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Conceding that “evidence of failure is everywhere”, Governor Cuomo recently announced his fifteen member 2015 Common Core Commission convened to “review and reform” the common core.
Welcome to the 2015 season featuring Cuomo’s Triple C: Common Core Commission. This year’s reality TV episode of public education policy theater stars:
- Richard Parsons, Senior Advisor, Providence Equity Partners Inc. and Chairman of the Board, Citigroup Inc. (Chair of the Task Force)
- Heather Buskirk , Mohawk Valley Master Teacher and Science Teacher at Johnstown High School
- Geoffrey Canada, President, Harlem Children’s Zone
- Carol Conklin-Spillane, Principal of Sleepy Hollow High School
- MaryEllen Elia, Commissioner of the New York State Education Department
- Constance Evelyn, Superintendent of the Valley Stream School District
- Catalina Fortino, Vice President of the New York State United Teachers
- Kishayna Hazlewood, 3rd Grade Teacher at P.S. 156 in Brooklyn
- Tim Kremer, Executive Director…
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