Will A “Bar” Exam for Teachers Improve Student Performance?
Jan 13, 2013
NEW YORK — A growing nationwide push for more rigorous teacher-licensing standards sweeping state houses from New York to Washington has reformers on sometimes opposing political sides looking at what
Council wants to know whether kids are getting enough physical ed
Aug 06, 2012
A winning design from the DOE's 2012 school wellness poster contest. NEW YORK — A group of City Council members is trying to change the conversation about the obesity epidemic from
When Making a Great Teacher is a Team Effort
Mar 05, 2012
Photo by Andrea Gabor Just a few years ago, while teaching at a middle school in the Bronx, David Baiz was given an unsatisfactory rating and targeted for elimination. So when New
Quinn Seperates Herself From Bloomberg on Education
Feb 15, 2012
Photo by William Alatriste City Council Speaker Christine Quinn focused on education and jobs in her State of the City speech, which was widely seen as an outline of her mayoral
City Warns Against For-Profit Adult Education Scams
Jan 31, 2012
Photo provided by Office of Mayor Michael Bloomberg In a stagnant economy and a competitive job market, the prevailing wisdom tells unemployed workers to return to school to obtain new skills. But
Cuomo Tries Out a New Role -- the Education Governor
Jan 17, 2012
Photo provided by the Office of the Governor As someone who has famously proclaimed, "I am the government," Gov. Andrew Cuomo must find the governor's limited role in the state's schools
Parental Involvement is Formula for Success in Brooklyn Schools
Dec 14, 2011
Photo by Emilie Eagan Brooklyn Technical High School. In recent years, Clinton Hill and Fort Greene schools have undergone the sort of transformation that eludes frustrated educators nationwide Area parents of an older
To Help All Children Read, First do the Math
Oct 19, 2011
Photo by Judy Baxter The Obama administration's Race to the Top contest set states and school districts around the country scrambling for ways to reorganize, restructure or reinvent themselves in order
Gates' Agenda and Money Shape City Schools
Oct 13, 2011
Photo by Remy Steinegger They do not teach or hold elected office but Bill and Melinda Gates wield enormous influence in New York City schools and in classrooms throughout the country. (This
New York's Pushout Crisis: Why Students Don't Graduate
Sep 27, 2011
Photo by Clint McMahon Luke was supposed to receive his high school diploma this year, but, like many others, he did not. A 16-year-old black student, he |