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Albany Must Act NOW to Fix Broken Education Laws

Albany must act now to fix broken education laws as the NYS Legislature approaches the end of session. Thousands of New Yorkers call on the Senate and Assembly to bring Andrew Cuomo’s donor driven

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Commissioner Elia & NYSED Untimed Testing Policy Violates Law: Parents & Educators Demand Board of Regents Intervene

Despite efforts by NYS Commissioner of Education MaryEllen Elia and others to suppress refusal numbers, it appears that the opt out rate for the NYS Common Core ELA tests in grades 3-8 matched or surpassed last year’s figures.

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Next Fall School Districts Will Lose State Aid if Flawed Teacher Evaluation Plans That Drive More Testing Are Not in Place – ​Andrew Cuomo Refuses to Fix His Own Mistake

Despite the backlash and outcry of hundreds of thousands of parents across the state against the fatally flawed test and punish law forced into last year’s budget by the Governor, Cuomo and the Senate Majority refused to delink the financial consequences for this harsher plan in today’s budget bills.

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Calling on the Assembly & Senate to Pass Legislation to Repair Public Education

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  March 24, 2016More information contact:Lisa Rudley (917) 414-9190; nys.allies@gmail.com NYS Allies for Public Education (NYSAPE) www.nysape.org Calling on the Assembly & Senate to Pass Legislation to Repair Public Education On March 20th Assemblyman Todd Kaminsky sponsored four bills that seek to offer relief to the children of New York.  At a crowded press conference…

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NYSAPE supported Regent Candidates 2016

Link to Press Release At-Large Candidates:David Bloomfield – educator (Brooklyn) Resume & Survey Martin Brooks – educator (Long Island) Resume & Survey Manuel (Manny) Felouzis – educator (Long Island) Resume & Survey Tania Mouscardy-Johnson – educator (Long Island) Resume & Survey​Marla Kilfoyle – educator (Long Island) Resume & Survey Lisa Eggert Litvin – parent advocate…

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NYSAPE & Opt Out CNY Recommends Candidates for Two Open Seats

New York State Allies for Public Education interviewed close to two dozen Regent Candidates seeking the at-large and judicial district V (Central NY) open seats for the Board of Regents.  After careful review of the candidates’ resumes, NYSAPE candidate surveys, and personal interviews, we are supporting twelve candidates for the open at-large seat and three…

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NYSAPE’s Response to Tim Kremer, executive director of NYSSBA

January 27, 2016 Mr. Tim Kremer, Executive Director  New York State School Boards Association 24 Century Hill Drive, Suite 200 Latham, NY 12110-2125 Dear Mr. Kremer, This letter is in response to your commentary titled, “ Take yes for an answer  ,” in the January 25th edition of NYSSBA’s  On Board  . We would like…

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Two Vacant Seats on the NYS Board of Regents – Candidates Needed

Chancellor Tisch & Vice Chancellor Bottar are both stepping down from the Board of Regents, after serving on the Board for twenty years. It was during Tisch’s term as Chancellor and Bottar’s term as Vice Chancellor that the students of New York State suffered the damaging effects of the failed Regents’ Reform Agenda, which