Not exact matches
Interestingly enough, the governor pivoted from
opposing any
changes to his teacher
evaluation law to suggesting there may be tweaks in store during the post-budget session in order to accommodate Common Core implementation concerns.
«It's trying to confuse people, but it doesn't substantially
change anything,» said Diane Venezia Livingston, a mother of three and founder of Port Washington Advocacy for Public Education, a group that
opposes tying test scores to teacher
evaluations.
Education policy issues are due to dominate the legislative session once again next year after lawmakers and Cuomo agreed to
changes in the state's teacher
evaluation the state's teachers unions deeply
opposed in part due to the weakening of tenure and making it harder to obtain.
A spokesman said on Friday that Mr. Silver also
opposed making
changes to the state's teacher
evaluation system that would increase the weight of state tests, and
opposed increasing the probationary period for teachers to five years from three, as the chancellor of the State Board of Regents, Merryl H. Tisch, proposed in a recent letter to the governor's office.
A spokesman said on Friday that Mr. Silver also
opposed making
changes to the state's teacher
evaluation system that would increase the weight of state tests, and
opposed increasing the probationary period for teachers to five years from three, as the chancellor of the State Board of Regents, Merryl H. Tisch, proposed in a recent letter to the governor's office.
The group advocates for
changes to the education system that are
opposed by teachers unions, including tenure reform and teacher
evaluations.