With the ‘Castle’ Under Siege, a Bold New Plan
Principal Santi Taveras has a bold plan to turn around the failing DeWitt Clinton High School. But is he too late?
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The Teacher Project
Reporters in Columbia Journalism School’s education seminar profiled teachers from across the city, looking for insights into a largely misunderstood profession.
Read MoreArts education lacking — or outright absent — in poor NYC schools
Arts education is seriously lacking — or absent outright — in many city schools. And that shortage disproportionally affects poor and minority students.
Read MoreNY teachers vote ‘no confidence’ against state commissioner
The New York state teachers union voted “no confidence” against education commissioner John King.
Read MoreA generation later, ‘There Are No Children Here’ resonates
Reporter Alex Kotlowitz spent about two years in one of Chicago’s worst public housing complexes, the Henry Horner Houses, the kind of place where a teenager had almost the same …
Read MoreFrom NASA to the Bronx, a Student Teacher Learns What Works
Tim Hatlee, a student teacher at DeWitt Clinton High School in the Bronx, used to work at NASA. Now he’s getting his master’s in education through a program called Math for America.
Read MoreClass Warfare Takes an About Turn
Steven Brill’s book “Class Warfare looks at education reform over the last decade, focusing largely on school administrators, activists, and charter schools that take a “break some china” approach to …
Read MoreSchool Report Cards Hide Real School Data
During his campaign for mayor, Bill de Blasio called for an end to the letter grades the city gives to each public school in New York. He called them “blunt …
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