   Read more »

• NYSUT: Suing to overturn 2% property tax cap

  New York State United Teachers on Wednesday said it has filed a lawsuit to overturn the 2 percent property tax cap that Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo has called an "historic" reform that protects taxpayers from out-of-control spending.The 600,000-member teachers union   Read more »

Around the web

• News: Despite extensive cuts, statewide spending up per student

  New York has been a perennial big spender on education, and when residents head to the polls Tuesday, theyll see school budgets that raise per-pupil spending at the fastest rate in five years, according to the Empire Center for New York State Policy. Eac   from The Ithaca Journal Read more »

• NYSUT employee to run for school board

  An employee at New York State United Teachers who is also a former Schenectady teacher is running in the city school board race May 21. Bernice Rivera works in professional development with NYSUT's Education and Learning Trust, a job that requires her to   from Albany Times-Union Read more »

• State tests proved difficult; students struggled to finish

  ALBANY — Fewer parents decided to opt-out their children from last months new state tests than superintendents had expected, and schools concerns shifted to students difficulty finishing the exams within the allotted time. Third through eighth graders to   from The Star-Gazette Read more »

• State bans 'side deals' on union contracts

  ALBANY — The state considers void any side deals schools struck quietly with local unions holding harmless teachers and principals from negative performance evaluations, the Education Department wrote in a memo to districts last week. Gov. Andrew Cuomo j   from The Star-Gazette Read more »

• NY state seeks to dismiss property-tax cap lawsuit

  Unity and Rochester General health systems are in formal talks about a partnership that could result in a merger of the systems under a new corporate entity.- 8:18 pm New report calls for better collection of data about city school district students goin   from Rochester Democrat and Chronicle Read more »