The City’s Resistance to Cutting Class Size
Apr 24, 2006
Mayor Michael Bloomberg and his Schools Chancellor Joel Klein have made sweeping changes in the city's schools, but the administration has ignored the number one concern of many
Predicting The Unpredictable -- Planning Future Hospital Beds, Classrooms, Jail Cells Etc.
Apr 24, 2006
There were almost 900 patients waiting for care in hospital hallways or emergency rooms at one point in 1990 because the city's hospitals had more patients than they had beds
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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