Common Core opponents rally: ‘If Mommy’s not happy …‘
Speaking to Common Core opponents rallying in the Well of the LOB, Assemblyman Al Graf called their cause a “mommy-led movement.” “One thing I learned in my house a long time ago was if Mommy’s not...
View ArticleBill: No Common Core consequences for teachers for two years
Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s program bill tweaking teachers evaluations related to the Common Core rollout has been released. The legislation would for two years protect teachers or principals rated...
View ArticleAstorino announces push for new ballot line
A vote against the Common Core this November could very well be a vote for Rob Astorino. The gubernatorial candidate was in Albany late Tuesday morning to announce a push to create a Stop Common Core...
View ArticleKing to teachers: On Common Core, look for common goals
State Education Commissioner John King concluded his keynote address at the State Education Department’s 20th Network Team Institute with an anecdote about his late uncle Haldane King, who was a member...
View ArticlePoll: Cuomo still crushing Astorino, leads by 37 points (UPDATED)
Republican gubernatorial candidate Rob Astorino has had nearly 20 weeks since officially declaring his bid for governor to close the poll gap between himself and Gov. Andrew Cuomo. But with 15 weeks to...
View ArticleTwo third parties, two shows of support
The third parties were No. 1 for a day Tuesday. On the same day Rob Astorino and his Republican colleagues submitted 62,000 signatures in support of the new Stop Common Core line, Democratic lieutenant...
View ArticleAstorino, Moss release education plan
Republican gubernatorial candidate Rob Astorino has repeatedly assailed Common Core (he’s gone so far as to start a Stop Common Core ballot line) and called for replacing it with the so-called “lost...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Teachers sue over ‘gag order’ on NY’s Common Core tests
In case you missed it… New York’s major teachers union sued the state Education Department late Wednesday, challenging whether the state’s “gag order” on educators who score or administer Common...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Cuomo Helps With Homework in New Campaign Ad on Education
Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s new advertisement. (Screenshot: Youtube) Gov. Andrew Cuomo touts his education agenda in a new television ad released today that shows him helping his daughter with homework and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Common Core: Cuomo vetoes his own teacher evaluation bill
In June, Gov. Andrew Cuomo negotiated and proposed a bill that claimed to “protect New York’s standing as a national leader in teacher evaluation.” Six months later, Cuomo vetoed the very same bill,...
View ArticlePoll: Cuomo favorability at 60 percent; voters want Common Core rollout stopped
Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s favorability rating is on the rise, a new Siena College poll shows. Cuomo’s favorable-unfavorable numbers are now at 60-35, the new poll shows, up from 58-37 last month. His job...
View ArticleBill: Let parents know they can opt their kids out of Common Core tests...
Last year, 60,000 kids did it. This year, elected officials and education advocates want upward of 250,000 to follow suit. A bill before the Legislature would require school districts to clearly notify...
View ArticleAstorino kids aren’t taking state tests today (updated)
Wetschester County Executive Rob Astorino’s children aren’t taking state tests today as the family joins on with the opt-out movement. “Our kids deserve better than Common Core, an experiment conceived...
View ArticleTesting opt-outs up, but full consequences are unclear (updated)
It’s been a heated year so far surrounding Common Core testing and its importance for New York students. Yesterday, Capital Region districts posted record numbers for parents choosing to “opt out”...
View ArticleAssembly OKs bill addressing teacher evaluations, Common Core
The Assembly passed Wednesday an omnibus education reform package that addresses both the updated teacher evaluation system and the Common Core standards. The bill, which was introduced earlier this...
View ArticlePro-Common Core group outlines suggestions for use of standards
A pro-Common Core coalition of business groups has a series of recommendations for the state as it soldiers on with the standards, including the use of an independent review to gauge their...
View ArticleICYMI: Read the state test questions for third through eighth graders
The state Education Department released on Monday the ELA and math test questions that third through eighth graders took this year. In analyzing the questions, the New York Times broke down one passage...
View ArticleState releases ELA, math test scores; about 20 percent of students opted out
Roughly 20 percent of the state’s third through eighth graders opted out of taking this year’s math and ELA tests, according to the state Education Department. The department released test scores and...
View ArticleCuomo: ‘I don’t believe there are sanctions for opt-outs’
Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Thursday said he does not believe there will be a drop in federal education dollars for the state after 20 percent of third through eighth graders opted out of taking state tests...
View ArticleElia says her opt-out response shouldn’t be viewed as ‘a threat’
State Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia worked to downplay fears prompted by her recent comments calling the decision to have students opt out of standardized testing “something that is not...
View Article
