http://www.nysut.org Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:09:00 EST Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:09:00 EST 60 en-us http://www.nysut.org/cps/rde/xchg/nysut/hs.xsl/mediareleases_10606.htm New television and radio ads reinforce New York voters' overwhelming preference for income-based tax relief as an alternative to an arbitrary tax cap. WITH VIDEO AND AUDIO.

]]> E957BBC63FF5406698A38BF1F7E43639 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:34:24 EST http://www.nysut.org/cps/rde/xchg/nysut/hs.xsl/mediareleases_10605.htm NYSUT's new TV and radio ad campaign raises awareness of New York voters' overwhelming preference for an income-based approach to property tax relief as an alternative to an arbitrary tax cap.

]]> 2F0E69DB9E89456EB50939A637F9CCE6 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:15:40 EST http://www.nysut.org/cps/rde/xchg/nysut/hs.xsl/mediareleases_10598.htm Capital Region educators are gearing up for a unique program that is changing the way the semiconductor industry tackles the challenges of preparing middle and high school students for tomorrow's workforce.

]]> 8BEF6C9D0BE94D35A99A334AFE4F1732 Wed, 16 Jul 2008 10:45:01 EST http://www.nysut.org/cps/rde/xchg/nysut/hs.xsl/mediareleases_9409.htm Responding to the commission's recently released report, NYSUT says arbitrary tax caps would damage public education and efforts to create equity for all children. TAKE ACTION! Use our free fax service to tell leaders in Albany: 'It's our local budget.'

]]> 7DA285725A534644BAECD4EB83E3A417 Tue, 15 Jul 2008 10:43:37 EST http://www.nysut.org/cps/rde/xchg/nysut/hs.xsl/mediareleases_10597.htm NYSUT congratulates Randi Weingarten on her election as president of the American Federation of Teachers and applauds her vision of public schools as community centers offering services for needy children and their families.

]]> A73B3E06362146DF96B1E92E1EA3E136 Tue, 15 Jul 2008 15:22:38 EST http://www.nysut.org/cps/rde/xchg/nysut/hs.xsl/mediareleases_10596.htm According to a new Siena College Research Institute poll, New Yorkers favor the "circuit breaker" approach over an arbitrary property tax cap when asked to choose between the two proposals.

]]> 03B32BEE223F45778BFA568E137599D1 Mon, 14 Jul 2008 13:35:02 EST http://www.nysut.org/cps/rde/xchg/nysut/hs.xsl/mediareleases_10538.htm "When you peel back the rhetoric, the tax cap proposal is no more than a simplistic and unfair approach to a real, far-reaching and complex problem," says NYSUT President Richard C. Iannuzzi.

]]> 5078265CA6D0473988CBA61B4EE30B29 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 10:11:13 EST http://www.nysut.org/cps/rde/xchg/nysut/hs.xsl/mediareleases_10526.htm State Senate Majority Leader Joseph L. Bruno leaves an unparalleled legacy of public service, marked by an unbending commitment to public education and New York's working men and women, NYSUT said today.

]]> CA6D7730F7024652A3D4234212D879BE Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:53:58 EST http://www.nysut.org/cps/rde/xchg/nysut/hs.xsl/mediareleases_10525.htm "When you peel back the rhetoric, the tax cap proposal is no more than a simplistic and unfair approach to a real, far-reaching and complex problem," says NYSUT President Dick Iannuzzi.

]]> 2A9E30D8189247FFA3C8A74E478276FF Tue, 24 Jun 2008 10:33:47 EST http://www.nysut.org/cps/rde/xchg/nysut/hs.xsl/mediareleases_10522.htm NYSUT Monday celebrated strong improvement in test scores, led by dramatic - and, in some grades - double-digit gains among students in the Big Five school districts. NYSUT noted a proposed property tax cap would jeopardize the state's increasingly successful efforts to close the achievement gap.

]]> BF9ADC11EF094F92877C7C6BB74EED67 Mon, 23 Jun 2008 09:14:12 EST