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Buildings, But How About Books?

Apr 20, 2006

Is the end actually in sight? Speaking to reporters on April 18, Michael Rebell, a lead attorney for the Campaign for Fiscal Equity, said the case seeking billions more in funding for New

 

Behind the Dropout Rate

Mar 20, 2006

 Slightly more than half of all New York City high school students graduate on-time, according to the Preliminary Mayor's Management Report, the administration’s accounting of its success and failures. Even

 

In Defense Of Big Schools

Mar 14, 2006

Seward Park High School Gotham Gazette's Reading NYC Book Club met with author Samuel Freedman, New York Times education columnist, and Jessica Siegel, the

 

Keeping New Teachers From Dropping Out

Feb 20, 2006

New teachers sink or swim. This is how educators have long characterized entry into the profession. But today the odds of sinking have increased exponentially. In New

 

Keeping Kids in School

Feb 13, 2006

Najsha Chacon felt discouraged by her class work at crowded Fort Hamilton High School in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. She began missing more and more of her classes, until there seemed

 

The 37 1/2-Minute Scramble

Feb 10, 2006

For weeks, parents, bus companies, and after-school programs braced for disruptions as the Department of Education prepared to extend the school day for one-third of the city's 1.1 million school children. On February

 

School Translations

Feb 06, 2006

Catalina Martinez has worked as a factory worker, a housekeeper, and a beauty sales agent in the 14 years since she immigrated to the United States. She is also a

 

A School Spending Plan

Jan 23, 2006

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