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New Board of Education Supportive of Mayoral Control
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by Diane Ravitch and Joseph Viteritti
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by Deborah Meier
New York City’s Best Public Elementary Schools: A Parents’ Guide
Public Middle Schools: New York City’s Best
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by Clara Hemphill
Other People’s Children: Cultural Conflict in the Classroom
by Lisa D. Delpit
Savage Inequalities: Children in America’s Schools
by Jonathan Kozol
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Meet the New Board of Education (Curbed, Jul 2, 2009)
New Board of Education Supportive of Mayoral Control (NY Post, Jul 2, 2009)
Conflict Eyed in Sampson Move (NY Post, Jul 2, 2009)
Senate Impasse Forces City to Revive Old School Board, in Name (NY Times, Jul 2, 2009)
City Stacks Education Board Amid Senate Chaos (Associated Press, Jul 2, 2009)
Bullying a Big Deal in City Schools (Daily News, Jul 1, 2009)
The city isn't doing enough to prevent harassment of students based on religion, language ability and sexual orientation, according to a Department of Education survey.
With More Money, City Schools Added Jobs (NY Times, Jul 1, 2009)
Mayoral Control Doesn't Make the List (Daily Politics, Jun 30, 2009)
Control of Schools Off Albany Agenda (Daily News, Jun 30, 2009)
NYU Expansion Plans Irk Residents (NY Post, Jun 29, 2009)
Bloomberg Asks Senate to Act on Schools (NY Post, Jun 26, 2009)
Head of City Teachers Union Resigns (Staten Island Advance, Jun 26, 2009)
City Prepares For School Board's Possible Return (NY 1, Jun 25, 2009)
City Schools Perform Well on Surveys (NY Post, Jun 25, 2009)
Mayor Warns on Pension Costs but Gave Pay Deals (NY Times, Jun 23, 2009)
Paterson Backs Bloomberg's School Control Bill (Daily News, Jun 23, 2009)
700 NYC Teachers Paid to do Nothing (Associated Press, Jun 23, 2009)
Bloomberg Furious over Stalling of Mayoral Control (NY Post, Jun 22, 2009)
Squadron Co-Sponsors Mayoral Control Bill (Daily News, Jun 22, 2009)
Sen. Daniel Squadron (D-Brooklyn) Monday will become the first Senate Democrat to co-sponsor a bill approved overwhelmingly last week by the Assembly that keeps the major tenets of the expiring 2002 mayoral control law in place another six years.
Major Crime in Schools Drops 9 Percent (NY Post, Jun 19, 2009)
Crime Falls in Schools, Critics Want Data (Daily News, Jun 19, 2009)
Assembly Gives Nod to Mayor on Schools (NY Times, Jun 18, 2009)
Assembly Approves Mayoral Control (NY Post, Jun 18, 2009)
Weingarten Quitting City Teachers Union (NY Post, Jun 18, 2009)
Will Senate Mess Doom Mayoral Control? (NY Post, Jun 17, 2009)
Study: Charter Schools Work Well (NY Post, Jun 16, 2009)
Mayor Backs Assembly Proposal on Control of Schools (Daily News, Jun 13, 2009)
U.S. Education Secretary Intervenes in Fight Over Mayoral Control (NY Post, Jun 13, 2009)
Plan by Silver Would Extend Mayor’s Control of Schools (NY Times, Jun 11, 2009)
Education Department to Ditch Bloated Contracts (Daily News, Jun 10, 2009)
Official Reviewing City Special Ed Program Quits (Gotham Schools, Jun 9, 2009)
Good Grades Pay Off at City Schools (NY Post, Jun 8, 2009)
Math Test Has Gotten Easier, Analysis Finds (Daily News, Jun 8, 2009)
Soaring scores on the state math test don't necessarily add up to better schools or smarter kids. Rather it has gotten easier to teach to the test as the questions have gotten easier to predict, a Daily News analysis revealed, and the tests themselves may be easier as well.
New Charter School to Put Teacher Pay to the Test (NY Times, Jun 5, 2009)
Administration Opposes Fixed Terms for Members of School Panel (NY Post, Jun 5, 2009)
Small Classes Help Brooklyn Students Gain Edge (Daily News, Jun 3, 2009)
Ninety Percent of Charter Schools Passed State Math Test (NY Post, Jun 3, 2009)
New York City Shows Gains in Math (NY Times, Jun 2, 2009)
The Business of Education: Teachers Missing at the Top (City Limits, Jun 2, 2009)
Several Schools Closed for Swine Flu Reopen (NY 1, Jun 1, 2009)
City Increases Funding for Charter School Construction (NY Post, Jun 1, 2009)
Bloomberg Says He Would Accept Small Changes in School Control (NY Post, Jun 1, 2009)
Democrats Want Silver's Education Plan Watered Down (NY Post, May 29, 2009)
Web Site Lets Parents Track Data on Students (NY Times, May 29, 2009)
How the Bloomberg Administration Created, Then Ignored the School Crowding Crunch (New York Magazine, May 27, 2009)
Silver Plan Would Keep Mayor in Charge of Schools (Daily News, May 27, 2009)
Leadership Academy Graduates Fare Worse than Other New Principals (NY Times, May 26, 2009)
An analysis by The New York Times of the city’s signature report-card system shows that schools run by graduates of the celebrated New York City Leadership Academy — which the mayor created and helped raise more than $80 million for — have not done as well as those led by experienced principals or new principals who came through traditional routes. A separate Times analysis shows that since 2002, opening hundreds of new schools and raising salaries have swelled the principals’ payroll 43 percent after adjusting for inflation.
Swine Flu Closes Dozens of Schools (Queens Chronicle, May 22, 2009)
Report: Significant Overcrowding at Public Schools (Staten Island Advance, May 22, 2009)
The Mayor’s Race: Focus On Education (Our Town, May 22, 2009)
A run down of the mayoral candidate's positions on education matters.
City to Monitor, Put New Limits on Military Recruiting in High Schools (NY Times, May 20, 2009)
Flu Closes More Schools, Reaches Rikers (NY Post, May 20, 2009)
Senate GOP Could Determine Fate of Mayoral Control of Schools (Daily News, May 20, 2009)
School Budgets Face 5 Percent Cut (NY Times, May 20, 2009)
New York City schools face budget reductions of roughly 5 percent for the 2009-10 school year, Chancellor Joel I. Klein said on Tuesday, predicting they would lead to deep cuts in after-school and weekend programs.
Parents and Teachers Union Join to Sue over School Closings (NY Times, May 19, 2009)
A parent council in Manhattan and the city’s teachers’ union sued the Department of Education on Monday, contending that the department had not adequately consulted with the council in deciding which schools to close and in altering school boundaries.
Democrats Spar over Smith's Version of Mayoral Control (NY Post, May 19, 2009)
Senate Majority Leader Malcolm Smith unveiled a plan yesterday to extend mayoral control over the city schools -- but he's already getting flak from dissident Democrats.
City Defends Wait to Close Schools (Newsday, May 18, 2009)
Elite School Challenged on Lack of Diversity (Daily News, May 15, 2009)
New School Closings in Swine Flu Outbreak (Daily News, May 15, 2009)
In Mayoral Control Debate, Bloomberg Tries Acting Like a Politician (NY Observer, May 14, 2009)
Bloomberg and the Teachers' Union (Village Voice, May 14, 2009)
City's First Charter School to Open in Public Housing (Daily News, May 14, 2009)
Bill Would Take Away Mayor's Control of Education Panel (Daily News, May 13, 2009)
New Teachers Come From Within (NY Times, May 11, 2009)
Larissa Patel dreamed of teaching English at a Brooklyn public school this fall, motivated by a desire to help low-income children. But instead, on Friday, Ms. Patel spent the day filling out applications for 30 jobs at private schools.
How Bloomberg Tamed Violent Schools (NY Post, May 11, 2009)
Mayor Bloomberg knew that students could not learn in an atmosphere of violence and chaos.
Union Head Wants to be Partners (NY Post, May 10, 2009)
Teachers union president Randi Weingarten offered to become "partners" with Mayor Bloomberg and Schools Chancellor Joel Klein yesterday in the creation of a network of schools targeting low-performing students.
More City Students Meet State Standards in English (NY Times, May 8, 2009)
Recession Slows or Halts Projects Throughout Region (New York Construction, May 8, 2009)
Law's Creator Says Bloomberg Should Keep School Control (NY Post, May 7, 2009)
Schools Chief Bans Hiring of Teachers From Outside (NY Times, May 7, 2009)
Proposal to Ease Kindergarten Crunch May Only Anger Parents (NY Times, May 6, 2009)
To make room for more kindergarden students, the Department of Education is might replace neighborhood prekindergarden spaces with more kindergardens, further angering parents.
Legislators Set to Address Mayoral Control (Daily News, May 5, 2009)
St. Francis Prep Opens Again After Swine Flu Scare (Daily News, May 5, 2009)
New Bid to Handcuff Mayor on Schools (NY Post, May 1, 2009)
A proposed law advancing in the state Assembly would gut mayoral control of the city's schools. Democratic Brooklyn Assemblyman James Brennan's legislation would dramatically scale back the mayor's power over educational policy by stripping away his control of the central school board.
Number of Students Leaving School Before Graduation Continues to Increase (NY Times, Apr 30, 2009)
Troubled Teachers Spending Longer in 'Rubber Rooms' (Daily News, Apr 30, 2009)
Students Band Together in Music Class (Daily News, Apr 29, 2009)
When no one else would do it, a Queens 11 year old stepped up to lead band class at PS 37.
No Cleanup Planned for Toxic School Sites (Daily News, Apr 29, 2009)
Senate Report Guts Mayoral Control (NY Post, Apr 28, 2009)
Hunter Gets Cash from Mystery Donor (Associated Press, Apr 28, 2009)
Unions Prepare Push Against Mayoral Control (NY Post, Apr 27, 2009)
Albany Restores $30 Million in Charter School Funding (NY Post, Apr 24, 2009)
Eighth Grade Scores Rise (NY Post, Apr 24, 2009)
In Debate Over Schools, Panel Is No Threat to the Mayor’s Grip (NY Times, Apr 23, 2009)
Weingarten 'Pushes' for Tenure Bill (NY Post, Apr 23, 2009)
Backdoor Path for Catholic-School-to-Charter-School Conversion (NY Times, Apr 22, 2009)
Rather than change state law, city education officials have decided to try to get around a 1998 state ban on converting private schools to charter schools by arguing that the new charter schools, which are publicly financed but independently run, will open as entirely new schools.
