Fit Kids: All Work and No Play for the City’s Youngest Students
Physical education often gets pushed to the side, especially especially in the city’s elementary schools, where children are lucky to have gym once a week.
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Fit Kids: Working Out with Parkour at a Brooklyn Charter
Parkour, a young and trendy fitness discipline, is brought to the classroom at Williamsburg Collegiate Charter School.
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Union Wins $38 Million Settlement with Special Education Staff
The city’s tangled data entry system cost teachers hours of mind-numbing number punching
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Interview with the Author: Nicholas Lemann
An interview with Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism Dean Nicholas Lemann about the work he did before he became dean: journalist, editor, and most specifically, author of “The Big Test: The Secret History of the Meritocracy,” published in 2000.
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The Big Test: The Secret History of the Meritocracy
The story of the Scholastic Aptitude Test, or the SAT, is the story of a few influential thinkers who determined the fates of several generations of Americans without the need for elections or laws. Author Nicholas Lemann, current national correspondent for the New Yorker and outgoing dean of Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, tells that story.
Read MorePoor Students Face Uphill Battle In College
The fates of three high achieving but low-income minority high school graduates in Galeveston, Tex., are mapped out, in a multimedia package by the New York Times. The three young …
Read MoreChicago To Close 54 Public Schools
The largest single group of campus closings in recent memory was announced by Chicago Public Schools officials yesterday, the New York Times reports. Officials estimate savings of up to $560 …
Read MoreNew York Approves War Depiction In Third Grade Textbooks
Books depicting war in the Middle East and Afghanistan have been approved as part of recommended English curricula for state third to fifth graders, the New York Post reports. While some …
Read MoreResearch Suggests Elementary School Teachers Feel Fine Grouping Kids By Ability
Despite decades of criticism for tracking and ability grouping, the practices are thriving, reports USA Today, citing research from the Brookings Institution’s Brown Center on American Education. According to findings, …
Read MoreIn the Bronx, Nine Schools in One Building Demonstrate Mixed Results
Adlai E. Stevenson High School in the Bronx was one of the most dangerous and underperforming in the city, the New York Times reports, but since it was closed by …
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