The UFT be damned. NY, CO, DE & TN have come to their educational senses. How long will it take for our little CT to follow suit?
In a huge legislative coup for Mayor Bloomberg at the statewide level (where has has not generally enjoyed great success over his first two terms), New York's two houses of the legislature have passed bills approving a hike in the number of charter schools permitted statewide.
The bills also called for other reforms, including teacher evaluations tied to student performance - similar to measures that have passed in Colorado, Delaware and Tennessee (the latter two were Race to the Top fund winners in Round One) - concepts that were not exactly favored by the teachers' union in New York.
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