No deal!
Teachers' union boss Mike Mulgrew said today there will be no deal on a new teacher evaluation system with the city before tonight’s midnight deadline – meaning the city stands to lose more than $250 million in state aid.
Not surprisingly, Mulgrew pointed fingers at City Hall for the breakdown in talks that have been going on for nearly a year.
“I am sorry to announce that I have notified Gov. Cuomo and other state officials that — despite long nights of negotiation and a willingness on the part of teachers to meet the DOE halfway — the intransigence of the Bloomberg administration on key issues has made it impossible to reach agreement on a new teacher evaluation system, “ Mulgrew said in a statement.
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Mike Mulgrew at the Democratic National Convention in September.
Mulgrew suggested the two sides were close to an agreement last night and accused Bloomberg of blowing up the deal.
The mayor is holding a 2:30 p.m. news conference to respond to Mulgrew’s salvo. The union will follow suit with a 3 p.m. presser.
The stalemate came hours after Cuomo warned City Hall and the union that they would “forfeit” additional state aid if they failed to come to an agreement that passes Albany’s muster.
Despite the blowout, sources familiar with the negotiations did not rule out the possibility of an 11th-hour accord later tonight.
The new evaluation system for the first time would rate teachers in part by how their students perform on standardized tests.
Today's stalement on teacher evaluations is a double-whammy to the city which is grappling with the second day of a massive school bus strike.
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