Cooperstown Faculty Association
Asks Regents' Chair Tisch To Quit
COOPERSTOWN – The Cooperstown Faculty Association has passed a resolution calling for the resignation of Merryl Tisch, chancellor of the state Board of Regents, who has been an ally of Governor Cuomo in tightening teacher and school evaluations.
“During her tenure,” reads a resolution that was passed on Monday, “the perception of the quality of education in New York State has been disparaged by the public comments and choices the Chancellor has made.”
If Tisch does not resign, the resolution states, the state Senate and Assembly should “immediately initiate (her) termination.”
Tisch and Cuomo are allied on three issues that led to two packed forums locally in the past week – one, at the CCS board meeting Wednesday, March 4; the second, an Opt Out CNY presentation Sunday the 8th at Village Hall.
One issue would shift teacher evaluations so that 50 percent or over of the score would be taken out of local hands; two, that teachers whose students falter in Common Core testing two years in a row lose their jobs; and, three, that schools that fail to meet Common Core standards may be taken over by the state.
THE FULL TEXT OF THE CFA RESOLUTION FOLLOWS