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Mon, 04/02/2012
Getting Smart

By Tom Vander Ark

Every U.S. student should have a chance to earn college credit in high school. Even with online learning, we still haven’t reached the point of universal access to a great college prep track with college credit options. That’s why David Haglund is pushing the Students Bill of Rights in California. It’s why Christina Grant is pushing early college in New York.

Wed, 03/07/2012
The Times Union

By Scott Waldman

ALBANY — The charter school movement in Albany received $3 million from the Walton Family Foundation last year.

On Wednesday, the charitable arm of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. released the list of organizations that received the $159 million it invested in education reform in 2011. The $3.01 million Albany-based organizations received was a 27 percent increase over 2010.

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.”

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Christina Grant NYCAN

As a teacher in New York, I sold my kids a dream. I told them that if they worked hard and played nice that this education thing would work out for them. That they could go to college and achieve the American Dream.

But we all know that this dream is a fantasy for too many of New York's kids. Our system is failing them.

That’s why I am so proud today to announce the official launch of NYCAN: The New York Campaign for Achievement Now. NYCAN is our statewide effort to reclaim the American dream for New York’s children.

Despite graduating second in my class at Hempstead High School on Long Island, when I started at nearby Hofstra University I was told I could not write at the college level. If it hadn’t been for a few professors who worked tirelessly to fill the gaps in my knowledge, I would have been another college dropout.

NYCAN was created for the children who aren’t as lucky as I was. We are building a movement of New Yorkers with the political will to create the change we need in our public schools. Our inaugural legislative campaign, The Empire State Strikes Back, will bring New Yorkers together to push for three commonsense reforms to do just that.

Change is hard. Fundamental change only happens in those rare moments when the public demands that our public officials take the risks necessary to push past the stiff resistance of the status quo.

You can take the first steps to strike back against the status quo today:

There’s no excuse for a child not to learn in this state. There’s just not. With your help we will give all New York children access to a great public school. And great schools will change everything: our community, our economy, the hopes and dreams of our children. Please join me.
 

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