The Fringes are Wrong About Common Core
For once, the far left and right agree on something. But they are also disastrously wrong.
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School Report Cards Hide Real School Data
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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Key Lawmakers Show Support for Mayor’s Pre-K Plan, Others Deride
The pre-K plan proposed by New York City Mayor de Blasio has its detractors and supporters. Recently, key New York City elected officials ramped up support of the mayor, as a state senator bashed hopes of a vote on the plan in Albany.
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De Blasio Hits a Snag in Pre-K Plan
It’s no secret that education and pre-K is at the top of Bill de Blasio’s policy agenda, but now he is having a tough time convincing lawmakers in Albany to …
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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 MorePolitical division as PEP shutters more schools
At last night’s Panel for Education Policy meeting and vote on 53 proposals – a mix of phase-outs, closings and co-locations at NYC Public Schools – division among the panel members was clear.
Read MoreNew Study: Bad Teachers Show Early Signs
The preliminary findings of a new study suggest the worst teachers can be detected within their first two years on the job, according to a report by Education Week. The …
Read MoreCourt Blocks City’s Plans to Cut School Funding
A judge served New York City with a temporary restraining order on Tuesday that blocked officials from imposing up to $260 million in cuts to school funding this year, Reuters reports. …
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.
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Opportunity Locked
Students at Opportunity Charter have speech therapy in the hallway while other classrooms in the building are empty and locked. These are the space wars in New York City.
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