Charter Schools Start to Organize (NY Times, Apr 21, 2009)
Early Studies Show School Report Cards Improve Schools (NY Post, Apr 20, 2009)
Mayor Presses Hard Line on School Control (NY Post, Apr 18, 2009)
Mayor Bloomberg predicted there would be "disaster in the classroom" if state lawmakers don't extend his authority to run city schools and expressed his opposition to any proposals that would expressed his opposition to proposals that would loosen or strip the mayor's control over education policy.
Gotbaum: Tweak Mayoral School Control (NY Post, Apr 17, 2009)
Few Parents Seek Seats on Education Councils (Norwood News, Apr 17, 2009)
City Struggling to Find Room for 3,000 Kindergarteners (Daily News, Apr 17, 2009)
Sanders Wades Back Into Mayoral Control (City Hall, Apr 16, 2009)
New Resources for Job Seekers (NY Post, Apr 15, 2009)
Transit Technology High Gets a New Car (AM New York, Apr 14, 2009)
Lawsuit Alleges Toxic Conditions in School (Daily News, Apr 14, 2009)
Students and staff at a Queens special-needs school are suing the city for $500 million for taking more than 10 years to clean their asbestos-laden building.
CUNY Applications Way Up (Daily News, Apr 14, 2009)
Brooklyn's public colleges received a record number of applications for September 2009, up 12% since last year at this time.
City Sets Out Plan to Sharply Increase Charter Schools (NY Post, Apr 10, 2009)
The Department of Education is preparing space for a whopping 100,000 students in charter schools within four years -- quadrupling the number of kids in charters today, according to a DOE personnel document.
Council Members Who Got 'Queries' at Education Hearing Collected $26,000 (Daily News, Apr 9, 2009)
Union Fed Council School Questions (NY Post, Apr 8, 2009)
The powerful teachers union had City Council members on a short leash this week -- crafting cue cards with questions for legislators to ask at a hearing.
What Will it Take to Alter the Makeup of City's Top Schools? (City Limits, Apr 7, 2009)
Parental Input Sore Spot for Mayoral Control (NY Post, Apr 6, 2009)
The biggest complaint about mayoral control of the schools is that parents have been shut out of key decision-making and their participation in educational affairs has been generally discouraged.
Educated Get Hard Hit Too (NY Times, Apr 5, 2009)
In Tough Times, Public School Makes a Comeback (NY Times, Apr 5, 2009)
For some young families who bought during the housing boom, having it all meant an affordable brood-sized apartment in possession of a good public school zone. But other parents in pursuit of real estate never even thought about schools. They assumed they would send their children to private school, often because they too had followed that route.
Education Department's Cost Estimates Off by $700 Million (NY Post, Apr 2, 2009)
The Raw Intensity of New York's Elite Youth Basketball (Village Voice, Apr 1, 2009)
A Riverside Hawks coach looks at the intense world of elite youth basketball.
Yassky Says the Fix Was In (NY Post, Apr 1, 2009)
Councilman David Yassky charges that the School Construction Authority agreed to spend $43 million funding a new middle school in DUMBO without reviewing alternate sites for new classroom space.
Parents Cry Foul Over High School Assignments (NY 1, Apr 1, 2009)
Bloomberg Receives Backing From US Education Secretary (NY Post, Mar 31, 2009)
Bloomberg:Teacher's Jobs Saved By Stimulus (Newsday, Mar 31, 2009)
Klein Raises Cash for Nonprofit on City Time (NY Post, Mar 30, 2009)
Schools Chancellor Joel Klein has used taxpayers' time to raise $1.5 million for a national nonprofit he co-founded last year -- with the blessing of the city's ethics board, The Post has learned
Mayoral Control Could Take Center Stage at Conference (NY Post, Mar 29, 2009)
Mayoral control of schools will take center stage in the Big Apple next week, when several leaders in charge of their local school systems powwow with Mayor Bloomberg at a high-level education conference.
Klein: 2,000 Teachers Could be Laid Off (NY Post, Mar 27, 2009)
Quinn Calls for More Council Oversight of Schools (Gotham Schools, Mar 26, 2009)
Like many other official weighing in on mayoral control of city schools these days, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn would like to see more checks and balances. But rather than strengthening the citywide school board, as the teachers union, the comptroller, and several parent groups have suggested, Quinn wants lawmakers to empower the City Council to do stronger oversight of the mayor’s school policies.
Plan to Close Day Care Classes Could Cost City Money (Daily News, Mar 26, 2009)
A cost-cutting plan to close city day-care center classrooms will actually cost taxpayers almost $7 million, according to insiders and a Daily News analysis.
Mayor Gives Himself High Marks on Schools (NY Post, Mar 26, 2009)
Mayor Bloomberg said yesterday that under his administration, the city has "changed public education as we know it" -- and predicted a deal will be reached with state lawmakers to renew mayoral control of the schools.
Mayoral Control Favored in Poll (NY Post, Mar 25, 2009)
Education Groups Sue City (NY Times, Mar 25, 2009)
Crowded Classrooms Could Keep Kids Out of Neighborhood Schools (NY Times, Mar 24, 2009)
Misconduct Accusations Against Teachers Hit Record High (NY Post, Mar 22, 2009)
Arguments Persist over Schools Governance (NY Times, Mar 22, 2009)
The State Assembly held its final borough hearing on mayoral control of the city's public school system, and as at the last four session, proponents of both sides were out in force.
Thompson Would Put Limits on Mayoral Control of Schools (Daily News, Mar 21, 2009)
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Should the Mayor Control the City's Schools? (WNYC, Mar 19, 2009)
Libraries Face Layoffs, Service Cuts (Daily News, Mar 18, 2009)
More City Schools Removed From Watch List (Daily News, Mar 18, 2009)
State Revises Plan for Failing Schools (NY Post, Mar 17, 2009)
Regents Chief Says to Keep Mayoral Control (NY Post, Mar 17, 2009)
The new chancellor of the state's top education policy-making board said yesterday she strongly backs renewing mayoral control of the city schools.
Parents Will Vote Online for School Councils (NY Times, Mar 15, 2009)
Next month, nearly a million public school parents will be able to cast advisory votes for members of their community education councils. The council members, who are unpaid, play a role in school rezoning, in helping schools develop their budgets and in advising the department on the need for new schools.
Author of Mayoral Control Law says it Needs Revision (Queens Chronicle, Mar 13, 2009)
More City Schools Try Single-Sex Classes (NY Times, Mar 11, 2009)
Immigrants Seek Stimulus Money for Language Education (WNYC, Mar 11, 2009)
City Wouldn't Be First to Absorb Catholic Schools as Charters (NY Times, Mar 9, 2009)
As the city discusses a proposal to absorb catholic school faculty, facilities and student bodies by rolling them into charter schools, the Times looks at other school districts that have done the same.
School-based Drug Counsellors Going Out to Bid (Daily News, Mar 8, 2009)
Taking Sides on New York’s School Chancellor (NY Times, Mar 6, 2009)
College President Looks Back on 20 Years at Medgar Evers (NY 1, Mar 4, 2009)
Schools Make the Grade (NY Post, Mar 3, 2009)
Bloomberg Defends School Closures (NY Post, Mar 3, 2009)
When he canceled school yesterday for the first time in five years, Mayor Bloomberg had to deal with two storms: one from Mother Nature, which dumped eight inches of snow on New York, and another from schoolkids' moms, furious the last-minute decision forced them to scramble for child care.
Two Bloomberg Schools Make State Failing List (NY Times, Mar 3, 2009)
Two new schools created as part of the Bloomberg administration’s effort to replace large, abysmal high schools with collections of small schools were named Monday to the state’s list of failing schools.
Charter Schools Offer Choices in Harlem but Raise Concern for Public System (NY Times, Mar 1, 2009)
Education Department's Administrative Staff Grows Despite Budget Cuts (Daily News, Feb 24, 2009)
Is Klein Nearing his End? (New York Magazine, Feb 23, 2009)
Protests At NYU End With Suspensions (NY Times, Feb 22, 2009)
How Class Sizes Affect the Classroom (NY Times, Feb 22, 2009)
In many circles, class size is considered as fundamental to education as the three R’s, with numbers watched so carefully that even a tiny increase can provoke outrage among parents, teachers and political leaders. Alarms went off in New York and California last week, as officials on both coasts warned that yawning budget gaps could soon mean more children in each classroom.
Federal Innovation Bonus Eyed for City Schools (NY Post, Feb 20, 2009)
Bishop's Donation Raises Questions (Daily News, Feb 17, 2009)
Brooklyn's Catholic bishop Nicholas DiMarzio made a rare political donation last month to a City Council candidate whose mother has power over a plan to save several parochial schools, the Daily News has learned. DiMarzio gave $250 to Queens candidate Geraldine M. Chapey on Jan. 7, city campaign finance records show. The donation came a month before DiMarzio and Mayor Bloomberg announced the city plans to convert some struggling Catholic schools in Brooklyn and Queens into charter schools. Chapey's mother is a member of the state Board of Regents, which has the power to approve charter schools.
Plan to Convert Catholic Schools to Charters Faces Hurdles (NY Times, Feb 16, 2009)
Public High Schools Partner with Army (Associated Press, Feb 12, 2009)
Plan to Convert Catholic Schools to Charters Could Face Obstacles (WNYC, Feb 11, 2009)
Students Turn to Local Colleges (Staten Island Advance, Feb 10, 2009)
SUNY to Get Female Chancellor (Associated Press, Feb 10, 2009)
Mayor Unveils Plan for Closed Catholic Schools (NY Times, Feb 9, 2009)
Bloomberg Warns of 'Riots' Over School Control (NY Post, Feb 7, 2009)
In his strongest language yet on the issue, Mayor Bloomberg yesterday warned of "riots in the streets" if state lawmakers don't renew mayoral control of the city's schools.
Brandeis High School to Close; Three Small Schools to Open (NY Times, Feb 4, 2009)
NY Charter School Advocates Want Building Money (NY Post, Feb 3, 2009)
Federal Cash May Save Teachers (Daily News, Feb 3, 2009)
To Close a School: A Decision Rooted in Data, but Colored by Nuance (NY Times, Feb 2, 2009)
Paterson Restores School Attendance Policy (Staten Island Advance, Feb 2, 2009)
Mayoral Control Hearing Packs House (NY 1, Jan 30, 2009)
A packed crowd attended the first of five public hearings over mayoral control of city schools in Queens on Thursday, as Education Chancellor Joel Klein continued to press for extensive school faculty cuts.
Queens Politicians Look For Hospital Bailout (Crain's, Jan 30, 2009)
Queens politicians are looking for a way to save Caritas Healthcare Inc.'s Mary Immaculate and St. John's hospitals; money may come from New York or the feds.
