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Billy Easton

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Name: Billy Easton

First reported 11 hours ago - Updated 35 mins ago - 1 reports

School budgets reflect 'never-ending' cycle

The signs that began sprouting in Niskayuna yards recently ask voters to shoot down the school budget.They are evidence that the school district has built at least some undercurrent of community hostility with its proposed 5.76 percent tax increase. It's ... [Published Times Union - 11 hours ago]

Entities: Taxes, Albany (New York, United States), Billy Easton, Rensselaer (New York, United States)

First reported May 12 2013 - Updated May 12 2013 - 1 reports

Edge of a fiscal cliff: Is future of local education in danger?

Classrooms crowded with more than 30 students.No electives or advanced placement classes.No sports or music.This is the future for some local schools if finances continue on their current trend — and it might happen sooner than later.Schools across the ... [Published Observer-Dispatch - May 12 2013]

Entities: Billy Easton, Education, Owen D. Young, Fiscal Cliff

First reported May 10 2013 - Updated May 10 2013 - 1 reports

Is Michelle Rhee Effective?

Since Michelle Rhee's first days as Washington, D.C., schools chancellor, she has evoked intense reactions. Both presidential candidates in 2008 gave her glowing praise in a debate. In the last few months, her loudest critics have called her everything ... [Published AOL Black Voices - May 10 2013]

Entities: Michelle Rhee, Billy Easton, Education, Rick Hess

First reported May 07 2013 - Updated May 07 2013 - 1 reports

Letter: N.Y. smart to invest in early education program

The Times Union's front page story on the 's annual report shows how so many states have fallen behind in their commitment to early education ("Largest drop ever for pre-K spending," April 29).We are happy to report New York took critical action this ... [Published Times Union - May 07 2013]

Entities: Education, Billy Easton, Andrew Cuomo, Nobel Laureate

First reported Apr 16 2013 - Updated Apr 16 2013 - 2 reports

NYC Rolls Out Harder Standardized Tests Today

Students across the five boroughs will begin taking new—and more challenging— standardized tests today, Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott said.The new tests adhere to national standards known as Common Core, which Walcott said will equip students with ... [Published Prospect Heights Patch - Apr 16 2013]

Entities: Billy Easton, Education, Teaching

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"Colleges look closely at the quality of the curriculum in high schools," Easton said. "when they cut advanced placement, honors or electives, students are simply less competitive."

Edge of a fiscal cliff: Is future of local education in danger? [Published Observer-Dispatch - May 12 2013]

The report also questions StudentsFirst's grassroots organizing. "they claim they're a grassroots organization, but can't get anyone to show up" Easton said. (StudentsFirst said members have sent more than 450,000 letters to 5,000 legislators across the country...

Is Michelle Rhee Effective? [Published AOL Black Voices - May 10 2013]