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What Bill Bennett Got Wrong and Right About New York’s Opt-Out Movement and Teacher Unions

Today at The 74 Bill Bennett suggests that the opt-out movement in New York is driven solely by  teacher union…

9 years ago

Comparing NY and NJ’s Opt-Out Fever

New York and New Jersey are neighbors, but you’d never know it, at least judging by disparities in their anti-testing…

9 years ago

Is Education Reform Dead in New York State?

This weekend the Daily News Editorial Board published a condemnatory piece called “RIP, NY School Reform.” The evidence behind this…

9 years ago

New York State Teachers Union Goes Wild

From the Albany Times-Union:New York teachers are suing the state over new regulations that allow superintendents to impose improvement plans…

9 years ago

Cuomo Cries “Uncle” to Labor Lobbyists and Eviscerates NYS’s Teacher Evaluation Reform

When New York Governor Andrew Cuomo navigated an overhaul of the teacher tenure law last Spring, he took a moribund…

9 years ago

New York State Teacher Union and Opt-Out Lobbyist Call it: Mission of Opt-Outers Isn’t Over-Testing Students But Protecting Teachers

According to NPR, Education Commissioner Mary Ellen Elia is "hoping to contain a movement that led 20 percent of students…

9 years ago

First Week of November? Time for My Annual Rant Against the NJEA Convention

If you're the parent of a New Jersey public school student, then this week marks your annual quality time bonus.…

9 years ago