Stated Meeting: Shutting Engines At Schools (Gotham Gazette, Jan 29, 2009)
Klein Implores Legislators to Reduce Cuts to Schools (NY Times, Jan 29, 2009)
Backers of Mayoral School Control Face Resistance (NY Times, Jan 29, 2009)
Klein Says 15,000 Jobs May Be Lost (Daily News, Jan 29, 2009)
Poll Shows Strong Support for Mayoral Control of Schools (NY Post, Jan 29, 2009)
Ten Catholic High Schools Become Independent (Associated Press, Jan 25, 2009)
Ten Catholic high schools in New York City and Westchester will become independently operating schools run by local boards of directors. Archdiocese spokesman Joseph Zwilling says this is being done to preserve Catholic secondary education. He says the move will allow the schools to support themselves.
A Helping Hand For Schools Facing Closure (Village Voice, Jan 22, 2009)
Fordham University Expansion Plan Hits a Bump (Crain's, Jan 22, 2009)
The local community board is expected Wednesday to vote against endorsing Fordham University’s plan to add about 2.35 million square feet to its Lincoln Center campus.
Wondering if a New School in Brooklyn Is Worth Blocking the View (NY Times, Jan 21, 2009)
The Post-Victory Landscape of the Campaign for Fiscal Equity (Village Voice, Jan 21, 2009)
Push for Community Service for Students (Daily News, Jan 18, 2009)
City Councilmember Eric Gioia is calling on Schools Chancellor Joel Klein to make community service a requirement for graduation.
City Signs Contract to Track Special Education Data (NY Times, Jan 14, 2009)
Charter School Teachers Seek Union Membership (Daily News, Jan 14, 2009)
Teachers at a Brooklyn charter school want to join the powerful city teachers union - the latest in an effort to organize educators at the 78 taxpayer-funded, privately run schools.
Possible Second Meningitis Case (NY 1, Jan 14, 2009)
The Department of Health is looking into whether a second person may have possibly come down with meningitis at Stuyvesant High School. This possible new case comes days after the death of a Stuyvesant High School student.
Stimulus Package Could Give New York State $6 Billion for Schools (Crain's, Jan 13, 2009)
Brooklyn Diocese to Shut Schools (NY Times, Jan 13, 2009)
The Diocese of Brooklyn has proposed closing about 14 elementary schools at the end of the current academic year, a plan that would mean that one of the nation’s largest Catholic dioceses would have shuttered nearly 40 percent of its grade schools in the past seven years.
Support Program for Teens Could Be Cut (Staten Island Advance, Jan 6, 2009)
Kennedy Avoided Financial Disclosure in Education Department Post (NY Times, Jan 4, 2009)
When Caroline Kennedy was employed by the city Department of Education from 2002 to 2004 as the chief executive of the Office of Strategic Partnerships, she was not required to file the 32-page disclosure forms with personal information about family finances required of some 7,000 other city employees -- even though two people who worked for her had to disclose such information.
DiNapoli Deems Paterson's Budget Risky (Daily Politics, Dec 31, 2008)
Paterson's Budget Could Cost City $1 Billion (Daily News, Dec 31, 2008)
Closing Schools Swimming in Cash (NY Post, Dec 29, 2008)
Silver Voices Support for Mayoral Control of Schools (NY Post, Dec 29, 2008)
Teachers Are More Experienced (NY Post, Dec 29, 2008)
The city's public-school teaching force has grown more experienced, new data show. Between the 2004-'05 and 2007-'08 school years, the city's teaching force shed 1,700 teachers with fewer than five years' experience and grew by nearly 3,700 with more than five years' experience. That boost was equivalent to about 5 percent of the city's 78,000-strong teaching force.
Class Sizes Bigger Than Ever, Say Advocacy Groups (Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Dec 24, 2008)
Small Schools Adjust Under One Roof (NY Times, Dec 21, 2008)
DiNapoli: Public College Students Should Buy Online Textbooks (NY Post, Dec 19, 2008)
Students Occupy New School (Metro, Dec 19, 2008)
Set to Go Forward, Schools May Instead Go Two Steps Back (NY Times, Dec 18, 2008)
Critics Attack Plan to Move High School as Racist (Daily News, Dec 17, 2008)
Class Sizes Up Despite Aid (NY Post, Dec 16, 2008)
Despite a hefty infusion of state money, class sizes in the city's public schools have gone up in almost every grade compared to last year, according to preliminary Department of Education data.
Governor to Cut Millions From City School Aid (Daily News, Dec 16, 2008)
Gov. Paterson is expected to unveil a doom-and-gloom $121 billion spending plan Tuesday that slices $206 million from New York City schools.
One in Four Special Education Students Shortchanged (Daily News, Dec 15, 2008)
Special Needs Preschool Likely to Close (NY Times, Dec 14, 2008)
Council's Proposed Cuts Come to $500 Million (AM New York, Dec 9, 2008)
Locked in a battle with Mayor Michael Bloomberg over his plan to withhold this year’s property tax rebates, members of the City Council today outlined $500 million in proposed spending cuts over the next two years. The cuts focus heavily on the Department of Education, which would see a reduction of some $75 million in non-classroom spending.
Three School Closures Announced, More Planned (NY Post, Dec 5, 2008)
Seats in New School Plan Inadequate, Advocates Charge (Norwood News, Dec 4, 2008)
Education Department OK's New Middle School in DUMBO (Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Dec 3, 2008)
Literacy Groups See Rising Demand, Falling Funds (Daily News, Nov 29, 2008)
Paterson: No Education Cuts Now Means Worse Cuts Next Year (Daily News, Nov 26, 2008)
Students Who Live in Public Housing Don't Do as Well in School, Study Finds (NY Times, Nov 24, 2008)
Blacks. Latinos Stuck in Worse City Schools (Daily News, Nov 24, 2008)
Classrooms Spill into Tweed Courthouse (Downtown Express, Nov 22, 2008)
The city will open an incubator school in Tweed Courthouse in September to alleviate the overcrowding in Lower Manhattan’s schools until the two new schools under construction open.
Comptroller Gives Mayor Low Marks on Schools (Queens Chronicle, Nov 21, 2008)
Comptroller William Thompson advocated an overhaul of the city’s school system at a education summit last Saturday in Far Rockaway.
Education Council Votes To Redraw District Lines (NY 1, Nov 20, 2008)
Wall Street Workers Turn to Teaching During Tough Times (Daily News, Nov 19, 2008)
Deal Favors Hiring Out of Work Teachers (NY Times, Nov 19, 2008)
The Bloomberg administration and New York City’s teachers’ union reached a deal on Tuesday intended to help teachers who remain on the payroll without assignments to find permanent placements in schools.
Legal Confusion Surrounds 'Toxic' School Site (Daily News, Nov 18, 2008)
High School Teachers to Get $8.3 Million for Boosting Test Scores (Daily News, Nov 15, 2008)
Cost of Grading Schools Is Said to Be $130 Million (NY Times, Nov 14, 2008)
Plan to Centralize Choice of Kindergarten Is Ended (NY Times, Nov 14, 2008)
Most City High Schools Improved This Year (NY Times, Nov 13, 2008)
School Bus Route Cuts (NY Post, Nov 13, 2008)
For the third time in two years, the Department of Education is planning to reduce yellow-bus routes for city students, budget documents show. The reductions planned for September are a bid by officials to cut nearly $7 million a year from the transportation budget.
Schools See Pain Ahead if the State Cuts Aid (NY Times, Nov 13, 2008)
New Education Department Rules Threaten Small Publishers (City Limits, Nov 12, 2008)
SUNY Trustees ask for Tuition Increase (Albany Times Union, Nov 11, 2008)
News that SUNY's endowment plunged this summer came as SUNY officials recommended more cuts to deal with a financial crisis so deep that one trustee spoke of the "survival" of the country's largest public higher education system.
City Sited for Unsafe Conditions at School (NY Times, Nov 10, 2008)
Paterson Identifies Cuts For Budget Hole (NY Times, Nov 10, 2008)
Lack of Diversity at Elite Schools (NY Times, Nov 8, 2008)
Recent efforts to get more black and Hispanic students into New York City’s elite public high schools have fallen short, with proportionately fewer of them taking the admissions exam and even lower percentages passing it.
Dispute Over School Budget Numbers (Daily News, Nov 8, 2008)
City Controller William Thompson got into a war of addition with Schools Chancellor Joel Klein this week, accusing him of inflating figures on education budget savings.
Principals Fear Big Cuts (NY Post, Nov 7, 2008)
On the heels of a 1.3 percent cut to every school's current budget, Chancellor Joel Klein warned the principals yesterday to expect a hefty 3.5 percent cut in next year's budget, they said. In another development, education officials are scrapping a program to test GPS locator systems on school buses.
Shrinking Budget Means Fewer New School Buildings (NY Times, Nov 6, 2008)
School Construction Scaled Back (NY Post, Nov 6, 2008)
Top Middle School Post Remains Vacant (NY Post, Nov 5, 2008)
Less than a year after officials appointed a first-ever director to oversee the city's middle-school reforms, the high-paying slot has become - and stayed - vacant.
Former Councilmember Turns to Schools (NY Times, Nov 4, 2008)
Former council member Eva Moskowitz is keeping one eye on City Hall while she runs a growing network of charter schools in Harlem.
Enrollment at CUNY Grows (NY Post, Nov 4, 2008)
Enrollment at the City University of New York has reached its highest point since the college began charging tuition in 1976, new statistics shows.
Tots Taught to Eat Healthy (Daily News, Nov 4, 2008)
The East Side House Settlement in Mott Haven has partnered with the Children's Museum of Manhattan to add health education classes to the Bronx group's early childhood literacy program.
State Education Commissioner Steps Down (NY Times, Nov 3, 2008)
Economy Threatens City Schools (Daily News, Nov 1, 2008)
The Wall Street washout that has wrecked 401(k)s and tossed stockbrokers in the street is also threatening New York City's overcrowded classrooms.
Fewer Children Entering Gifted Programs (NY Times, Oct 30, 2008)
Classrooms Packed As Seats Dwindle (Daily News, Oct 29, 2008)
Hunter to Build New Social Work School in East Harlem (NY Times, Oct 28, 2008)
Delays on $80 Million Data System While Schools Face Cuts (NY Times, Oct 24, 2008)
Study Calls High School Entrance Exam Unfair (NY Post, Oct 23, 2008)
City's Eighth-Graders Rank 18th in World on Math Scores (NY Post, Oct 23, 2008)
'Learning 2.0' Brings Schools into the Digital Age (Village Voice, Oct 23, 2008)
Parents Do Not Want Tots Tested (NY Post, Oct 22, 2008)
Chronic Absenteeism in City Schools (NY Times, Oct 21, 2008)
More than 90,000 of New York City’s elementary school students — roughly 20 percent — missed at least a month of classes during the last school year, with attendance problems most acute in central Brooklyn, Harlem and the South Bronx, according to a report scheduled for release on Tuesday.
