One idea — district consolidation — has been tried often, but is usually unsuccessful. (Times Union)
The Post praised the commission, but says the next step is to keep costs down and secure union support.
Students displaced by Hurricane Sandy returned to their regular school buildings Wednesday. (NY1)
Cuomo said it’s the city and union’s fault if no evaluation deal is in by Jan. 17. (Daily News, Schoolbook)
Dennis Walcott says that a bus driver strike remains possible because of an ongoing labor dispute.
Leaders at one Indiana school are struggling to keep pace with required classroom observations. (AP)
I noticed that…
Was Cuomo conveniently looking the other way when the mayor and former chancellor Klein eliminated districts and formed regions, when Klein broke the state ed laws based on those districts and the SLT, and how they did for not enforce the actual Part 100.5 “graduation requirements”, leading to a large population of students NOT college ready nor “life” ready.
Cuomo, who’s the blame?
BloombergMustGo
For pete’s sake, more drivel from the droolers at the NYSDOE. Here’s a thought: Before we start extending days and such, how about we actually produce a coherent well developed curriculum and support materials and textbooks for the Common Core?
Larry Littlefield
Or get the pension system out of the hole, before the next enhancement hits.
Sounds like Chicago, where all these reforms are being fought over even as the Mayor says the school district is in effect bankrupt because the pensions are drastically underfunded.
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