Something's Rotting in the State of New York
Something’s rotting in the state of New York, and it’s not the apples. Due to a property tax cap passed in 2011—which requires localities and school districts to raise taxes no more than 2 percent or...
View ArticleTest Scores and Standards: An Inhuman Marriage
In 2000, when President George W. Bush wondered, “Is our children learning?” no one anticipated his nonsensical question would spark a nonsensical education reform movement based on nonsensical tests....
View ArticleWho Funds New York's Funds?
From the Regents Research Fund to the Educational Fund, a small group of billionairesare having fun running education funds in New York. According to Webster’s, a fund is “an amount of money used for...
View ArticleWhy the NYSUT Election Should Matter to Members
The ax against asinine education reforms is starting to swing in New York. Politicians are writing laws to unravel Common Core, and more and more local leaders are speaking out against the gap...
View ArticleCuomo vs. the Committee of 600,000
Between 2011 and 2012, New York teachers (NYSUT) spent $5.9 million to influence the political process.Opponents of unions will point to this as business as usual, just another example of Big...
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The Prince of Common Core
According to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, the Common Core standards have caused “massive confusion, massive anxiety, and massive chaos” throughout the state. In the same interview, the self-anointed...
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This November, Vote RODE
As if voters demanded more evidence of his ineptitude, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo publicly pondered education policy on multiple occasions this week, once in a television ad and again at an Albany...
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So Goes the UFT, So Goes the NYSUT Election?
Amid an outcry from members over the sale of public education to plutocrats, the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) has stopped accepting donations to its Innovation Fund from the Bill and Melinda...
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100 Days into NYSUT's Future
As its first-ever contested election fades into NYSUT's past, uncertainty and optimism churn within New York's largest teachers union. Many members worry if the new leadership—led by President Karen...
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As Labor Lays Dying
For the first time in anyone’s memory, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo recently met with actual public school teachers. Sandwiched between three vociferous rallies against the Lobbyist for the Students...
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Memo to Working Teachers: Ignore Your Union Leaders
As the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) sideshow convention sputters to a finish in Los Angeles, one thing should be clear to working teachers around the country: our leaders are escorting us into...
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What Campbell Brown Won't Ask Teachers
In a recent Twitter exchange, former Assistant Secretary of Education and Campbell Brown backslapper Peter Cunningham paradoxically pleaded for teachers to both speak out for their profession and...
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Unions Must Jump Out for Teachout
How many Democrats will jump Cuomo's ship on September 9? Today's Democrats are turning into yesterday's Republicans.Confused? Look no further than New York State, where Democratic governor and...
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Hitting Cuomo's Left with a Left
Just like Foreman, Cuomo's vulnerable on his left Forty years ago this October, Muhammad Ali relied on right-hand jabs and the ropes to recapture the...
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A Letter to NYSUT Leaders from Educators for Howie Hawkins
Below is a letter from Educators for Howie Hawkins offering guidance to NYSUT locals who support Hawkins but may be reluctant to endorse him officially. As the letter notes, educators cannot afford to...
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NYSUT Must Run Towards Cuomo—Wherever He Hides
NYSUT has ignored the power of its people600 members of New York State United Teachers (NYSUT) recently gathered at a bowling alley less than two miles from Governor Andrew Cuomo’s house. No, this was...
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With Liberty and Charter Schools for All
Where can 12 billionaires turn if they want education laws changed?That’s right, their checkbooks. Between late September and Election Day, a dozen hedge funders donated a combined $4.4 million to New...
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Divide and Conquer—Cuomo Style
Part-time progressive Bill DeBlasio and full-time douchebag Andrew Cuomo are hearing it from unions these days in New York. Members of the Patrolman’s Benevolent Association (PBA) turned their backs on...
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Andrew Cuomo Hoists Himself on the Canards of Perverted Teachers and their...
"Alas, poor NYSUT!"In an improvised interview from his mansion on New Year’s Eve, New York Governor and unabashed sociopath Andrew Cuomo bizarrely morphed into Campbell Brown, conflating and spewing...
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NYSUT Must Spit Up Cuomo’s Baloney
What Cuomo wants to feed New York now tastes far worse than baloneyNew York Governor and all-around asshole Andrew Cuomo recently denounced the same teacher evaluation law (APPR) he once wanted to...
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