As Economy Sputters, Grad Schools Overflow (Crain's, Oct 17, 2008)
Council Renews Call for School Bus Tracking System (Queens Courier, Oct 17, 2008)
Military Recruiters Given Access to Student Data (WNYC, Oct 16, 2008)
Only 8 Percent of Elementary Schools Meet Art Requirements (NY Post, Oct 16, 2008)
City Seeks to Improve Vocational Schools (NY Times, Oct 15, 2008)
Teachers Sue Over Political Expression (Associated Press, Oct 14, 2008)
Meltdown May Burn Public Schools (Daily News, Oct 10, 2008)
NYCLU: 300 Student Busts Were Illegal (Daily News, Oct 9, 2008)
Computer Theft Rampant in Public Schools (NY Post, Oct 6, 2008)
The school year is barely a month old, but more than 300 computers - worth hundreds of thousands of dollars - have already been stolen from public schools around the city, law-enforcement sources said yesterday.
Teachers to Be Measured on Standardized Test Scores (NY Times, Oct 2, 2008)
Teachers Union Distributing Obama Pins (NY Post, Oct 2, 2008)
Schools and Economy Would Be Bloomberg's Priorities (NY Post, Oct 2, 2008)
As he moves to seek a third term, Mayor Bloomberg has his sights fixed on two priorities: retaining mayoral control of the school system and shoring up the city's economy. They are the two pieces of his legacy on which he is most focused, several sources told The Post.
How to Grade A School? (NY Times, Sep 29, 2008)
In New York City's data-driven system for assessing the quality of its public schools, the New Venture Middle School in the Morrisania section of the Bronx received a D on this year's report cards. But unravel the complex formula the city uses to grade the schools, and tweak it to weigh factors differently, and New Venture would look a lot better — or worse.
City Looks Into Online Education (NY Post, Sep 29, 2008)
The city is working to clear the way for students to be able to earn credits toward high-school graduation online.
Could Be Mayoral Control or Another Term (Daily News, Sep 29, 2008)
Assembly democrats may soon push Mayor Bloomberg into the ultimate Sophie's Choice dilemma, forcing him to choose between trying to stay in office for four more years or preserving a key element of his legacy.
Budget Bind Turns Spotlight on Reserve Teacher Policy (NY Times, Sep 26, 2008)
Union, City Dig In Heels Over Fate of Reserve Teachers (NY Sun, Sep 26, 2008)
Fewer Blacks, More Whites Are Hired as City Teachers (NY Sun, Sep 25, 2008)
Cash Bonuses Were Given at Several Failed Schools (NY Times, Sep 24, 2008)
City Has Wrong Kind of Pre-Kindergarten Programs (City Limits, Sep 23, 2008)
While many New York City parents scramble to locate full day pre-kindergarten programs, slots in federally subsidized half-day programs are going unused, City Limits reports.
Teachers Without Classes Cost City $74 Million, Report Says (NY Sun, Sep 22, 2008)
Teachers to Get $20 Million in Bonuses for School Performance (NY Sun, Sep 19, 2008)
More New York Schools Get A's (NY Times, Sep 17, 2008)
Education Department Releases Letter Grades (Daily News, Sep 17, 2008)
Bronx School Falls from 'A' to 'F' (NY Times, Sep 17, 2008)
Hard-Won Gain: Moving From 'F' to 'A' (NY Times, Sep 17, 2008)
Half of All Charter Schools Get an 'A' (NY Post, Sep 17, 2008)
Schools Make the Grade (NY Post, Sep 17, 2008)
Substitute Teacher Ranks Swell (NY Post, Sep 16, 2008)
Department of Education Questioned on Class Size (NY Sun, Sep 16, 2008)
State school officials are asking the city's Department of Education to explain how it failed to reach its own goal of reducing class sizes by using a new influx of state money.
Private School Parking Goes Untouched (NY Post, Sep 15, 2008)
In Brooklyn, Low Grade for a School of Successes (NY Times, Sep 12, 2008)
Public Schools Turning Away Special Ed Students (NY Sun, Sep 11, 2008)
Fewer Full-Calorie Drinks In Schools, Report Finds (NY Sun, Sep 11, 2008)
The country's largest beverage companies are supplying schools with fewer full-calorie drinks than they did four years ago, according to a new report.
One in Seven Principals Would Test Kindergarten Kids (NY Post, Sep 10, 2008)
9/11 Curriculum Tested (Metro, Sep 9, 2008)
State Recovers Medicaid Fraud (NY Sun, Sep 9, 2008)
Many Principals Remain at Schools Graded 'F' (NY Times, Sep 5, 2008)
Liu Wonders: Where's the School Bus GPS? (Village Voice, Sep 5, 2008)
More School Construction Urged for Manhattan (NY Sun, Sep 5, 2008)
Challengers: Silver Ducking Stance on Mayoral Control (NY Post, Sep 5, 2008)
Thompson Trashes Bloomberg on Crowded Schools (Politicker, Sep 5, 2008)
Panel Backs Leaving Schools Under the Mayor (NY Times, Sep 4, 2008)
Group Boosts Klein for Mayor (NY Sun, Sep 4, 2008)
CUNY, Red Hat and Intel Team Up on Tech Lab (Crain's, Sep 4, 2008)
A Look at Teacher Perks in the Union's Charter Schools (NY Post, Sep 4, 2008)
The United Federation of Teachers, which had long resisted privately operated charter schools, eventually opened two of its own. As its own boss, the union gave the teachers the same seniority rights and tenure they got from the city. But instructors at Green Dot New York are giving up both in exchange for salaries 10 percent above what the city pays and more say in how to run the school. They're also working longer hours and may eventually give up overtime pay.
On First Day, Mayor Praises Mayoral Control (NY Times, Sep 3, 2008)
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg expressed confidence on Tuesday morning that legislators in Albany would, with “a lot of information and prodding,” renew the 2002 state law that put the mayor in charge of the schools. Then he added, ominously, “The alternative is too devastating to contemplate.”
Group Formed to Push for Keeping Mayoral Control of Schools (NY Times, Sep 2, 2008)
Close allies of the Bloomberg administration have set up a political organization to campaign for renewal of the landmark state law giving New York City’s mayor control of its public schools, hiring a veteran operative and planning to raise up to $20 million for television advertisements, lobbying and grass-roots organizing.
New School Year a Test for Mayor, Chancellor (NY Sun, Sep 2, 2008)
After six years of putting pressure on teachers and principals to show better results, Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Schools Chancellor Joel Klein are entering their seventh, and possibly final, school year today with the pressure on them to make the case the law that granted the mayor control should be preserved with no changes.
Klein Defends Himself and Mayoral Control (Daily News, Sep 1, 2008)
Schools Chancellor Joel Klein vigorously defended his record Sunday - insisting progress would be impossible without the hard-won mayoral control of the nation's largest school system.
No Major Initiatives Planned for New School Year (NY Post, Sep 1, 2008)
Some Schools Allot Bonus Pay Unevenly (NY Post, Aug 29, 2008)
Parents Slam Plan to Test City's Youngest (NY Post, Aug 28, 2008)
New School Year Brings New Seats for 11,000 Students (NY Sun, Aug 28, 2008)
Uneven Allotment of Parking Near Schools (NY Times, Aug 28, 2008)
A number of smaller schools have more parking spaces than those with larger staffs.
SAT Scores Dip for City Students (Daily News, Aug 27, 2008)
City Slashes Teacher Parking Permits (NY Post, Aug 27, 2008)
Administration Pushes Pilot Program to Test Kindergarteners (NY Times, Aug 27, 2008)
10 Schools to Try Different Approach to Teaching Reading (NY Times, Aug 26, 2008)
More Schools Drop Off Danger List (NY Post, Aug 21, 2008)
Sixteen Schools Deemed 'Persistently Dangerous' (Associated Press, Aug 21, 2008)
City Schools Dominate State's List Of Most Dangerous (NY 1, Aug 21, 2008)
Parents Fear Bid to Cut Bus Routes (Daily News, Aug 21, 2008)
Paying Students to Pass Tests Yields Mixed Results (NY Times, Aug 20, 2008)
Offered up to $1,000 for scoring well on Advanced Placement exams, students at 31 New York City high schools took 345 more of the tests this year than last. But the number who passed declined slightly, raising questions about the effectiveness of increasingly popular pay-for-performance programs in schools here and across the country.
Asbestos Found in Rockaway School of Students with Autism (Daily News, Aug 19, 2008)
18 New Charter Schools to Open in September, Bloomberg Announces (NY Times, Aug 19, 2008)
School Cop Reports Eyed by Council (NY Post, Aug 14, 2008)
The City Council is set to introduce legislation today that seeks greater transparency in the NYPD's school-safety program - as well as stronger oversight. The bill would force police and school officials to provide the council with periodic reports on arrests and suspensions - including a breakdown by students' race, sex and disability status.
Judge Throws Out Suit Over Rubber Rooms (NY Sun, Aug 13, 2008)
High School Graduate Rates Climb, But Still Lag Behind State (NY Post, Aug 12, 2008)
No Bid Contracts from Education Department Questioned (NY Post, Aug 11, 2008)
School Graduates Now Factor in Rate (NY Times, Aug 11, 2008)
Jose is one of nearly 7,500 seniors enrolled in summer classes at dozens of the city’s high schools. While they are anxious to graduate, the city is also eager to see them receive their diplomas and bolster the school system’s graduation rate, a key measure in determining how well Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s reforms are working.
Senate Passes Property Tax Cap (NY Times, Aug 11, 2008)
Bloomberg's Daughter To Fight For Mayoral Control (Daily News, Aug 10, 2008)
Mayor Bloomberg faces one final battle with Albany to define his political legacy - and his older daughter is preparing for the front lines.
Connor Falsely Claimed Prison BIll Contained School Funds (The Villager, Aug 8, 2008)
Principals Struggle To Pare Employee Parking Perks (NY Sun, Aug 7, 2008)
Kindergarten Admission Gets More Competitive (NY Times, Aug 6, 2008)
Crime Decreases At Schools (NY Times, Aug 6, 2008)
Parents: Standardized Tests No Way to Fill Advanced Classes (Village Voice, Aug 1, 2008)
CUNY Sued Over NYPIRG Fee (NY Post, Jul 31, 2008)
Bringing 'Rodeo Arts' to City Kids (Village Voice, Jul 30, 2008)
Report Ranks City and State Among Lowest for Black Graduation Rates (NY Post, Jul 28, 2008)
Tax Cap Plan May End Up Costing City (NY Sun, Jul 24, 2008)
City to Cut One-Third of School District Family Advocates (NY Post, Jul 24, 2008)
Study: Temp Classroom Units Take Up Outdoor School Space (Bronx Times, Jul 24, 2008)
Paterson Set to Embrace Student Loan Plan (NY Times, Jul 21, 2008)
More Teachers Denied Tenure Under Bloomberg (NY Post, Jul 19, 2008)
Mayor Bloomberg's intensive, 18-month push to curb teacher tenure has already started to get results: Tenure denials have nearly tripled since last year.
