Day: April 18, 2016

Take Action Now

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NYSAPE
PLEASE TAKE ACTION NOW & SUPPORT SMART LEGISLATION TO FIX PUBLIC EDUCATION LAWS!
NYSAPE (New York State Allies for Public Eduction) and its allies support Assembly members Todd Kaminsky and Amy Paulin’s comprehensive legislation that will bring common sense back to NYS Education. Combined, the five bills will:
·    end over-testing and require full test transparency (A09584 – Kaminsky)
·   restore local control and repeal receivership law (A09578 – Kaminsky)
·   create needed alternative pathways to graduation for students (A09579 – Kaminsky)
·   decouple teacher/principal evaluations from test results (A09626 – Kaminsky)
·   decouple financial penalties from teacher/principal evaluation plans if not in place by this Fall & require an expert committee to develop a research-based teacher/principal evaluation plan (A09461-Paulin)
Assembly members Kaminsky & Paulin’s bills are an important start to fixing the damage done to education in New York State.
Please TAKE ACTION NOW & send a letter to your Assembly member and Senator. Demand that they support these five bills that begin to heal the trust broken by damaging education legislation and policy.
Thank you for TAKING ACTION!
NYS Allies for Public Education nysape.org

An apology to our members …

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An article was published in the April 16 issue of the R-UTN Newsletter titled MAYO CLINIC on DRINKING WATER. After publication the newsletter editors became of aware that this article was not completely based on fact. We apologize to our membership for publishing an article without first fact checking the source.

While drinking water and keeping hydrated is very important to good health, there is no evidence that a glass of water before bed can prevent heart attacks and strokes. Nor is it true that any of the information contained in the article came from the Mayo Clinic. If you would like to read more about the erroneous claims made in this article visit Water Myths Debunked on the The University of Washington website, or I Read it Online: Heart attacks & water published in the St. Louis American on February 14, 2014.