Wednesday, July 12, 2006
Spitzer Picks The Trifecta!
In an interview with the Daily News editorial board, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Eliot Spitzer comes out in favor of more charter schools, universal pre-K, and incentives for teachers to teach a low-performing schools. He says "we have to begin to think about pay-for-performance." Read the whole thing here, but here is the good stuff:
News Dudes: How would you improve the city schools, and how would you invest the money that may come as a result of the Campaign for Fiscal Equity lawsuit against the state?
Spitzer: I believe in competition, I believe in accountability, I believe in transparency. We need to see a significant infusion of money, but we have to pair it with increased charter schools, giving principals authority. We have to make sure we address the issue of universal pre-K and early literacy. We need to give teachers incentives to teach at low-performing schools. We have to begin to think about pay-for-performance.
If we don't pair the resolution of this litigation with an effort to change the delivery system, then we will have missed an opportunity.
News Dudes: Funding the schools at the level laid out in the CFE case will cost billions of dollars. Where will the money come from?
Spitzer: I put on the table an $11 billion savings plan in terms of the current state budget. This is something that Controller Alan Hevesi and I have worked over carefully. Those numbers are conservative and they are real. That pays for a property tax cut as well as what we begin to do in education. There will be no tax increase. Over four years we can get to this.
News Dudes: How would you improve the city schools, and how would you invest the money that may come as a result of the Campaign for Fiscal Equity lawsuit against the state?
Spitzer: I believe in competition, I believe in accountability, I believe in transparency. We need to see a significant infusion of money, but we have to pair it with increased charter schools, giving principals authority. We have to make sure we address the issue of universal pre-K and early literacy. We need to give teachers incentives to teach at low-performing schools. We have to begin to think about pay-for-performance.
If we don't pair the resolution of this litigation with an effort to change the delivery system, then we will have missed an opportunity.
News Dudes: Funding the schools at the level laid out in the CFE case will cost billions of dollars. Where will the money come from?
Spitzer: I put on the table an $11 billion savings plan in terms of the current state budget. This is something that Controller Alan Hevesi and I have worked over carefully. Those numbers are conservative and they are real. That pays for a property tax cut as well as what we begin to do in education. There will be no tax increase. Over four years we can get to this.
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