Parents and Advocates Protest Governor's School Cuts

The governor’s budget proposal would slash $1.4 billion in funding from schools and stretch the original four-year CFE phase-in to ten years. This cut is the biggest cut proposal to education in the history of the state of New York. These cuts come on top of the state’s failure to deliver any of the promised CFE funding for the current year.

Ed Voters Testifies on Budget

Education Voters of New York Executive Director Glynda Carr testified at the Joint Legislative Public Hearings regarding Governor Paterson's proposed budget:

"Instead of getting us back on track to educational equity and excellence, the governor’s proposed budget would unconscionably cut education funding by 5%, the largest school-aid cut in two decades..."

Broken pencils used to protest Paterson education cuts

Advocates dumped thousands of broken pencils during a press conference in Albany's Legislative Office Building on Wednesday in a protest over Governor Paterson's plan to cut more than a billion dollars from education in next year's budget. The demonstrators said the damaged pencils symbolize the broken promises to children.

Ed Voters' Neighborhood Dialogues Gaining Attention

A New York non-profit whose political action committee supports critics of mayoral control is making its debut into city education politics...

The effort kicks off... with two “neighborhood dialogue” meetings in Brooklyn and Queens, said Glynda Carr, executive director of Education Voters of New York, a three-year old branch of the national Education Voters of America.