Educating Prisoners
This week New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced his intentions establish financing for prisoners in New York. Back in 1994 the US Congress voted to cut grants for college …
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Liberals Attack Common Core
Common Core standards have had their fair share of detractors but rarely has it faced opposition from the left – no less New York state. A recent New York Times …
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Caught Between Two Worlds, an Uzbek Student Finds Her Own Path
Munisa Habibova, 12, has spent half her life in the U.S., but she still feels the pull of her early years in Uzbekistan
Read MoreArmed School Guards Will Not Make Schools Safer
OP-ED: Protecting students from well-armed gunmen who are determined to kill is not as simple as having armed security guards in schools. In fact, armed security guards may do more to harm than good to morale inside the school.
Read MoreAt Three Schools, Brief Hearings Air Common Themes
Community members from three small schools on the city’s chopping block–Brooklyn’s P.S. 73, East New York’s JHS 13, and Manhattan’s Freedom High– aired their frustrations, their unheralded successes on Feb. 25.
Read MoreNew York Republicans Include Budget Amendment to Allow For-Profit Charter Schools
The Brooklyn Rail reports that Republicans in New York’s State Senate have included a provision in the budget that would give for-profit companies the authority to establish charter schools.
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