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Cuomo targets education reform
of saying he's shaking up education, I'd say he's shaking it down," said Richard C. Iannuzzi, president of New York State United Teachers , the state's largest teachers' union and historically one of the most influential players in state politics."In many Read more »
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Vecchio: Voters' 'no' could mean something
school taxes is dismissed by cap opponents, since most of them are beneficiaries of the current system. The New York State United Teachers union has launched a $2 million ad campaign to urge voters to approve school district budgets. For decades parents have Read more »
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Study: N.Y. schools meet funding standards
of a paper questioning the state's evaluation plans.In recent weeks, local teachers unions have also criticized the New York State United Teachers ' agreement to changes to the evaluation statute.As of March 26, changes to the teacher evaluation law were part Read more »
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Teacher union targets release of names
Friday, following a failed effort by the city's teacher union to block release. But Richard Iannuzzi, president of New York State United Teachers , contended Monday that the state's planned evaluations are "fundamentally different" from New York City's, and Read more »
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Bill would give schools more say over firing teachers in sex-abuse cases
ALBANY -- Schools would have greater ability to fire teachers in sexual-abuses cases under legislation to be introduced by Sen. Stephen Saland, R-Poughkeepsie. Saland said he is planning to introduce a bill that would give school officials and the New Yo from The Star-Gazette Read more »
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Education Groups Start New Campaign To Fund Schools
ALBANY -- School officials from around the state joined with advocacy groups on Wednesday to announce the creation of a campaign to boost funding and seek reforms to education. The effort, called "Educate NY Now!," is designed to highlight issues the adv from WGRZ | Buffalo, NY Read more »
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Music Faculty Conduct Push to Organize
Faculty union organizers at the Manhattan School of Music decided not to bring the rat to the graduation ceremony. The faculty group—one of two attempting to negotiate first-ever union contracts at New York music schools—had already deployed the inflatab from Wall Street Journal Read more »
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A majority isn't a majority in a tax cap override
ALBANY -- In New Paltz, the school budget passed with 59.3 percent of the vote. And it still failed. In Elmira, 55 percent of voters agreed to support 5 percent tax-levy increase. It failed too. While the new property-tax levy cap has been hailed for kee from The Star-Gazette Read more »
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Under tax cap, 'yes' prevails
Voters in virtually every school district in the state approved their school budgets on Tuesday. In 96 percent of districts, voters approved their budgets, according to the New York State School Boards Association. Of the 24 that failed, 19 were attempts from Albany Times-Union Read more »
