[Advocacy Advisors] Fwd: Update on lousy court decision, Governor and the Regents on the Common Core

[James Salsman]

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From: "Class Size Matters" <info at classsizematters.org>
Date: Feb 12, 2014 5:05 AM
Subject: Update on lousy court decision, Governor and the Regents on the
Common Core

> Dear folks,
>
> 1.  Justice was denied late Friday afternoon as Judge Breslin of the NY
Supreme Court’s dismissed the lawsuit to prevent NYSED from uploading
personal student data to inBloom.  Yet is was a very weak decision as the
judge did not explain how the state’s disclosure of students’ data to
inBloom was either necessary nor specifically authorized by law, as
required by the state’s Personal Privacy Protection Law.  To read more
about this disappointing decision and what is on the horizon, check out our
blog.
>
> In the meantime, please do not forget to remind your state senators to
co-sponsor Senate Bill S.5932 (unanimously passed by the Assembly last
session as A.6059A) which would put strict limits on the state’s ability to
share personal information with third parties and prohibit any vendor from
re-disclosing such information to third parties without parental consent
(as inBloom intends to do).  You can get their contact information here.
>
> 2.  Also on Friday, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced his appointments for
a Common Core Commission, to review issues and problems related to the
standards, curriculum and testing.  Unfortunately, many of the individuals
who were appointed had previously expressed strong support for the status
quo, and included several whose organizations have received funding from
the Gates Foundation, which paid for the development of the standards and
is pushing them hard. See the New York State Allies for Public Education’s
press release for more on this issue.
>
> Yesterday, the Regents released 19 recommendations concerning the Common
Core that were accurately described by WNYC as “tepid” and minor “tweaks.”
See the NYSAPE press release and this blog post for more.   This only
reinforces the need for new blood on the Regents; interviews with the
applicants were held last Tuesday and today. We will be asking you to weigh
in with your legislators on this critical issues soon about these
appointments, stay tuned.
>
> 3.  If you have not already, please sign and share our petition to
Chancellor Fariña, her staff, and the Panel for Education Policy to reverse
the many school co-location proposals pushed through during the last three
months of the Bloomberg administration.  These co-locations would cause
more overcrowding in school buildings, and would take away the critical
space that children need to receive a quality education. The petition can
be found by clicking here.
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Leonie Haimson
> Executive Director
> Class Size Matters
> 124 Waverly Pl.
> New York, NY 10011
> 212-674-7320
>
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