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NYSUT on state tests: 'It's time to hold the Commissioner and the Regents accountable' 22 Apr 2013 | 07:42 pm
Accountability runs both ways. It's time to hold the Commissioner and the Regents accountable.
Iannuzzi: Over-testing a communitywide concern 20 Apr 2013 | 01:17 am
“Rome stands for the hardships that many other parts of the state are struggling through but, at the same time, it stands for the promise for the future of New York state,” Iannuzzi told several dozen...
Members from central New York turn up the heat on high-stakes testing 18 Apr 2013 | 05:47 pm
A flood of arriving NYSUT members created a brief bottleneck inside the door of Cicero-North Syracuse High School as unionists from a six-county area lined up to sign in for the "Tell It Like It Is" ...
Southern Tier teachers tell of devastating impact of tests 18 Apr 2013 | 09:40 am
Two days into the first week of state testing, teachers from 10 counties turned out in full force for a NYSUT "Tell It Like It Is" town hall event that brought NYSUT President Dick Iannuzzi and Vice P...
Delegates resoundingly pass resolution on state tests 14 Apr 2013 | 08:36 am
NYSUT delegates - to a hearty round of applause - adopted a resolution Friday that assails the unfairness surrounding the state's use of this year's standardized testing based on the Common Core Learn...
Delegates question Commissioner King on tests 14 Apr 2013 | 08:35 am
Delegates were tough, yet respectful, as they asked State Education Commissioner John King a series of questions about why his department is overemphasizing standardized tests and moving so fast on Co...
Delegates defend Downstate Medical Center, take action on a wide range of resolutions 14 Apr 2013 | 08:33 am
NYSUT was urged Friday to turn up the heat on its already-aggressive campaign to keep SUNY Downstate Medical Center a fully operating state-run hospital and beat back any effort to privatize the facil...
Neira: Time to ratchet up our collective voice 14 Apr 2013 | 08:27 am
In a fiery call to action, NYSUT Vice President Maria Neira repeatedly brought delegates to their feet, sayling it's time for us to take our frustration and anger to the streets.
Pallotta: Union made difference on Election Day 14 Apr 2013 | 07:43 am
NYSUT's ability to productively channel anger over state budget cutbacks allowed union voters to make election history last November. "Most of our progressive candidates were told they would lose," NY...
Brooklyn students win grand prize in Speak Truth to Power video contest 13 Apr 2013 | 11:44 pm
Students at the Young Women's Leadership School of Brooklyn were chosen grand prize winners in the Speak Truth to Power student video contest sponsored by NYSUT and the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Ju...
