New York Daily News Editorial Board
“Two of the city’s worst-performing schools are on track to get a desperately needed infusion of fresh teaching talent.
Give credit to Mayor de Blasio, Chancellor Carmen Fariña and leaders at Automotive and Boys and Girls high schools for taking a crucially important step forward.”
By Maggie Haberman
The New York Times
“An education-focused news outlet run by the journalist-turned-advocate Campbell Brown plans to host presidential forums for both parties, with the first one held in New Hampshire.
The Seventy Four, a site recently created by Ms. Brown, a former CNN anchor who supports charter schools and overhauling the education system, will host the forums with the American Federation for Children, she said.”
By Aaron Short
New York Post
“New York City high school graduates who enroll at CUNY often aren’t ready for college, according to data showing the rising number of freshmen in need of remedial help.
An astonishing 78.3 percent of CUNY community college students who graduated from city high schools in 2014 enrolled in remedial courses this past school year, up from 77.6 percent the year before.”
By Geoffrey Canada
New York Daily News
“In the 1960s, when I was a young boy growing up in the South Bronx, the poorest Congressional District in the United States, children around me were being lost to gangs, crime, drugs and lousy schools.
I, though, was sustained by a dream. My mother, a single woman, and my grandparents convinced me that if I went to school, worked hard and graduated from college, I could get out of the neighborhood, get a good job and live a “good life.””
By Post Editorial Board
“Teachers-union boss Mike Mulgrew admitted a while back that he’d “gummed up the works” to block a new rating system meant to get rid of lousy teachers.
This time, the state Board of Regents did the job for him.
Nudged by Gov. Cuomo, lawmakers this year told the board to devise another system, after Mulgrew & Co. made sure the previous go-rounds failed. The plan was to go into effect by Nov. 15.”
Jon Campbell, Gannett Albany Bureau
“ALBANY, N.Y. — Education policy is big business for lobbyists in New York state.
Various education interests have spent at least $124 million trying to influence lawmakers, officials and the general public at the state and local level since the start of 2006, including a record of at least $16 million last year, according to a review of state records by Gannett’s Albany Bureau.”
Newsday Editorial Board
“With less than a week left in the state’s legislative session, trying to analyze how the big issues will play out is like trying to nail Jell-O to the wall — particularly on teacher evaluations.”
By Geoff Decker
Chalkbeat New York
“Schools serving the largest shares of poor and nonwhite students in New York state are more likely to be staffed with teachers who have no experience, have little expertise in the subjects they teach, and who earned lower ratings than those serving whiter and more affluent students, according to a new report from the state.”
By Rebecca Klein
The Huffington Post
“States around the country can’t agree on what job protections teachers should be granted. Some states allow teachers to obtain tenure — a tool that typically grants educators due-process rights — or other similar job protections after only two years on the job, while others force teachers to work up to five years first. Similarly, while some states hold that teachers without tenure should be the first to go in cases of layoffs, others prohibit tenure from being a factor.”