The fate of the bill now falls to Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, who doesn’t support it, the Post says.
Gov. Cuomo offered his own bill, to speed the adoption of new teacher evaluations. (Times, WSJ, NY1)
Cuomo’s proposal caught the city by surprise and angered Mayor Bloomberg. (Daily News, Post)
Michael Goodwin: The bill to end “last in, first out” layoffs is a good start but not a real merit system. (Post)
A Bronx high school principal says losing his junior teachers would be devastating. (Daily News)
PS 114′s story highlights issues with upping the weight of teacher ratings, Jim Dwyer writes. (Times)
More than 1,000 of the teachers the city has proposed laying off work in Brooklyn. (Brooklyn Paper)
The Panel for Educational Policy postponed its closure vote on Queens’ IS 231. (GS, NY1)
More than 100 junior teachers signed a letter to support keeping seniority layoff rules. (GS, Daily News)
PS 22 students returned to the city yesterday after appearing at the Oscars and on “Oprah.” (Daily News)
The head of a school for disabled students says Cuomo’s cuts would hurt special ed. (Daily News)
Los Angeles is shutting down a chain of charter schools accused of cheating on state tests. (L.A. Times)
Pogue
Dear Assemblyman Silver,
Please be prepared to be attacked and vilified at every turn by the New York newspaper editorial boards. You will be called names, you will be portrayed as an obstacle to “reform” that helps the “children”, and you will have your own public service history attacked as “status quo’.
“Reformers” trying to change education have never taught. They treat education as a business, and students as products. They know not what they do, nor have solid plans for educating and enriching a whole child.
So, get ready. As my supportive fingers type, so do the fingers of contemptuous editorial boards throughout the city.
bkteacher
The LA Times story on charter schools cheating on standardized tests could not happen in NYC. Not because cheating would never occur in NYC, but but because NYC does not check for cheating in charter schools. NYC takes a “see no evil” approach to test cheating in charter schools.
I’ve worked in district public schools where there was always an outside monitor from the district office, who circulated during the testing periods.
In my subsequent experience at charter schools, I’ve never once seen an outside monitor during testing. This is a situation rife with the potential for abuse.
The more the city puts pressure on schools, principals and teachers and to show results, the more cheating will happen. There needs to be a robust test security system, otherwise the limited value of standardized tests will be further reduced.
Wake up DOE. “Self-certification” or “self-regulation” does not work. It doesn’t work on Wall Street. It doesn’t work with building permits. It doesn’t work in schools.
Michael M. (parent still)
Re Cuomo and Bloomberg:
How dare Cuomo introduce something quarter-baked, when Bloomberg has something already half-baked. (snark)
It’s mind-boggling how quickly these two are willing to put their once-good names to non-robust quackery.
New York is not Wisconsin. Yet.
Charterreform
The slimiest part about this bill is that it was introduced by Long Island Senator John Flanagan, but the bill only applies to NYC teachers. If ending seniority based layoffs is a good idea then why not make it the law for the entire state? Why not make it the law for every public sector union?
Charterreform
The slimiest part about this bill is that it was introduced by Long Island Senator John Flanagan, but the bill only applies to NYC teachers. If ending seniority based layoffs is a good idea then why not make it the law for the entire state? Why not make it the law for every public sector union?
NC
Even though college persistence is more difficult to track than college admissions, I hope the city will commit to including both admissions AND persistence data in its progress reports.
Charterreform
GS says the city wants to track admission statistics, but the Post article says enrollment statistics – different things. Enrollment is better and college degree conference and gainful employment are even better measures.
Admissions statistics are worthless. University of Phoenix admits everyone.
Michael M. (parent still)
And how many of those “admitted” need REMEDIAL classes?
Michael M. (parent still)
Can someone kindly explain why so many NYC-internal matters are the purview of Albany?
Seems like “legislation without representation.”
Thanks.
Ralph
I agree with Charterreform here… how the hell is a Nassau County senator able to present a bill which only afects the city?! I would love to see him challenge his Nassau County teachers and parents with this bill, they would crush him. I find this infuriating!
Again911
LOL LMAO AhAHahhaaaHHAAAAA. Another joke!!!!!! Ummmm, I guess the BEST kids which go to the CERTAIN mini schools will get EXTRA EXTRA points now. LOLOL
John G
Well we’ve seen what can happen when the ‘employer’ (the city) is able to act if there isn’t a state law to stop them, haven’t we? LIFO is a state protection and the mayor is very much on the record as saying that he would prefer to layoff experienced teachers because they are more expensive and he that he would have to lay off less of us. I’m glad that that NYC-internal matter is an Albany purview.
Are there too many? sure. But I’d rather have ore check and balances than less.
Besides, Albany’s two legislative houses (and usually the governor) are represented by more people from the city than from any other place –so it is more representation than it looks.
John G
The Post says LIFO could cost us some of our BEST teachers! But they know that ending LIFO without a fair evaluation process could cost us some of our BEST teachers!!! (via favoritism, bad admin. management .. take your pick).
You know what I think? I think if a young educator qualifies as one our BEST teachers, they wouldn’t be reading the Post in the first place.
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