Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo of New York has been laying the groundwork for
an aggressive education agenda as he begins his second term, signaling that he will seek several major changes that, atypically for a Democrat, will put him in direct conflict with teachers» unions.
Cuomo has been laying the groundwork for
an aggressive education agenda as he begins his second term, signaling that he will seek several major changes that, atypically for a Democrat, will put him in direct conflict with teachers» unions.
Not exact matches
In accepting this responsibility on behalf of his colleagues, Speaker Heastie has stepped forward at an incredibly important time for New York as a whole, and I look forward to working with him to enact an
aggressive agenda that ensures economic opportunity for all, improves and reforms our
education system, ensures justice in perception and in reality, and restores trust in our government.»
After proposing an
aggressive education reform
agenda that would have crippled the teachers unions, those unions revolted.
In an email, a spokeswoman for Cuomo said, «The Governor is committed to enacting an
aggressive reform
agenda to fix New York's broken
education system that spends more per pupil that any other state in the nation while condemning over 250,000 students to failing schools over the last decade.»
Cuomo on Wednesday is also expected to outline an
aggressive education reform
agenda that will include a push for more charter schools and additional funding for them, tougher teacher evaluation standards, and money for teacher incentives.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration sent the state's top
education officials a letter Thursday warning that he plans to use his influence over the budget to pursue an
aggressive legislative
agenda to fix what he calls an underperforming school system hobbled by bureaucracy.
The governor has pressed an
aggressive fiscally conservative
agenda on
education, ruffling some feathers.
For all the True Believer energy and
aggressive efforts to push an
agenda, it remains difficult to discern the impact of Edutopia, either in winning converts to its vision for public
education or changing the classroom practice of individual teachers.
In that time, he won praise for uniting
education reformers, teachers, principals and business stakeholders behind an
aggressive education reform
agenda that included opening more than 100 new schools, expanding after - school and summer learning programs, closing down underperforming schools, increasing early childhood and college access, dramatically boosting the caliber of teachers, and building public - private partnerships around a variety of
education initiatives.
Just last week, the governor of New York sent the state's top
education officials a letter warning that he plans to use his influence over the budget by pursuing an
aggressive legislative
agenda to fix an ailing school system hobbled by bureaucracy.
As one reporter noted, despite the fact that Duncan has dedicated the last few years to undermining public
education, his speech to the delegates, «steered clear of mentioning charter schools expansion, teacher evaluation, and
aggressive school turnaround — policies at the heart of the Obama administration's
agenda...»
We hope that you will pursue an
aggressive agenda to remedy the extreme and pronounced inequities of opportunity that our public
education system continues to perpetuate.