Angry over recent school funding decisions by the state supreme court (an ongoing theme), a state senator had proposed reducing the 9 member court down to 5 by drawing straws in 2013 and down to 7 by attrition in 2014. (gaveltogavel.us)
Cuomo said former Gov. Eliot Spitzer put an «outrageously high number on the table» to settle the CFE school funding decision. (nystateofpolitics.com)
I agree with what Diane Ravitch has to say about the wrong - headedness of organizing the public school experience around testing, as well as the inappropriateness of basing school funding decisions and teacher firings on test results. (saturdayeveningpost.com)