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In the News
Fri, 02/17/2012
Buffalo News

By Mary B. Pasciak and Tom Precious
News Staff Reporters

Every teacher in the state soon will be evaluated under a more rigorous system designed to more closely link teacher ratings to student growth on assessments and to reliable classroom observations.

Thu, 02/02/2012
WAMC

ALBANY, NY (WAMC) - New York schools could be facing a huge financial loss if an agreement is not reached on a new evaluation system for teachers and principals. The education group, the Campaign for Achievement Now, has issued a report that says schools could lose $1.7 billion dollars over two years if the new system is not in place.

Wed, 02/01/2012
New York Times

In the news on Wednesday, the tabloids continue to have a field day with the case of a teacher who has collected his $100,000-a-year salary for a decade while assigned to “rubber room”-type duty.

The case of Alan Rosenfeld, a former typing instructor, has prompted The New York Post to look more closely at the records of the case against the teacher, who was accused by six girls in junior high school “of leering at them and making inappropriate remarks.”

Tue, 01/31/2012
Wall Street Journal

AP

ALBANY, N.Y. — As some local school districts are nearing agreements with their unions to create tougher evaluations for teachers and principals, an interest group said failure to enact the new evaluations will cost schools $1.7 billion statewide.

Tue, 01/31/2012
Daily Reporter

ALBANY, N.Y. — An analysis by a school reform group says New York school districts risk losing $1.7 billion in total state and federal aid over two years if they don't agree to teacher and principal evaluations with their unions.

The New York Campaign for Achievement Now, which has ties to the charter school movement, is scheduled to release a report Tuesday that shows New York City schools would lose $592 million in total aid over the next two years.

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The NYCAN story.

 
Over the last few years New York has reached a tipping point: building upon the foundation laid by a cadre of organizations and activists long committed to improving public schools, the Empire State has emerged as one of the most important sites for education reform in the nation. But realizing the promise of New York’s new educational landscape will require a coordinated and professional advocacy movement that spans the entire state.

Meanwhile, for several years across the border in Connecticut, ConnCAN has harnessed the tools of modern issue campaigns to build a statewide reform movement capable of securing and sustaining fundamental education reforms. Reflecting on our results, Jon Schnur, founder of executive director of New Leaders for New Schools, stated, “every state in the country should have a ConnCAN.”

Heeding Schnur’s call, in 2009 ConnCAN Chief Operating Officer Marc Porter Magee began the process of launching a new nonprofit, 50CAN: The 50 State Campaign for Achievement Now, which recruits and supports local leaders who build citizen movements in their states to ensure that every child has access to a great public school. 50CAN has four state campaigns operating in Maryland, Minnesota, New York and Rhode Island.

NYCAN launched in January 2012 with Founding Executive Director Christina Grant at its helm. The three-person team is based in Albany and supported by a growing national 50CAN staff headquartered in New York City.
 

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