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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 movement is growing.

 

There is growing consensus about the reforms needed to provide a great education for every American student. What’s missing is the vehicle to turn those reforms into law where most education policy is made: America’s 50 state capitals.

Over the last several years, the team at CONNCAN: THE CONNECTICUT COALITION FOR ACHIEVEMENT NOW pioneered just that vehicle: a world-class, state-based advocacy campaign for greater choice, flexibility and accountability in our public schools. Our breakthrough success in Connecticut is the inspiration for a new nonprofit organization to bring this model across the United States. It’s called 50CAN: THE 50-STATE CAMPAIGN FOR ACHIEVEMENT NOW, a nonprofit advocacy organization that 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 is led by President & Founder Marc Porter Magee, and is built on ConnCAN’s groundbreaking accomplishments in his six years as its chief operating officer. 50CAN operates campaigns in Rhode Island, Minnesota, New York and Maryland. We aim to launch 12 state campaigns by 2013 and reach half of the country by 2015.

 

 

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