Andrew Cuomo’s pandering to the vile teachers – Latest News
Even in a state filled with shameless politicians, ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo has long stood out — however his gyrations in wooing the United Federation of Teachers as he runs for mayor are nonetheless a marvel to behold.
To be clear: We’ve long had the impression that Cuomo privately despises New York’s teachers unions, whether or not on personal grounds or (conceivably!) the principled objections we share; it’s one of his most tasty qualities.
And he took on all the state’s teachers unions early in his first back time period as governor, first by championing constitution faculties towards an assault by then-Mayor Bill de Blasio after which by pushing for a rigorous-sounding statewide public-schoolteacher-evaluation course of — a drive for which he declared himself “the students’ lobbyist.”
The unions hate charters, however noticed the evaluations as an existential menace, since the level of them was to get incompetent teachers fired; they fought back, and beat him soundly.
But now the UFT may derail his comeback run, so Cuomo’s determined to bounce if he even thinks the union would possibly’ve stated “frog!”
At a cozy sitdown with UFT boss Michael Mulgrew and union activists final weekend, the ex-gov attacked his own previous help for instructor evaluations and disowned the money-saving “Tier 6” public pension reforms he pushed by means of as gov.
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He’s not but trash-talking charters, however he’s getting nearer.
Notably, the 25-point training plan he dropped Monday may’ve been ghostwritten by a UFT stalwart.
It even buries his help for mayoral control of the metropolis faculties (which the union mislikes) at level No. 15, simply above his remaining help of charters at No. 16 — which it buried beneath the heading “Support Diverse High Impact School Models.”
Everything in the “plan” was both a boilerplate coverage retread or an merchandise off the UFT’s wish-list; it had not a point out of turning round failing faculties, raising math and studying scores or hunting down incompetent educators.
Nothing about restoring educational rigor, increasing Gifted & Talented packages or addressing special-education companies.
Fine: Andrew Cuomo is notorious for breaking his guarantees once they no longer swimsuit his fast wants; his sellout to the union now doesn’t imply he wouldn’t sometime defy the union, maybe even to the benefit of metropolis schoolchildren.
But that doesn’t make his transformation from “students’ lobbyist” to UFT lap canine any much less pathetic.
