Help NYS Get A Better ED Commissioner
Petition to Remove NYS ED Commissioner
Cross Post From GD
http://www.coalitionforjusticeineducation.com/
>John King has served as New York State Commissioner of Education since 2011. During his tenure, the quality of education in NY has continued to decline; particularly in poor and rural districts. The Commissioner’s solutions rely upon blindly accepting NCLB, RTTT and Common Core policies and implementing more high-stakes, standardized testing for evaluation of students and teachers, implementation of an untested national curriculum, undemocratic corporate management strategies for operating schools, more privatization of schools and insistence that poverty-related conditions are not an excuse for low student achievement.>
Basically he's inexperienced, unqualified and a tool of the $$$$ privatization of public ed movement. Recently imposed a "bust the union" eval system to get rid of senior teachers.
Bad guy, straight out of central casting. It's a no-brainer, and so is HE.
If you're worried about your name showing on line, choose the link that keeps it hidden. ( I'd certainly recommend this option for teachers who wish to keep working in NYS.)
Talk about NSC whistleblowers needing protection. Hah.