Articles of Interest

Reading list:

POLITICO New York's Bill Mahoney in a four-part epic series, delves into the constitutional convention of 1967, the most-recent one held in New York. Parts one and two are available here:

Part one provides background on what necessitated the convention.

Part two looks at how delegates operated.

Rockefeller Institute of Government President's Note: August 2017

Here are three articles from NYSSBA's 9/27/17 Eclips worth checking out!

https://www.usnews.com/opinion/knowledge-bank/articles/2017-09-26/the-problem-with-worrying-that-us-schools-face-an-education-funding-crisis

http://www.rockinst.org/nys_concon2017/pdf/2017_09_106_Issues_Final.pdf

Report from Education Week:

http://www.edweek.org/ew/collections/schools-and-future-of-work/index.html

NY TEACHERS WANTED:

ALBANY -- New York has nearly 8,600 fewer active educators than it did five years ago, and the number of SUNY students majoring in education has dropped 50 percent since 2007, fueling fears of a looming teacher shortage across the state.

Check out this story on pressconnects.com: http://press.sn/2xOJrwb

The effects of teacher effectiveness on student achievement

Rodney George and Bob DeBruycker Awarded 2017 Al Hawk Award

http://www.gvpennysaver.com/my_hometown/hometown_stories/current_events/rodney-george-and-bob-debruycker-awarded-al-hawk-award/article_33a5852c-8c0a-11e7-8dd1-9f71d46f8b52.html

Four County School Boards Association