Education Reporting in NYC
Eva Moskowitz, network founder and CEO, said the decision runs counter to New York state charter law, which she said encourages the weighted lottery for English language learners.
Read MoreA Bronx Charter School for Better Learning proposal to open a second school inside J.H.S. 144 on Gunther Avenue next fall faced no public resistance Feb. 9.
Read MoreOn Feb. 6 the Uncommon Schools network’s board of directors examined graduates’ college completion rates and set out to boost teacher retention rates across the network’s schools.
Read MoreKIPP Board members voted to begin discussing consolidating two of their schools under the same charter umbrella
Read More
Under the recommendation of Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña, panel members voted to table four co-location issues.
Read More
Tensions over space are still running high in some city school buildings. In public hearings last week Bedford-Stuyvesant Success Academy charter parents openly clashed with those in three district schools. And a new charter proposed for a Mott Haven public school caused protests.
Published at ChalkbeatNY.
Read More
A young teen who struggled to cope with the pressures of a large, competitive high school found the support she needed in the alternative City-As-School high school.
Read More
Edwards has gone to seven different schools since the 7th grade. Now, the 19-year-old transfer student has finally found her comfort zone, and is one Regents exam away from a diploma.
Read More
College enrollment for blacks and Hispanics has risen over the last decade, but not enough to close the race gap. One organization in New York City aims to increase those odds.
Read More
Thursday is always vegetarian, and sometimes vegan, in the cafeteria at Public School 244 in Queens, the nation’s first non-charter public school to serve only vegetarian meals.
Read More