New UFT website details Cuomo’s school-funding shortfalls
The teachers union and its allies unveiled a new website Thursday to show how much Gov. Cuomo is “shortchanging” each city school. The site is called HowMuchNYSrobbed.nyc. The UFT —...
View ArticleUFT-founded charter school closing for poor performance
A long-struggling K-8 charter school founded by the teachers union to prove that its work contract doesn’t impede student success will close in June, after failing to meet academic benchmarks....
View ArticleParent advocate: put an end to unions holding students hostage
My heart was in Albany yesterday, with the thousands of students and parents demanding an end to the system that condemns New York City students, mostly poor and minority, to...
View ArticleA ‘special’ relationship
Among the most vital reforms pushed by Gov. Cuomo is his bid to raise the state’s cap on charter schools from 460 to 560. The United Federation of Teachers wants...
View ArticleUFT president says schools will ‘suffer’ thanks to Cuomo’s testing
UFT boss Michael Mulgrew escalated the war over teacher evaluations Thursday, threatening that Gov. Cuomo will “rue the day” he proposed using student test scores to account for 50 percent...
View ArticleWhy parents are suing to end school failure
Why are we at NYC Parents Union still suing to force education reform across New York, when Gov. Cuomo is pushing hard toward the same goal? Several people have asked...
View ArticleBetting their hedges
In New York and nationwide, teachers unions and their pawns have declared war on the hedge-fund honchos who provide crucial help to charter schools — that is, to the public...
View ArticleA new low for New York’s teacher-evaluation farce
New York’s teacher-evaluation farce hit a new low this week: Merryl Tisch, head of the state Board of Regents, on Wednesday kicked the can another year down the road. The...
View ArticleLawmakers question motives behind charter school rejections
The state Education Department’s decision to reject all 15 applications for new charter schools has astonished lawmakers — even some who are allies of charter foes. Assemblywoman Cathy Nolan...
View ArticleThe unions Assembly Democrats refuse to hear
Here’s a rarity for New York: Assembly Democrats are standing firm against dozens of labor groups by blocking a bill that would help the union members’ kids. The bill would...
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