Education Reporting in NYC
In an interview, the chancellor described new efforts to promote school diversity. This summer, schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña started a new ritual: Every third Saturday of the month, she sits …
Read MoreDiane 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 …
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Josh Penafiel dropped out of his East New York high school after it was closed by the New York City Department of Education several years ago. Now he’s trying to get his diploma, but time is running out.
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Nikhil Goyal is the 17-year-old author of 2012’s One Size Does Not Fit All: A Student’s Assessment of School, a book that takes an exhaustive look at the U.S. school system and gives suggestions on how to transform it.
Read MoreThis week, New York became the first state to opt out of the GED, the most widely used high-school equivalency test in the country, according to the Wall Street Journal. …
Read MoreDiane Ravitch, an education historian and vocal critic of recent education policy trends, has launched a new advocacy group that will endorse political candidates committed to safeguarding schools from “privatization,” …
Read MorePhiladelphia officials approved plans to close 23 schools on Thursday in a bid to cut the city’s budget deficit and eliminate underused schools, reported the New York Times. The widely-opposed …
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The failure of the country’s public education is causing a national security threat, says Condoleezza Rice and Joel Klein. (AP Photo/Pool, Susana Bates)
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