State Has Yet to Release Graduation Data from 2007 (NY Times, Jul 15, 2008)
Education Department Employs Blog Truth Squad (NY Sun, Jul 10, 2008)
State Senate Democrats to Hold Hearings on School Control (Daily News, Jul 9, 2008)
Crime Dips at School (NY Post, Jul 6, 2008)
There were 1,020 crimes in city schools from July 2007 to June 2008, an 11 percent drop from the 1,142 crimes committed over the same period the previous year, according to the Police Department.
City, Union Cut Bad Teachers' Rubber Room Stretches (Daily News, Jul 3, 2008)
Newell Assails Silver Over Relationship With Ratner (Daily Politics, Jul 3, 2008)
Survey Shows Increase in School Satisfaction (NY Post, Jul 2, 2008)
$18 Million Gift Aims to Boost Math and Science in Harlem (NY Sun, Jul 1, 2008)
Teachers: Klein Doesn't Make the Grade (NY Post, Jun 27, 2008)
Klein Says '08 Best Year of His Tenure (NY Post, Jun 26, 2008)
Charters Outperform Other Schools on State Tests (NY Post, Jun 25, 2008)
Teachers Bonuses Tied to Test Increases (NY Post, Jun 24, 2008)
Reading and Math Scores Rise Sharply Across N.Y. (NY Times, Jun 24, 2008)
State Math and Reading Exam Scores Released; Critics Question Improvements (Daily News, Jun 24, 2008)
Some Charge Administration With Education Inflation (NY Sun, Jun 23, 2008)
Comptroller Claims Schools Neglect Hearing, Vision Tests (NY 1, Jun 20, 2008)
Klein Seeks Power To Certify Teachers, Principals (NY Sun, Jun 20, 2008)
Chancellor Joel Klein is mulling a plan that for the first time would grant the Department of Education authority to certify teachers and principals. Certification is now done by universities, which act as partners even when it comes to alternative ways to enter the profession, such as Teach For America and the city's Teaching Fellows program. Mr. Klein spoke about the idea yesterday at a summit organized by a former Florida governor, Jeb Bush, according to his prepared PowerPoint presentation.
Gifted Programs in the City Are Less Diverse (NY Times, Jun 19, 2008)
Milk Vendors To Bid on Schools Boroughwide (NY Post, Jun 18, 2008)
Klein, Sharpton Ally on Achievement Gap (NY Sun, Jun 12, 2008)
Anointing themselves the "odd couple," City's schools chancellor, Joel Klein, and the Rev. Al Sharpton are teaming up to confront what they call the nation's most urgent civil rights issue: the educational achievement gap between white and minority students. The unlikely pairing of schools chief and activist appeared here yesterday with national education leaders to launch a coalition aimed at pressuring the presidential candidates to address racial disparities that persist in classrooms across the country.
Teachers Bonus Plan to Expand (NY Sun, Jun 9, 2008)
Background Checks Skipped at Day Care Centers (NY Post, Jun 9, 2008)
Principal Warns of Crane Construction Site (Daily News, Jun 9, 2008)
Leaders of Four 'F' Schools Are Now Up for Bonuses (NY Times, Jun 6, 2008)
Gotbaum Calls for Pre-K Admissions Overhaul (WNYC, Jun 5, 2008)
Klein Eyes the Rezoning of City School Districts (NY Sun, Jun 4, 2008)
'Sex' Star Leads Rally Against School Cuts (Daily News, Jun 3, 2008)
Cynthia Nixon, who stars in the TV hit-turned-blockbuster-movie, led a rally Monday of hundreds of parents and educators opposed to the cuts at Manhattan's Stuyvesant High School.
Tweed Charter School Probed for Doctoring Test Scores (NY Sun, Jun 2, 2008)
Financial Dispute Stalls Razing of College Building Damaged on 9/11 (NY Times, Jun 1, 2008)
City Approved Building to Get School (Daily News, May 31, 2008)
The city green-lighted the construction of the condo tower at the site of Friday's crane collapse as part of a deal to get a new middle school built for free.
Education Department's Phantom Cuts (NY Post, May 30, 2008)
Pre-K Enrollment Possibly Botched (NY Post, May 29, 2008)
Klein Finds Few Allies at Hearing (NY Times, May 28, 2008)
During a nearly four-hour hearing filled with skepticism that bordered on hostility, Schools Chancellor Joel Klein testified that the city badly needed more flexibility from the state to avoid significant cuts at dozens of public schools. But several council members said they found the argument difficult to believe. They also said that rather than appealing to the state, the Bloomberg administration should restore millions to the education budget to avoid the cuts.
City Scales Back Kindergarten Testing (NY Sun, May 28, 2008)
At a City Council hearing yesterday, Schools Chancellor Joel Klein said that, as a way to handle budget cuts, the school system will not test every kindergartner next year. Klein had previously said he had wanted the tests to screen students for gifted and talented programs.
Teachers Union Charges Misuse of "Rubber Room" (NY Sun, May 27, 2008)
City Says Best Schools May Suffer (NY Times, May 22, 2008)
Elite Schools Face Biggest Cuts Under New Budgets (NY Sun, May 22, 2008)
Principals Wait For Individual Budgets (NY Sun, May 21, 2008)
Politicians Ask Washington to Investigate Possible Toxins in Schools (NY Sun, May 19, 2008)
Despite Cell Phone Ban, Course Sees Them as Aid (NY Sun, May 16, 2008)
Rising Tuition at Religious Schools Affects City Families (NY Sun, May 14, 2008)
City Employees Allegedly Extorted $1 Million from School Bus Companies (NY Post, May 14, 2008)
Brooklyn Tech Alumni Pledge to Raise $21 Million for School (Daily News, May 13, 2008)
Teachers Union Honors Thompson (NY Sun, May 12, 2008)
Comptroller William Thompson Jr., a likely mayoral candidate, is being praised by a group that would be a useful endorsement and is moving to expand its influence, the United Federation of Teachers.
Parents Say Public Schools Overcrowded (Newsday, May 9, 2008)
Education Department, Union Clash Over Spending of State School Money (NY Sun, May 7, 2008)
A Look Into the Rubber Rooms (Daily News, May 5, 2008)
Union Defends Teacher Pool (NY Sun, May 5, 2008)
Endorsements and Congestion Pricing, School Names as Political Ads (NY Times, May 5, 2008)
Educators Will Fight Cuts (NY Sun, May 2, 2008)
Children Admitted to Gifted Programs Learn the Classes Don't Exist (NY Post, Apr 30, 2008)
Bloomberg Criticizes Paying 'Unassigned' Teachers (NY Post, Apr 30, 2008)
The city shouldn't have to pay unassigned teachers indefinitely - a side effect of the 2005 teachers' contract that will cost taxpayers a projected $81 million by June, Mayor Bloomberg said yesterday. Bloomberg's message came in response to a study warning that the pool of nearly 700 teachers who'd been cut from schools - but are paid full salary and benefits to serve as substitutes - would grow indefinitely.
$81 Million for Reserve of Teachers (NY Times, Apr 29, 2008)
New York City is paying $81 million over two years in salaries and benefits for teachers without permanent teaching jobs, according to a report being released on Tuesday.
Brooklyn Educator Labeled as Radical (NY Times, Apr 28, 2008)
Unresponsive Parent Coordinators (Daily News, Apr 24, 2008)
Schools Have To-Do Lists Ready After Record Influx in State Aid (NY Times, Apr 22, 2008)
Catholic School Teachers Plan to Strike Today (NY Post, Apr 15, 2008)
Angry Weingarten Prepares to Go National (Daily News, Apr 12, 2008)
Teachers union President Randi Weingarten used the long-anticipated announcement that she will seek the presidency of the nation's union to rip Chancellor Joel Klein and Mayor Michael Bloomberg over the city's plan to base teacher tenure on test scores, which was shot down by Albany. "No matter what they do to present themselves as children's protectors, the wolf under their sheepskin always shows through," she told thousands of members of the union.
Lacking Credits, Some Students Learn a Shortcut (NY Times, Apr 11, 2008)
Pre-Schoolers Exposed To Dangerous Conditions in Brooklyn (NY 1, Apr 11, 2008)
Gaps in School Gifted Program Rolls (NY Post, Apr 11, 2008)
Bloomberg 'Irate' Over Teacher Tenure (NY Post, Apr 10, 2008)
Broader Rule Sought to Pick Gifted Pupils (NY Times, Apr 10, 2008)
New York City and Long Island Schools Benefit From Deal in Albany (NY Times, Apr 10, 2008)
Teachers Union Spent $3 Million Lobbying Albany Last Year (NY Post, Apr 10, 2008)
One Third of City High Schools Get Failing Grades (Daily News, Apr 9, 2008)
Why Some NYC Black Parents Home School Their Sons (Village Voice, Apr 9, 2008)
Tenure and Test Scores (NY Times, Apr 9, 2008)
State lawmakers have decided to bar student test scores from being considered when teacher tenure determinations are made.
The move, part of budget negotiations, was a setback to efforts by the mayor to hold teachers accountable by using student performance data, and a boon for the teachers’ unions, which hold enormous influence in the capital.
Legislators Balk at Tying Teacher Tenure to Student Tests (NY Times, Apr 9, 2008)
Public Funds for Principal Search (NY Post, Apr 8, 2008)
Area Catholic Teachers Time Protests to Pope's Visit (NY Sun, Apr 8, 2008)
11 High Schools Are Identified as Failing (City Room, Apr 8, 2008)
Catholic School Teachers Strike as Papal Visit Draws Near (NY Times, Apr 7, 2008)
Students Struggle to Write Proficiently (NY Sun, Apr 7, 2008)
Toxins Found in Schools (Daily News, Apr 7, 2008)
Window sills and door frames in dozens of city public schools contain a toxin that can lower IQ scores, causes asthma and is linked to cancer, a Daily News investigation has found.
Catholic Teacher Strike Today (NY Post, Apr 4, 2008)
Writing Mastery Eludes Majority In Eighth Grade (NY Sun, Apr 4, 2008)
Failure an Option for One in Four Students (NY Post, Apr 3, 2008)
Professors Go to Bat for Arab Principal (NY Post, Apr 3, 2008)
Battle Over Charter School Space Will Heat Up (NY Sun, Apr 3, 2008)
Weingarten Girds for a Broader Battlefield (NY Times, Apr 3, 2008)
Albany Move Would Block Bloomberg's School Cuts (Daily News, Mar 29, 2008)
The latest move in state budget gamesmanship would block Mayor Bloomberg from cutting public school costs - and result in the loss of 3,778 cops and 520 firefighters, a City Hall analysis shows.
