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Author: Jose Luis Munoz

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The New Language Barrier in Room 115

May 10, 2014May 11, 2014 - by Jose Luis Munoz

Because of budget cuts, several city schools have replaced foreign language teachers with Rosetta Stone software. But even the head of Rosetta Stone says the software alone can’t replace live instruction in schools.

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Bookshelf

Divided We Fail: The Story of an African American Community That Ended the Era of School Desegregation

April 30, 2014April 30, 2014 - by Jose Luis Munoz

Sarah Garland’s “Divided We Fail” tells the story of how the African-American community in Louisville, Kentucky challenged and defeated the system of desegregation in pubic schools.

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Sub-Featured / Teacher Project

From Broadway, With Love

April 7, 2014May 2, 2014 - by Jose Luis Munoz

Dan Pettrota is a math teacher at World Journalism Prep, who stepped down from the Broadway stage to enter the classroom through the New York City Teaching Fellows.

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The Rise of the All-Digital Classroom

March 7, 2014March 8, 2014 - by Jose Luis Munoz

Several companies are set to release school curriculums designed entirely on digital platforms for tablets, replacing all printed materials such as textbooks and worksheets.

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Changes to the SAT Announced by The College Board

March 7, 2014March 8, 2014 - by Jose Luis Munoz

The College Board has announced fundamental changes to the SAT, slated for the spring of 2016, on what’s tested, how it’s scored and how students can prepare.

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Opinion

No to Gov. Cuomo’s Merit Pay Policy

March 5, 2014March 26, 2020 - by Jose Luis Munoz

“Education cannot be improved by bribing teachers!” This is the slogan on Beth Glazer-Schettino’s petition on change.org, the popular website that allows users to promote their movements for social change. …

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Reporter's Notebook

Passing the “Brown Paper Bag Test” in Segregated Schools

March 4, 2014 - by Jose Luis Munoz

For many Mexican-American students growing up under the Jim Crow laws of the American Southwest in the 1950s, the question of what public school they would attend had little to …

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New “GED” Test Harder Than Regents Exam, According to Critics

March 4, 2014March 8, 2014 - by Jose Luis Munoz

New York State implemented a more rigorous high school equivalency exam to replace the General Educational Development Test (GED), which will gradually increase in difficulty until it is fully aligned to the Common Core by 2017.

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