Gov. Cuomo issues 'LIFO' Sentence (Albany, Rush: layoffs, schools, law)

[Pequaman]

ALBANY Last Updated: 12:51 AM, March 2, 2011
Posted: 12:45 AM, March 2, 2011
-- Gov. Cuomo dramatically waded into the explosive "last in, first out" tenure fight last night with a compromise plan to ax bad teachers --Cuomo's bill would speed up statewide teacher-evaluation standards being drafted by the Board of Regents and allow the mayor and school administrators to consider merit before deciding who stays or goes.
"This will help make a statewide evaluation system ready and allow us to replace 'last in, first out,' " Cuomo said.


Read more: Gov. Cuomo offers his own bill replacing the "last in/first out" rules to use merit when deciding what teachers to lay off - NYPOST.com

[nassau2suffolk]

Of course Bloomberg is unhappy with the proposal. Doesn't everyone already know that he is the "KING" of NYC and likes to rule by decree?

[LIPumpkin]

Rushed evaluations and statutes are always a good idea...

[snad5393]

Agreed- while nobody wants to keep a bad teacher or a bad anyone else, creating a permanent piece of legislation and ramming it through to deal with a one time situation is not right. Bloomberg does not want the people who he hired to work in his charter schools to be the ones to get the ax. I get that, but changing the rules to suit your needs is not right. In the end we all know he will "find" the money in the budget and most will end up staying. The threats of mass layoffs are just that.

[LINative]

Originally Posted by nassau2suffolk

Of course Bloomberg is unhappy with the proposal. Doesn't everyone already know that he is the "KING" of NYC and likes to rule by decree?

I am sort of divded on this issue.

Both the NY Daily News and the NY Post had Editorials today supporting Bloomberg's postion, not the Governor's.

Why? Because the City is going to have to lay off alot of newer and younger teachers this year. Some city schools are going to loose alot of their teachers all at the same time. The city does not have time to wait a year or two for the slowest State Legislature on Earth to pass reforms that should have been passed years ago.

But like I said, I am divided on this issue. One reason they have this law in the first place is to stop teachers being fired because of office politics and to stop abuses by Principals.