Oh No He Didn't!
June 16, 2014By Joe Williams Poor Rubain Dorancy had no idea what he was walking into. Dorancy, a candidate for the New York State Senate, joined tens of thousands of Americans last week in noting the importance of the Vergara v. California lawsuit. Now he’s got Mike Mulgrew in his grill. To bring you up to speed
New York Times: Obama Administration Plan Seeks to Rate Teacher Training Programs
April 25, 2014By Motoko Rich The Obama administration on Friday will announce plans to develop ratings of teacher preparation programs to try to make them more accountable for their graduates’ future performance in the classroom. Teachers have long complained that training programs often do not adequately prepare candidates for the challenges of teaching children with varying needs
DFER-NY Releases Statement on AQE March
March 12, 2014DFER-NY Releases Statement on AQE March Craig Johnson, Democrats for Education Reform NY Board Chair, issued the following statement on the Alliance for Quality Education’s march today in Albany: “Contrary to what you may hear from certain special interest groups, the best way to fix our schools is not just to pour more money into
DFER-NY's Craig Johnson Comments on Common Core Recommendations by State Panel
March 11, 2014Source: New York Daily News Craig Johnson, Democrats for Education Reform NY Board Chair, issued the following statement today on the recommendations released during Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Common Core Implementation Panel: “The Common Core is essential to preparing our students for success in the high-skill economy, but it must be implemented correctly. The Common Core
DFER's Joe Williams Responds to AQE Press Release
February 25, 2014By Joe Williams The Alliance for Quality Education should declare victory in getting Governor Cuomo to increase his support for pre-K before the overzealous advocates ruin what should be a great thing for 4-year-olds statewide with their cynical overreach. AQE is acting like a teenager who makes the case to his parents for $40 for
RELEASE: DFER-NY Statement on School Board Funding Lawsuit
February 11, 2014Contact: Craig Johnson | 212.905.8325 | craig.johnson@mckennalong.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DFER-NY Statement on School Board Funding Lawsuit ALBANY, NY, February 11, 2014 – Craig Johnson, Democrats for Education Reform NY Board Chair, today issued the following statement on the school funding lawsuit filed in New York state: “New York currently spends more taxpayer dollars per
RELEASE: DFER-NY Statement on Board of Regents' Proposal to Delay Part of Common Core Implementation
February 10, 2014Contact: Craig Johnson | 212.905.8325 | craig.johnson@mckennalong.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DFER-NY Statement on Board of Regents’ Proposal to Delay Part of Common Core Implementation ALBANY, NY, February 10, 2014 – Craig Johnson, Democrats for Education Reform NY Board Chair, today issued the following statement on the Board of Regents’ proposal to delay part of the state’s
The Common Core will help our children compete
November 19, 2013By Craig Johnson, DFER New York State Director (Originally published in Newsday, November 7, 2013) Long Islanders are understandably anxious about changes in the way public school students are taught and tested. People attending community forums on the new Common Core State Standards are worried that their kids aren’t succeeding, their property values are going to
Time For Moratorium On NY Bellyaching
October 22, 2013By Joe Williams Today’s preliminary results of the new teacher evaluation system for New York State should put to rest the bogus notion that employing more sophisticated measures of classroom performance is somehow bad for teachers. Hopefully the unproductive belly-aching about linking teacher evaluations and student learning will end soon, so that our educators and
New York Daily News: Teachers Union, Foes Learn Some Hard Lessons Following NYC primary
September 16, 2013By Rachel Monahan Both sides of the education reform debate took a hit in Tuesday’s primary. The city’s mighty teachers union belly-flopped in its $2.3 million effort to elect a mayor. But the union’s foes are left with the unwelcome prospect of a Mayor de Blasio. Former city Controller Bill Thompson refuses to leave the
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