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Educators fume over Cuomo plan to tie aid to annual teacher evaluations

A teacher addresses her class at Cottage Lane

Photo credit: John Meore | A teacher addresses her class at Cottage Lane Elementary School in Blauvelt. (Sept. 4, 2012)

Hudson Valley school leaders are bristling over a proposal by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo to link state aid increases to teacher evaluations on a permanent basis and to require annual certifications of plans for evaluations.

With aid increases hanging in the balance, nearly every school district in the state agreed on teacher evaluation plans by the Jan. 17 deadline. Cuomo wants to make sure that...

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