Education Reporting in NYC
Looping is when teachers stay with the same class of students for more than one year. At Brownsville’s P.S. 446, teachers say it works well for maintaining discipline, and it’s even better for helping them improve as teachers.
Read MoreMerit pay for teachers makes intuitive sense. By rewarding the best with cash bonuses, the theory goes, teachers will respond by working harder. Students will, in turn, perform better. Bright …
Read MoreCommon 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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With Bread & Roses beginning its phase out next school year, ninth grade teacher Pooja Bhaskar and guidance counselor Sabrina Cochran worry that they will no longer be needed.
Read MoreA special education teacher at Manhattan’s P.S. 183 was fired after a DOE investigation found he had used his school email account to send sexually explicit emails in response to …
Read MoreThe 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 MoreIn an Education News report, findings showed that since the 1950s, the number of teachers and non-faculty staff has outpaced student growth. Data published by The Friedman Foundation for Educational …
Read MoreThe results of a national teacher survey released on Wednesday show that the majority teachers may not actually support guns in schools. The online poll results showed that 72.4 percent …
Read MoreLast Thursday, Pew released a report called “How Teachers Are Using Technology at Home and In Their Classrooms.” They surveyed 2,462 American teachers about digital media use in classrooms, and …
Read MoreMayor Michael Bloomberg’s preliminary budget, which was unveiled last week, envisions a $70.1 billion plan for the next fiscal year that includes the loss of hundreds of teachers through attrition …
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