http://www.nysut.org Wed, 16 May 2012 10:47:45 EST Wed, 16 May 2012 10:47:45 EST 60 en-us http://www.nysut.org/cps/rde/xchg/nysut/hs.xsl/mediareleases_17887.htm Despite deep cuts to programs triggered by the first year of the state's property tax cap, voters gave students and their local schools their strong backing by adopting 96 percent of school budgets, New York State United Teachers reported early today.

]]> FB21D09773A24D14BF65560F0A2DC68E Wed, 16 May 2012 06:59:18 EST http://www.nysut.org/cps/rde/xchg/nysut/hs.xsl/research_17892.htm NYSUT offers the following materials on Student Learning Objectives.

]]> F4FA760B1DA8463DB31DE432396C4CBE Wed, 16 May 2012 10:35:44 EST http://www.nysut.org/cps/rde/xchg/nysut/hs.xsl/mediareleases_17877.htm NYSUT President Richard C. Iannuzzi will join hundreds of educators, parents and students from across Central New York at a rally Friday in support of the state's public education system, which has been devastated by consecutive years of deep budget cuts that have resulted in the loss of vital academic programs and tens of thousands of teaching and school-related jobs.

]]> 9EAEE4B85E574B3F9C3EA794084A16E2 Thu, 10 May 2012 12:05:10 EST http://www.nysut.org/cps/rde/xchg/nysut/hs.xsl/mediareleases_17873.htm New York State United Teachers, however, said today that deep cuts in state aid to school districts, the new tax cap and a broken state testing system threaten to undermine that high level of student achievement.

]]> AEB217D28FEA40C6A833630132C93CAD Wed, 09 May 2012 13:57:41 EST http://www.nysut.org/cps/rde/xchg/nysut/hs.xsl/15900.htm 6E5E57B55CDC482C927267105FD3F257 Mon, 07 May 2012 12:36:08 EST http://www.nysut.org/cps/rde/xchg/nysut/hs.xsl/mediareleases_17869.htm In a ruling that could finally clear the way for teachers to unionize at the for-profit Buffalo United Charter School, a state Supreme Court judge has affirmed that charter school teachers are public employees under the Taylor Law and the state Public Employment Relations Board has jurisdiction over employees' unionization efforts.

]]> 1B358F0B2CE74D588CA411F64A5FAB9A Mon, 07 May 2012 16:21:33 EST http://www.nysut.org/cps/rde/xchg/nysut/hs.xsl/research_17860.htm NYSUT's concerns about the latest round of state assessments go way beyond the pineapple question. So we've set up an online survey to get your feedback on the grade 3-8 math and English language arts (ELA) tests.

]]> 38D27DF8B8774B048D04FBD3728AED60 Fri, 04 May 2012 10:53:11 EST http://www.nysut.org/cps/rde/xchg/nysut/hs.xsl/educatorsvoice_10016.htm The theme for the next volume of NYSUT's journal of best practices in education is New York State Common Core Learning Standards.

]]> EEEA651DD0EE44299A45C8F19A0B77DC Thu, 03 May 2012 16:02:13 EST http://www.nysut.org/cps/rde/xchg/nysut/hs.xsl/educatorsvoice_17844.htm The authors contributing to this edition of Educator's Voice give us greater insight into the cycles of the teaching process, and the fundamental importance of using varied assessment practices.

]]> 91B8F8C11E0C4D838F9103AF45AAF243 Thu, 03 May 2012 16:43:20 EST http://www.nysut.org/cps/rde/xchg/nysut/hs.xsl/mediareleases_17842.htm The following letter to the editor by NYSUT General Counsel Richard E. Casagrande appeared in the Times Union Thursday, May 3, 2012.

]]> 832A2AEB0BA44C86B373F1A9687E22AB Wed, 02 May 2012 10:10:34 EST http://www.nysut.org/cps/rde/xchg/nysut/hs.xsl/ra_17822.htm With NYSUT's help, the teachers have prevailed, but their battles for a stress-free workplace continue.

]]> 6FC477BD8C5B489AACD453C04A055FE3 Tue, 01 May 2012 15:48:14 EST http://www.nysut.org/cps/rde/xchg/nysut/hs.xsl/ra_17818.htm Delegates took action in Buffalo on Saturday to finish framing the course of action for NYSUT for the next year.

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