Study: Few Complete Move Through Public School System (NY Sun, Mar 28, 2008)
Four-Fold Jump in Advanced Placement Applications (NY Post, Mar 27, 2008)
Klein Fights Changes in Tenure Law (NY Post, Mar 27, 2008)
NYU and Columbia Lose Students' Luster (Crain's, Mar 27, 2008)
Immigrants March for Schools and Housing (City Room, Mar 26, 2008)
Schools Score Low on Computer Access (NY Post, Mar 26, 2008)
City Streamlines Pre-K Application (Daily News, Mar 25, 2008)
Teachers Union in a Race to Avert a Revolt at Charter School (NY Sun, Mar 25, 2008)
Hey, Kids! Don’t Eat the New Lunch Trays (City Room, Mar 25, 2008)
Consulting Firm Gets Raise At Education Department (Daily News, Mar 24, 2008)
The Education Department gave a 9 percent pay raise this month to a controversial British consulting company that performs yearly evaluations of most city schools.
Appeals Court Rejects Claim by Arabic School Principal (Associated Press, Mar 21, 2008)
Klein Passionately Defends Advocacy Role (Daily News, Mar 21, 2008)
Klein, City Council Rethink Upcoming School Budget Cuts (NY 1, Mar 21, 2008)
School Chief Tells Council Deep Cuts Are Needed (NY Times, Mar 21, 2008)
Education Department Spares Poorest Schools from Budget Cuts (NY Post, Mar 21, 2008)
Thousands Protest Budget Cuts Aimed at City Schools (NY Times, Mar 20, 2008)
Calls to Education Department By Paterson Got Girlfriend Job (NY Post, Mar 20, 2008)
Higher Education Thriving in Brooklyn (Daily News, Mar 18, 2008)
Passing Eighth Grade Gets a Little Harder (NY Times, Mar 18, 2008)
Bill Would Bar Linking Class Test Scores to Tenure (NY Times, Mar 18, 2008)
Opposition to Promotion Policy Builds (NY Sun, Mar 17, 2008)
Few Teachers Trained in New Ed Curriculum (Corrected Link) (NY Post, Mar 16, 2008)
Teachers Want Less Reliance On Tests for Scoring Schools (NY Sun, Mar 14, 2008)
Klein Offers New School Funding Plan Alternative to Budget Cuts (Daily News, Mar 13, 2008)
More School Security Proposed (NY Sun, Mar 12, 2008)
In the wake of a school shooting at a Jewish seminary in Israel last week, a group of City Council members is proposing that the New York City Department of Education and the New York City Police Department provide to private and parochial schools all of the security services currently provided to public schools.
Columbia University to Offer Financial Aid to More Students (NY Times, Mar 11, 2008)
Several Catholic Schools to Close (Staten Island Advance, Mar 10, 2008)
At Charter School, Higher Teacher Pay (NY Times, Mar 7, 2008)
Trustees of Polytechnic University in Brooklyn Approve Merger With NYU (NY Times, Mar 7, 2008)
Mayor Pledges Arts Programs To Survive Cuts (NY Sun, Mar 7, 2008)
Fine Is Levied for Nepotism by Queens Principal (NY Sun, Mar 6, 2008)
A Cash Incentive for Good Grades (NY Times, Mar 5, 2008)
Next Question: Can Students Be Paid to Excel? (NY Times, Mar 5, 2008)
After 5 Years, City Council Holds First Hearing on Mayor’s Control of Public Schools (NY Times, Mar 4, 2008)
Since taking control of New York City’s 1,400 public schools, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg has steadfastly maintained that centralized, mayoral oversight is critical to turning around the vast system. But that view came under sharp attack on Monday as the City Council held the first public hearing on the state law authorizing mayoral control.
Queens Library Gets $6 Million Gift for Adult Literacy (Daily News, Mar 4, 2008)
Education Department Proposes Changes in School Grades (NY Times, Feb 29, 2008)
Changes Eyed for School Report Cards (Daily News, Feb 29, 2008)
City To Revise Report Cards on the Schools (NY Sun, Feb 29, 2008)
Lawmakers Call for End to Education Department's Computer System (NY Post, Feb 29, 2008)
For 'A' Students in Some Brooklyn Schools, a Cellphone and 130 Free Minutes (NY Times, Feb 28, 2008)
$80 Million School Computer a 'Disaster,' Principals, Teachers Say (NY Post, Feb 27, 2008)
Plan to Tighten Eighth Grade Promotion Faces Opposition (NY Sun, Feb 27, 2008)
$80 Million School Computer Debacle (NY Post, Feb 27, 2008)
Mayoral Control of Schools Could Be Expanded Upstate (NY Sun, Feb 27, 2008)
Will Christine Quinn Stand Up to Commissioner Kelly? (Village Voice, Feb 26, 2008)
Desegregation Order Lifted From Brooklyn School (NY Times, Feb 23, 2008)
City Announces 52 New Schools (NY Times, Feb 22, 2008)
Schools Text Alert Plan (NY Post, Feb 22, 2008)
City Students Illegally Pushed Out of School Due of Age (Daily News, Feb 22, 2008)
Mayor Defends Early Pension for Teachers (NY Post, Feb 17, 2008)
Mayor Michael Bloomberg defended a bill now before the governor that would allow current teachers to retire with full pension benefits five years earlier than current law allows.
For City’s Schoolteachers, Retirement May Be Closer (NY Times, Feb 17, 2008)
State Leads Nation in Advance Placement Test Scores (Associated Press, Feb 15, 2008)
Hundreds Rally Against Education Budget Cuts (NY 1, Feb 15, 2008)
Teachers Get Big Gift From State GOP (NY Sun, Feb 15, 2008)
Liu Blames Bloomberg for School Cuts (NY Observer, Feb 14, 2008)
City Teachers Union Chief May Seek National Post (NY Times, Feb 13, 2008)
Education Department Seeks End to Racial Quota at Brooklyn School (NY Sun, Feb 13, 2008)
A Reversal on School Vouchers, Then a Tempest (NY Times, Feb 13, 2008)
City Moves to Overturn 1974 Ruling on Race (NY Times, Feb 13, 2008)
Smart Land Deals a Cornerstone of Free Tuition at Cooper Union (NY Times, Feb 13, 2008)
Schools Go Burger Free (Newsday, Feb 11, 2008)
Quinn To Woo Teachers With Bonus Pay (Daily Politics, Feb 11, 2008)
More Students Offered Seats (NY Post, Feb 9, 2008)
More students than ever have been offered a coveted seat in the fall at the city's nine specialized high schools, the Department of Education announced yesterday.
Ax Looms for "Lead Teacher" Program (Daily News, Feb 8, 2008)
City Fines Five Former Department of Education Staffers (NY Post, Feb 8, 2008)
Ethics Inquiry Postpones NYU Merger With Polytechnic (NY Times, Feb 8, 2008)
Schools Ready for Budget Cut Fight (NY Post, Feb 8, 2008)
6 City Schools Designated by the State as Failing (NY Times, Feb 7, 2008)
Failing Middle Schools (NY Post, Feb 7, 2008)
State Raises Consequences For Failing Schools (NY Sun, Feb 7, 2008)
Court Panel Questions School Ban on Phones (NY Times, Feb 7, 2008)
Prospective Teachers Will Have Essay to Write Before City Hires Them (Daily News, Feb 7, 2008)
City Gets Grilled on Ouster of Arab School's Principal (Daily News, Feb 6, 2008)
A federal appeals court panel Tuesday grilled city lawyers over the way officials handled the ouster of the principal of a controversial Arabic-language school.
Federal Investigation Into CUNY's 'Black Male Initiative' Widens (NY Sun, Feb 5, 2008)
Judges Criticize City's Handling of Arabic School's Principal (Associated Press, Feb 5, 2008)
Vallone Defends Homework Resolution (Politicker, Feb 4, 2008)
Principals Told to Cut Budgets by 1.7 Percent (Daily News, Feb 1, 2008)
Judge Voids City Plan to Let Private Schools Build and Use Fields on Randalls Island (NY Post, Feb 1, 2008)
Budget Cuts Raise Wrath of Principals (NY Times, Feb 1, 2008)
Principals across New York City turned on their computers Thursday morning to discover that because of Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s new budget proposal, their budgets had been slashed overnight by sums ranging from $9,000 to $447,587. And they reacted with unvarnished fury, while frantically scouring for places to cut spending.
Deal Over Randalls Island Sports Fields Is Voided (NY Times, Feb 1, 2008)
School Choice Rules Increase Parental Anxiety (Village Voice, Feb 1, 2008)
Change at Top for Bad City Schools (Daily News, Jan 31, 2008)
Budget Cuts at Schools Begin (NY Post, Jan 31, 2008)
Stuyvesant Shines In Top Science Contest (NY Sun, Jan 31, 2008)
Measure to Limit Homework (NY Sun, Jan 30, 2008)
The amount of homework public school teachers can give would be limited to 10 minutes a grade a night under a new resolution being introduced to the City Council.
City to Change Way of Choosing, Rating Principals (NY Times, Jan 30, 2008)
The Bloomberg administration is overhauling the way the Department of Education selects and evaluates public school principals, making the system more centralized and trying to shake up a system where, officials say, a vast majority of principals routinely get satisfactory evaluations. The changes come as the administration has given its principals unprecedented power over decisions like how they spend their budgets, train their teachers and educate their students.
Tests for Principals Planned (Daily News, Jan 30, 2008)
Educators hoping to become a city principal will now have to pass a rigorous test before they'll be considered for the job.
City Centralizes Hiring Process for Principals (NY Times, Jan 30, 2008)
Communities and Private Schools Clash (Newsday, Jan 28, 2008)
Klein Reacts to Cuffed Kid (Daily News, Jan 26, 2008)
Schools Chancellor Joel Klein called the handcuffing of a Queens kindergartner "troubling" Friday, but stopped short of condemning the practice.
Five Year-Old Boy Handcuffed in School (Daily News, Jan 25, 2008)
Bloomberg Not A Fan Of Property Tax Cap, Little Sympathy For Albany (Daily Politics, Jan 25, 2008)
Entry Process Is Simplified at City Schools (NY Times, Jan 24, 2008)
Mayor Expected To Call For Education Department Cuts (NY Sun, Jan 24, 2008)
School Expansion May Be Kindergarten Model (NY Sun, Jan 24, 2008)
New York Measuring Teachers by Test Scores (NY Times, Jan 24, 2008)
City Could Try Extending School Day or Year (Daily News, Jan 23, 2008)
Parents Demand Middle School Changes (NY Sun, Jan 22, 2008)
Examining the Drop-Out Rate (City Limits, Jan 22, 2008)
Union Attacks Evaluation Method (NY Post, Jan 22, 2008)
United Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten promised a full-arsenal fight if the Department of Education attempts to judge individual teachers based on their students' test scores.
