Posted on 13 February 2016. Tags: charter schools, New York City, NYC, Success Academy, video
To be updated throughout the weekend: a roundup of reports and commentary around the web about the Success Academy video leaked by the New York Times this week. Here’s the original New York Times post from Friday, February 12, 2016: At Success Academy School, a Stumble in Math and a Teacher’s Anger on Video Additional reports […]
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Posted in School Wire
Posted on 25 April 2015. Tags: charter schools, college, first generation, graduation gap, through college
Low-income students might face greater challenges adjusting to college than their more affluent peers, so some charter networks are paying attention to their high school graduates through college.
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Posted in Featured, Sub-Featured, Uncategorized
Posted on 12 February 2015. Tags: charter schools, KIPP Academy, KIPP NYC
KIPP Board members voted to begin discussing consolidating two of their schools under the same charter umbrella
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Posted in Charter Schools News, Meetings, News, Sub-Featured
Posted on 30 January 2015. Tags: Bill de Blasio, Carmen Fariña, charter schools, education, New York City, PEP, Success Academy, Success Academy Network, young women's leadership school
Under the recommendation of Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña, panel members voted to table four co-location issues.
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Posted in Citywide PEP, Featured, News, Sub-Featured
Posted on 13 May 2014. Tags: Brooklyn, Brownsville, charter schools, charters, Kings Collegiate Charter School, Middle School for Art and Philosophy, New York state exams, public school, Regents
Neil J. McNeill Jr., principal of the Middle School for Art and Philosophy in Brooklyn, is on a mission to find out why charter schools are so successful.
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Posted on 28 April 2014. Tags: charter schools, DOE, Eva Moskowitz, Mayor de Blasio, Success Academy
Mayor Bill de Blasio has made good on his pledge to find new homes for three Success Academy charter schools he blocked in February from co-locating with existing public schools.
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Posted on 28 April 2014. Tags: Camp Philos, charter schools, education, Education Reform Now, Governor Cuomo, school reform, teachers unions
Some parents and teachers are complaining they’re being shut out of attending an upcoming conference on education reform. Gov. Andrew Cuomo is listed as the honorary sponsor of “Camp Philos, a philosopher’s camp on education reform,” planned for May 4-6 in Lake Placid. The event is being put on by Education Reform Now, a Washington, […]
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Posted on 10 March 2014. Tags: Bill de Blasio, charter schools, Success Academy
Last week, Mayor Bill de Blasio cancelled plans for three new charter schools to use rent-free space in public schools for next year. De Blasio did campaign on the promise to charge rent for charter schools that shared space with public schools. His decision last week left most of the 49 other charter contracts untouched, […]
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Posted in Op-Ed
Posted on 10 March 2014. Tags: Bill de Blasio, charter schools, education, kindergarten, New York City, NYC, Performance Rankings, pre-k, universal pre-k
The case for universal pre-K is a no-brainer. By investing in our children early, and with the right resources, would equip them with the tools necessary not only to succeed in kindergarten, but in overall educational attainment.
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Posted in Op-Ed, Opinion
Posted on 06 March 2014. Tags: a nation at risk, accountability, book review, bush, charter schools, choice, Diane Ravitch, education reform, No Child Left Behind, testing
Diane Ravitch takes critical aim at American education reform in The Death and Life of the Great American School System (2010), evaluating the effectiveness of standardized testing, choice, and charter schools. The book hinges on her “wrenching transformation” from advocate to critic of testing, accountability, and choice-based reforms. For years surrounded by conservative thinkers, and, […]
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Posted in Bookshelf, Uncategorized