Today in Albany I’ll be monitoring legislative testimony on elementary and secondary education. I’ll tweet and blog if possible (all depends on the Internet connection and power availability). This is a joint Senate and Assembly hearing: officially, it’s called the “Senate Finance Committee and the Assembly Ways and Means Committee on the Education Budget for [...]

UPDATE: Capital Tonight: Assembly Told To Prepare For Three-Day Session The Wall Street Journal is reporting today that Gov. Cuomo and legislative leaders are discussing the possibility of a special session this month to “approve an economic package that may include new taxes on the wealthy.” Lawmakers are currently scheduled to return to Albany in [...]

Here’s a great dissection from Robert Reich about the lies the American public is being told about public workers. But isn’t it curious that when it comes to sacrifice, Republicans don’t include the richest people in America? To the contrary, they insist the rich should sacrifice even less, enjoying even larger tax cuts that expand [...]

NYSUT’s higher education leaders Tuesday cast the plight of New York’s public colleges and universities in terms usually reserved for natural disasters as they described the effects of years of systematic budget cuts on SUNY, CUNY and the community colleges.

Marc Pekowsky of the Yonkers Federation of Teacher posted this video to the NYSUT United Facebook page. I’ll let him explain in his own words. If you would like to see something truly heartwarming and a prime example of why we teach, check out this Youtube video to see a little girl’s wonderful tribute to [...]