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New York Parents and Educators Call for Independent Investigation of Cuomo: by Diane Ravitch

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New Yorkers Call for an Immediate Independent Investigation of Governor Cuomo
for Unconstitutional Interference in Education Policy &
Violations of NY State Public Officer Ethics Law
Governor Andrew Cuomo will address New Yorkers today in his State of the State address which will reveal his education reform agenda -- an unconstitutional attempt to seize power and interfere with education policy in New York State. Cuomo has made it clear his agenda, and that of his backers, is to assume control of education in New York, going so far as to call local control of democratically governed schools a "monopoly" that must be broken up. For over two hundred years, the New York State Constitution has ensured a very healthy separation of powers. In New York, a governor controls the majority of state agencies, and as a check and balance, requires the Senate to approve any leaders the governor ...
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I began teaching in 1963,; Ba and BS in Education -Brooklyn College. I have the equivalent of 2 additional Master's, mainly in Literacy Studies and Graphic Design. I was the only seventh grade teacher of English from 1990 -1999 at East Side (more...)
 

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