Looking For a Way Out Of The SAVE Room
Twelve-year-old Omar White has spent months in a room that schools use for in-school suspensions or for pulling students out of class who disrupt lessons.
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“Suspended!” How New York Deals with the So-Called “Bad” Kids
New York City’s suspension rates have risen dramatically since Mayor Bloomberg took over the school system. But what exactly happens when a child gets suspended?
Read MoreFar from Home, Far from School
All students in New York City homeless shelters are entitled to a public education. Sometimes it just takes them a little longer to get to school.
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The Dishonor of Violence
Few nonfiction books take the reader on a journey of discovery in which the audience, the author and the subject all seem not to know where it will lead. Fox …
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Passing on a Sense of Mission
Akilah Irvin, 24, now runs the same community organization that she helped found as a teenager.
Read MoreRomney says education department would stay
The forerunner for the Republican presidential nomination, Mitt Romney, says he would not eliminate the Department of Education as a cabinet-level department, if elected in November. He might, however, merge …
Read MoreDeputy schools chancellor ends long DOE career
Laura Rodriguez, the deputy chancellor for students with disabilities and English language learners, has resigned, the New York Times’ Schoolbook reported. Over her 34 years at the Department of Education, Rodriguez …
Read MoreFinland 101
We’ve heard what U.S. education stands to learn from Finland’s consistently well-performing schools, but in the Washington Post this week, Finnish educator Pasi Sahlberg says the U.S. shouldn’t get ahead …
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Chief Judge Wants Teens out of Adult Courts
New York is one of only two states that treats 16-year-olds as adults in criminal cases, but a proposal to create youth courts could change that.
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New York Rethinks Juvenile Justice
Under a new proposal, New York City kids who are incarcerated would no longer serve their sentences upstate. The goal is to keep them closer to their families and communities.
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