Education Reporting in NYC
“In the Dominican Republic, two plus two equals four,” said a sophomore in the Bronx’s International Community High School for brand new immigrant kids. “Here, you have to explain why it’s four.”
Read MoreAt the Knowledge is Power Program charter school board meeting on March 30, the board continued to centralize the approach to governance and academics across all 11 of the network’s …
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The SAT college admission test will no longer require a timed essay and will dwell less on fancy vocabulary. This also means changes in how test prep companies prepare students.| AP Photo
Read MoreFor once, the far left and right agree on something. But they are also disastrously wrong.
Read MoreNew 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.
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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Longer tests and more of them prompted a growing number of New York City parents and beyond this April to tell their children not to take them.
Read MoreThe lead writers of the math common core have released a 20-page document to aid high school teachers in choosing instructional materials that align with the common-core standards, Education Week …
Read MoreLast week, the New York Times reported that it will cost New York City $56 million to purchase new textbooks and other materials to help public school students meet Common …
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