Should Student Test Scores Measure a Teacher’s Value? (City Room, Jan 22, 2008)
Many Parents Angry About Their School's Grade (Associated Press, Jan 21, 2008)
Investigation of Study Programs Widens (NY Times, Jan 21, 2008)
Lower Aid Increase Planned for Schools in New York City (NY Times, Jan 21, 2008)
'Crisis' for Latino and Black Kids (NY Post, Jan 21, 2008)
Mayor Annonuces New Education Policies (NY Times, Jan 18, 2008)
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg on Thursday unveiled strict new criteria for promotion to high school that could, if current testing patterns hold, put nearly a quarter of New York City’s eighth graders in danger of spending an extra year in middle school.
School Choice Isn’t Enough (City Journal, Jan 18, 2008)
Which Rising Star Will Be 'Next Randi Weingarten'? (NY Sun, Jan 17, 2008)
A Queens High School With 3,600 Students, and Room for Just 1,800 (NY Times, Jan 16, 2008)
12 More Charter Schools Headed for Approval (NY Post, Jan 15, 2008)
School System Moves to End Quotas (NY Post, Jan 15, 2008)
Hours after an Indian couple filed a class-action suit challenging the racial quotas that kept their daughter out of an elite Brooklyn public school, the Department of Education announced yesterday that it will seek to end the quotas.
State to Audit No-Bid Award of City’s School Contracts (NY Times, Jan 12, 2008)
Jail Middle School Nixed (NY Post, Jan 12, 2008)
A city councilman's bizarre plan to open a public middle school on the grounds of a Brooklyn jail has been placed on death row.
State Gets Top Education Rating (NY Post, Jan 11, 2008)
Education Department to Award its Largest Ever No-Bid Contract (Daily News, Jan 11, 2008)
Plan to Locate Middle School in Brooklyn House of Detention (Brooklyn Papers, Jan 11, 2008)
State Teachers’ Union Is Leery of Effort to Limit Taxes (NY Times, Jan 11, 2008)
Judge Queries Plan to Give Private Schools Priority on Randalls Island (NY Times, Jan 11, 2008)
Harlem Residents To Square Off Vs. City Over Randalls Island (NY Sun, Jan 10, 2008)
City Names New Principal for English-Arabic School (NY Sun, Jan 9, 2008)
Disabled Woman's Education to End (Daily News, Jan 9, 2008)
School Misconduct Breaks Record (Daily News, Jan 8, 2008)
Teachers Union Fights Parking Cutback (NY Sun, Jan 7, 2008)
Days after Mayor Michael Bloomberg vowed to slash the number of parking permits handed out to city employees, the teachers union is objecting.
School Bus Citations Soar (Daily News, Jan 6, 2008)
Safety violations on school buses have skyrocketed since the Daily News revealed bus companies were routinely receiving tips ahead of time about "surprise" inspections.
Extra State Money for City Schools Threatened (NY Sun, Jan 4, 2008)
Private Schools To Be Reimbursed for Attendance Program (NY Sun, Jan 4, 2008)
Cash Rewards for Schools Stirs Debate (NY Sun, Jan 4, 2008)
Critics Assail School Test Schedule (NY Sun, Dec 31, 2007)
Firm Offers Free Online Lesson Plans for Teachers (NY Sun, Dec 26, 2007)
Albany Adds 60 Schools to City List of Failures (NY Times, Dec 21, 2007)
Red Tape Leaves Tots Without Pre-Kindergarten Schools (NY Sun, Dec 21, 2007)
Charter Schools Receive Their First Report Cards (NY Times, Dec 20, 2007)
Small Bite Out of Class Sizes (Daily News, Dec 20, 2007)
Classes Still Larger Than Allowed by Union Contract (NY Post, Dec 20, 2007)
How a Middle School Can Be ‘Dangerous’ and Still Get an A (NY Times, Dec 19, 2007)
205 Schools Accept Plan for Bonus Pay (NY Times, Dec 19, 2007)
Troubled Manhattan Commercial College to Close (NY Times, Dec 19, 2007)
'Laundromat Tour' Pushed School Ratings (NY Sun, Dec 19, 2007)
Special Education Gets a System Boost (Daily News, Dec 19, 2007)
School Grades Still Cause for Concern (City Limits, Dec 18, 2007)
Report to Urge Sweeping Change for SUNY System (NY Times, Dec 17, 2007)
A proposal would allow New York State’s public colleges to raise tuition without the approval of the Legislature.
New York State Theater to Close for Repairs in 2008 (NY Times, Dec 17, 2007)
The New York State Theater will go dark during New York City Opera’s 2008-9 season so that it can be renovated, and City Opera will perform at sites yet to be determined.
Corruption Found in School Bus System (Daily News, Dec 13, 2007)
Testing Discrepancies Examined (NY Sun, Dec 13, 2007)
Staten Island School Administrator Tampered with Tests (NY Post, Dec 13, 2007)
Dumb Down Class, Asks Principal Memo (Daily News, Dec 13, 2007)
Former City School Bus Supervisor Arrested (NY Sun, Dec 13, 2007)
Extra Test Time for Pupils Spurs Push for Standards (NY Sun, Dec 12, 2007)
City Fighting Harder Not to Pay for Special Ed at Private School (NY Times, Dec 12, 2007)
NYU Expansion Plans (The Villager, Dec 12, 2007)
Manhattan Private Schools No Longer Rely on Legacies (NY Sun, Dec 11, 2007)
Council Members Question Report Cards (NY Times, Dec 11, 2007)
The architect of the city’s new system that assigns grades to public schools faced fierce criticism yesterday at a hearing before the City Council’s Education Committee, whose members blasted the evaluations as unfair, reductive and a maze of statistics.
Defending School Report Cards, Over a Chorus of Boos (NY Times, Dec 11, 2007)
More Schools Being Closed for Low Score (NY Times, Dec 10, 2007)
City education officials said yesterday that they planned to close three additional schools: Franklin K. Lane High School in Brooklyn; the Bronx Coalition Community High School; and P.S. 183, the Daniel Chappie James Elementary School in Brooklyn. They join 10 others that the Department of Education has decided to close after they received poor marks on the new A-through-F report cards.
Encouraging Minority Students to Pursue a Career in Medicine (NY Times, Dec 9, 2007)
More Schools Being Closed for Low Score (NY Times, Dec 8, 2007)
Charter School's Caribbean Rewards Are Criticized (NY Sun, Dec 7, 2007)
Most Campuses Restrict Free Speech, Report Finds (NY Sun, Dec 7, 2007)
Benjamin Banneker and PS 304 Added To List Of Schools Set To Close (NY Sun, Dec 7, 2007)
'Arabic' Principal Fights On (NY Post, Dec 7, 2007)
Special Ed Enrollment in Small High Schools (WNYC, Dec 6, 2007)
Parents Press for ACORN Principal's Ouster (NY Sun, Dec 6, 2007)
Ex-Principal of Arabic School Loses Round in Court (Daily News, Dec 6, 2007)
Two More Schools to Close for Bad Performance (NY Times, Dec 6, 2007)
Six Schools to be Shut (NY Times, Dec 5, 2007)
In the first fallout from the Bloomberg administration’s controversial new school report cards, the city named six schools yesterday that will be shut down after earning Ds and Fs.
Teachers Now Oppose Housing Plan (NY Times, Dec 4, 2007)
Inflatable Rat Plans for Weingarten Scrapped (Daily Politics, Dec 4, 2007)
Dating-Related Violence Rises Among Teenagers (City Room, Dec 3, 2007)
Teachers Back Experimental Plan to Link Pay to Test Scores (NY Sun, Nov 29, 2007)
No Cheers For Delayed Education Funds (Daily Politics, Nov 29, 2007)
Council Member Calls for Limits On Homework (NY Sun, Nov 28, 2007)
Queens Councilmember Peter Vallone Jr. plans to introduce a resolution calling on the Department of Education to limit homework to 2 1/2 hours per night and to create one homework-free night per week. He said his two daughters are routinely swamped with homework and stuck at home, slogging through it.
Spitzer Orders Charters To Pay Union Wages (NY Sun, Nov 28, 2007)
Class Size Critics Say Do More (NY Post, Nov 28, 2007)
Lawmaker Eyes Ban on Student Lunchtime Driving (NY Sun, Nov 27, 2007)
Students Want Sex Ed (AM New York, Nov 27, 2007)
Lawmaker: Ban Student Driving During School Hours (Newsday, Nov 26, 2007)
Following the recent deaths of three teenagers from Smithtown in a car crash during school lunch hour, a Queens assemblyman is proposing legislation that would close high school campuses statewide to teen drivers.
Green Thumbs for Silver Spoons (New York Magazine, Nov 25, 2007)
Are Condos Bad for Schools? (New York Magazine, Nov 25, 2007)
City Students Got Break on National Test (NY Sun, Nov 21, 2007)
Texas Drops Math Curriculum that New York City Mandates (NY Sun, Nov 20, 2007)
City Bows to State on a School Improvement Plan (NY Times, Nov 20, 2007)
Action Filed Over School Admissions (NY Times, Nov 20, 2007)
Fired Principal of Arabic School Sues City (City Room, Nov 20, 2007)
Mayor's Agenda Intact Under Spitzer Education Contract (NY Sun, Nov 19, 2007)
A new education funding contract Governor Spitzer is announcing today extracts some concessions from New York City, but the changes are not seen as likely to affect Mr. Bloomberg's main policy agenda.
Columbia Meets Some Striker Demands (Columbia Spectator, Nov 16, 2007)
Little Progress for City Schools on National Test (NY Times, Nov 16, 2007)
New York City’s eighth graders have made no significant progress in reading and math since Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg took control of the city schools, according to federal test scores released yesterday, in contrast with the largely steady gains that have been recorded on state tests.
