Andrew Cuomo On Education

By-Yasmin Rosado and Adetola Ajibose


"I believe public education is the new civil rights battle and I support charter schools."
Andrew Cuomo 


Andrew Cuomo has formed four educational reforms principles in order to complement the $700 million of education funding New York State will receive. Cuomo's four reforms are:

1) A commitment to rigorous standards and assessments;

2) Recruiting, preparing and supporting great teachers and school principals;

3) Building instructional data systems that measure student success and inform teachers and principals how they can improve their teaching practices; and

4) Turning around struggling schools. 



We like Andrew Cuomo plans for education because it is actually trying to find a way to better the educational system. Andrew Paladino's plan to increase the amount of time spent in school is not going to improve the students performances in school. I feel that Cuomo's plan is actually taking a step toward making a reform. Extending the school year is not going to make students want to learn more. We personally feel as though the school year is already to long therefore extending the school year will not make a big difference in the graduation rate. If a student is going to fail we don't feel that extra days will make a difference. Cuomo's plan on the other hand is providing a means to tighten up and improve the system.


We believe that Andrew Cuomo has a better plan for education. Carl Paladino plans on extending the school year for all students and teachers. Although we believe that New York students will benefit from this extension, this will cause the city to lose a lot more money than what it has now. Another problem is that students will not be able to experience life outside of school if their vacation time is cut short. How will they be able to grow and learn through real life situations when their time of vacation will be cut down extremely? On the other hand, Cuomo will carefully observe teachers from all schools and take out those who will not help students do well or push them to excel in their grades. If students had a better teacher from the beginning, they would have a better chance at understanding everything they are doing in their classes for a long period of time.


"Cuomo Consideration: An Education Plan That Encourages Charter Growth, Funding Cuts." City Hall News, Providing Substantive Analysis of Policy and Politics. 12 Oct. 2010. Web. 22 Oct. 2010. <http://www.cityhallnews.com/newyork/article-1602-cuomo-consideration-an-education-plan-that-encourages-charter-growth-funding-cuts.html>.