{"id":5292,"date":"2012-01-06T08:27:15","date_gmt":"2012-01-06T13:27:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/?p=5292"},"modified":"2012-01-09T08:59:48","modified_gmt":"2012-01-09T13:59:48","slug":"morning-read-local-school-chief-chides-cuomo-for-education-hubris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/2012\/01\/06\/morning-read-local-school-chief-chides-cuomo-for-education-hubris\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning Read: Local school chief chides Cuomo for education hubris"},"content":{"rendered":"

As Karen DeWitt reports this morning for NCPR<\/a>, Governor Andrew Cuomo is taking on the state’s public education system, calling for a more kid-focused approach.<\/p>\n

Cuomo set up a potential fight with the education establishment during an otherwise mostly congenial State of the State speech, when he chided them for what he says is putting their own interests before those of school children.<\/p>\n

He told the crowd that superintendents, principles, teachers, and janitors have their own lobbyists.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven the bus drivers have lobbyists,\u201d said Cuomo. \u201cThe only group without lobbyists are the students.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But not everyone appreciated the governor’s claim that he would serve as the chief advocate for New York school kids.<\/p>\n

The President of the teachers unions does take issue with Cuomo\u2019s claim that the governor is the only true lobbyist for the school children.<\/p>\n

\u201cStudents have lobbyists in their parents, they have lobbyists in terms of their teachers who see them every day,\u201d said [Richard] Iannuzzi. \u201cAnd they could use a lobbyist in government, so we welcome the governor to join us.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Tupper Lake school superintendent Seth McGowan went a step farther, according to the Plattsburgh Press Republican<\/a>, chiding the governor for his hubris on the issue.<\/p>\n

Seth McGowan, who heads Tupper Lake Central School District, was insulted by that part of the State of the State address on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

“What gives him the credentials to be a lobbyist for the kids?” McGowan told the Press-Republican. “Does he have any experience or knowledge of public education in New York state? He has no knowledge for understanding how schools work.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So what do you think?\u00a0 Is Cuomo’s aggressive stance on public school reform welcome — or his rhetoric counterproductive?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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