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Tuesday, February 25, 2014

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How Is Pushing Through A Mandated Teacher Evaluation System Not "Setting Education Policy"?
From State of Politics:It’s a “silly question” to wonder who should setting education policy in New York: the governor, or the state Education Department, Gov. Andrew Cuomo argued in a radio interview on The Capitol Pressroom on Tuesday.Cuomo was responding to a Siena College poll released this morning that found a broad majority of New Yorkers — 62 percent to 21 percent — support the state Educat


Will Governor Cuomo Help His Charter School Allies?
Eliza Shapiro at Capital NY:Operators of charter schools in New York City are looking to Albany for support after failing to gain traction on a series of core issues with local elected officials or the de Blasio administration....Charter groups are beginning to plan Capitol-based actions for the next few weeks and looking to assemblymembers from city districts to push for state funding to help co-
Siena Poll On Common Core Almost Worthless
The headlines on all the stories about the Siena poll released this morning that asked New Yorkers about Common Core look something like this one from the Rochester paper:Poll: NY voters split on the Common Core, back moratorium The story starts like this:Half of New York voters believe the state should delay implementation of the Common Core, according to a poll released Tuesday.Siena College fou


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Perdido Street School: Wall Street Bankers, CEO For CuomoFrom the Post:Gov. Cuomo is making another pitch Monday for Republican heavy hitters to back his re-election campaign.Home Depot founder Ken Langone is hosting a “Republicans for Cuomo” event at the Harvard Club at 8:30 a.m. Cuomo will address the well-heeled Wall Street and real-estate titans and field questions.David Malpass, who ran in th