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Monday, September 1, 2014

9-1-14 Perdido Street School Week

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Cuomo Campaign Tries To Pre-Spin Teachout Primary Numbers
From Buffalo News:ALBANY – Poll after poll has shown Andrew Cuomo nearly invincible over the past four years.So imagine an unknown liberal law professor at a Jesuit college who has never run for office before capturing a quarter or perhaps close to a third of the votes in the Democratic primary next week.That is not a scenario Cuomo’s opponents are pitching. That’s what insiders on the governor’s

Politico: Obama's Teacher Evaluation Reform Agenda In "Disarray"
It's a mess out there:The idea seems simple enough: Identify the best teachers and reward them. Pinpoint the worst and fire them. That’s been a linchpin of the Obama administration’s education agenda from the start. But now the administration’s initiative is in disarray, with states scaling back, slowing down and, in some cases, putting off tough decisions until Obama is out of office. Teachers un

8-31-14 Perdido Street School Week
Perdido Street School: Carmen Farina Vows To Drain ATR Pool By Having Principals Target ATR'sBuried at the bottom of this Daily News story on Chancellor Farina's goals for the new school year is this:Fariña pledged to announce in the next two weeks a big reduction in the number of teachers getting paid despite not having steady classroom jobs. Earlier this month 114 of the roughly 1,100 teachers —