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Author: Matt Collette

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With the ‘Castle’ Under Siege, a Bold New Plan

May 11, 2014May 13, 2014 - by Matt Collette

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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Featured / Teacher Project

The Teacher Project

April 8, 2014April 8, 2014 - by Matt Collette

Reporters in Columbia Journalism School’s education seminar profiled teachers from across the city, looking for insights into a largely misunderstood profession.

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Arts education lacking — or outright absent — in poor NYC schools

April 7, 2014 - by Matt Collette

Arts education is seriously lacking — or absent outright — in many city schools. And that shortage disproportionally affects poor and minority students.

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NY teachers vote ‘no confidence’ against state commissioner

April 7, 2014April 7, 2014 - by Matt Collette

The New York state teachers union voted “no confidence” against education commissioner John King.

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A generation later, ‘There Are No Children Here’ resonates

April 1, 2014 - by Matt Collette

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 …

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From NASA to the Bronx, a Student Teacher Learns What Works

March 30, 2014April 8, 2014 - by Matt Collette

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.

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Class Warfare Takes an About Turn

March 4, 2014March 4, 2014 - by Matt Collette

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 …

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School Report Cards Hide Real School Data

March 2, 2014March 26, 2020 - by Matt Collette

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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