When the Gown Devours the Town (City Room, Nov 16, 2007)
New Effort to Remove Bad Teachers (NY Times, Nov 15, 2007)
City Students Stalled on National Education Tests (NY Sun, Nov 15, 2007)
Schools Being Closed Did Not Receive Report Cards (Daily News, Nov 14, 2007)
City Unveils Environmentally Friendly School (NY Post, Nov 14, 2007)
Bake Sale Protests Toxic School Locations (Metro, Nov 13, 2007)
Pilot Program To Use Cell Phones to Inspire (NY Times, Nov 13, 2007)
Mayor Threatens to Halt U.N. Visits on Safety Concerns (NY Sun, Nov 13, 2007)
Brooklyn Tech Gets B (NY Post, Nov 13, 2007)
Elite City Schools Nearly Graded "C" (Village Voice, Nov 9, 2007)
Bard President to Meet With City Over C Grade (NY Times, Nov 9, 2007)
Thousands of Students Receive Cash Rewards (NY Post, Nov 8, 2007)
Parents React to School Grades (NY Times, Nov 7, 2007)
The day after the city announced the grades, and over coffee, during play dates and on Internet chat sites, parents across the city discussed the meaning of the grades, which are based on a complex calculation giving the most weight to how individual students improved in a year’s time on standardized state tests, and compare schools with similar populations as judged by demographics and incoming students’ test scores
School Grades Could Affect Home Prices (Daily News, Nov 7, 2007)
Homeowners and real estate agents are bracing for the fallout from the city's decision to give letter grades for the first time to all public schools. Several schools long-considered to be among the best - so much so that they affect property values - earned less than stellar grades.
More Ratings for City Schools (NY Sun, Nov 7, 2007)
Two companies known for their guides to colleges will rate some New York City high schools. Princeton Review has released "Best New York City Private & Selective Public High Schools," a book that includes profiles of more than 70 schools, and in December U.S. News & World Report magazine will release a ranking of America's 500 best high schools.
Charter Schools Did Not Get Grades (NY Post, Nov 7, 2007)
While the city graded 1,224 public schools, report cards for its 60 charter schools were stamped with a different mark: incomplete. That's because charter schools don't measure student, teacher and parent satisfaction using the same Department of Education surveys, officials say.
How Good Schools Flunk (Daily News, Nov 7, 2007)
A look at the factors that could result in a highly regarded school like Public School 35 on Staten Island - where students annually ace state reading and math exams - getting an F from the city.
School Report Cards Out, 50 Fail (NY Sun, Nov 6, 2007)
New York Schools Brace to Be Scored, A to F (NY Times, Nov 4, 2007)
This week marks the release of report cards from the Education Department that will, for the first time, grade New York City schools on a scale of A through F.
Schools to Get Letter Grades Next Week (Associated Press, Nov 2, 2007)
Cellphones as a Reward for Good Schoolwork (NY Times, Nov 1, 2007)
University Systems Aim To Cut Achievement Gaps (NY Sun, Nov 1, 2007)
Education Department Tries to Discredit Critic (NY Sun, Oct 31, 2007)
A scathing opinion piece deriding Diane Ravitch, a leading education historian and critic of Mayor Michael Bloomberg's education policies, was generated with the help of city officials, sources said yesterday.
Schools to Limit Gifted Program (NY Times, Oct 30, 2007)
Doctors Missed Deadly Infection (NY Post, Oct 30, 2007)
Harlem Church Sues for Right To Run Charter (NY Sun, Oct 26, 2007)
And Now, Merit Pay for Bureaucrats (NY Sun, Oct 26, 2007)
Schools Embrace Environment and Sow Debate (NY Times, Oct 25, 2007)
Thompson, Administration Clash on Schools (Daily News, Oct 24, 2007)
City Comptroller William Thompson got a tongue-lashing from education officials on Tuesday after he said the jury is still out on whether Mayor Michael Bloomberg's changes in the school system have made much of a difference to students.
Thompson Gives City Vocational Schools Failing Grade (NY 1, Oct 24, 2007)
At a speech to the Association for a Better New York, City Comptroller Bill Thompson "criticized the city for its waning support for career and technical education. He said vocational schools are more successful than other high schools in keeping students in class until Graduation Day. His office reports vocational schools lack funding, qualified teachers, and up-to-date equipment."
Free After-School Program to Add Thousands of Kids (NY Post, Oct 19, 2007)
Teachers Agree to Bonus Pay Tied to Scores (NY Times, Oct 18, 2007)
Deal on Teacher Merit Pay May Sway National Debate (NY Sun, Oct 18, 2007)
Khalil Gibran Founding Principal Says Officials Forced Her Out (Daily Politics, Oct 17, 2007)
Getting Locally Grown Carrots Onto Students' Lunchtrays (NY Times, Oct 17, 2007)
Plunge in Applicants for College Anticipated (NY Sun, Oct 17, 2007)
City Students Will Cash In For Top Test Scores (NY Sun, Oct 15, 2007)
New York City public school students will have another opportunity to turn high test scores into cash this year, thanks to a private project that is offering as much as $1,000 for a top score on an exam.
Student's Personal Records Thought to be Stolen End up at Daily News (Daily News, Oct 11, 2007)
Safety Agents Are Defended After Two Arrests at City School (NY Times, Oct 11, 2007)
Charter School Chief Chosen (NY Sun, Oct 10, 2007)
After nine months without an executive director, the city's charter school office will get a new leader this month -- Michael Thomas Duffy, who now runs an inner-city charter school in Boston
Principal Arrested at Manhattan School (NY Post, Oct 10, 2007)
Police arrested a principal at his Manhattan high school yesterday after he wrestled with security guards in an attempt to stop them from embarrassing a student by marching her out of the building in handcuffs, according to police.
Principal’s Arrest Puts Focus on Police in Schools (NY Times, Oct 10, 2007)
A Manhattan high school principal was arrested a day before a City Council hearing into the training and conduct of school security agents who work under the jurisdiction of the Police Department although they patrol city schools. Parents and principals have claimed that students sometimes are arrested for simple misbehavior.
Principals Brace For School Grades (Daily News, Oct 9, 2007)
City Wins Bike Friendly Award (Daily News, Oct 9, 2007)
City Hall Academy Closes (NY Times, Oct 6, 2007)
When City Hall Academy opened in 2003 as a center devoted to teaching New York City’s history, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg made sure it was ensconced on the ground floor of Education Department headquarters to symbolize his passion for improving the schools.
Schools Pay Big Markup for Custodial Supplies (NY Sun, Oct 5, 2007)
Pre-K Boost On Hold (Chief-Leader, Oct 5, 2007)
City Will Help Pension Plans Build Housing for Teachers (NY Times, Oct 5, 2007)
City Is Pushing Colleges To Expand Into Poorer Areas (NY Sun, Oct 4, 2007)
Academics Will Assess City Schools (NY Times, Oct 3, 2007)
High Court Seems To Tilt Toward City on Special Ed (NY Sun, Oct 2, 2007)
School Buses to Get GPS Technology (Associated Press, Sep 28, 2007)
State Students See Mixed Results on National Test (NY Post, Sep 26, 2007)
Comptroller: Special Education Busing Still Delayed (NY Post, Sep 25, 2007)
Class Size Reduction Small, Says Report (NY Sun, Sep 25, 2007)
Teachers Union Says City Has Fewer Overcrowded Classes (Daily News, Sep 21, 2007)
High School Violence Undercounted (Daily News, Sep 20, 2007)
Push to Reinstate Khalil Gibran School's Principal (Newsday, Sep 20, 2007)
Charter School Audit Flunks City (NY Post, Sep 20, 2007)
City Schools Win Prestigious Education Prize (NY Sun, Sep 19, 2007)
New School Plans New Building on Fifth Avenue (Metro, Sep 19, 2007)
Mayor Challenged on Class Size Statements (NY Sun, Sep 12, 2007)
Some city education advocates want Mayor Bloomberg to correct his statements saying that lowering class sizes is not the top priority of public school parents, but the mayor is not budging. The dispute stems from how each side views the results of a recent citywide parent survey and is the latest round in an ongoing battle over whether the Department of Education should place more emphasis on reducing the number of students in city classrooms.
Stated Meeting: Jamaica Rezoned to Create Transit Hub (Gotham Gazette, Sep 11, 2007)
Klein to Probe School 911 Policy (Daily News, Sep 11, 2007)
Quinn Clashes With Bloomberg Over Cell Phone Ban (NY Sun, Sep 11, 2007)
City Council Speaker Christine Quinn refused to rule out the possibility that the council would sue Mayor Bloomberg to force compliance with a new law that says students have the right to carry cell phones to and from school.
UFT Finds State Reading Tests to be Dumbed Down (NY Sun, Sep 7, 2007)
Schools Survey Reveals Variety Of Wants (NY 1, Sep 7, 2007)
City Hires Record Number of Teachers (Crain's, Sep 6, 2007)
Klein to Give Graduation Rates and Test Scores to Independent Auditors (Daily News, Sep 6, 2007)
Arabic School Opens Smoothly (Newsday, Sep 5, 2007)
Advocates Call for Independent Audit of School Testing (Daily News, Sep 5, 2007)
School House Doors Greet Policy Changes (NY Times, Sep 5, 2007)
Gifted, Talented Seats Go Unfilled (NY Post, Sep 4, 2007)
Schools to Open with Big Changes (NY Times, Sep 3, 2007)
Principals of the city’s 1,500 public schools will face an entirely new world when more than 1 million schoolchildren return to classes Sept. 4. Traditional superintendents’ offices have been eliminated and principals will be evaluated on the basis of a wide array of data and will have greater control over how they run their schools.
Third UFT Charter School Moves Forward (NY Sun, Aug 31, 2007)
NYU Plans a Branch in Abu Dhabi (NY Times, Aug 31, 2007)
Months After Shakeup, Teachers at Alternative Schools Still Without Jobs (Daily News, Aug 30, 2007)
City's SAT Scores Sink (NY Post, Aug 29, 2007)
Sex Offender Barred From Staten Island College (Metro, Aug 29, 2007)
Education Department Fixes Busing Rules (Daily News, Aug 27, 2007)
Education officials are tweaking several of the school bus eligibility rules that turned last year's route shakeup into a full-blown fiasco.
Rookie Teachers Get Pep Talk From Schools Officials (NY 1, Aug 23, 2007)
NYC Schools in 'Best College Towns' (Crain's, Aug 23, 2007)
Community Board Votes Against Columbia University Expansion (Newsday, Aug 22, 2007)
More Schools on Dangerous List (NY Times, Aug 22, 2007)
New York State education officials announced a list of 27 schools considered dangerous and all but two of them are in New York City. The number of city school considered dangerous rose sharply from 14 to 25, a rise the state attributed largely to better reporting.
City Disputes Dangerous Schools List (NY Sun, Aug 22, 2007)
City officials are downplaying a new list of "persistently dangerous" schools that the state Education Department nearly doubled yesterday, expanding the number to 25 from 14.
Quinn Chooses Congestion Commission Appointees (NY Sun, Aug 21, 2007)
The Speaker of the City Council, Christine Quinn, has chosen three non-elected officials to sit on the 17-member congestion pricing commission, council sources said.
The Battle to Build New Schools (City Limits, Aug 21, 2007)
Protests Over Arab Leader's Oust (NY Times, Aug 21, 2007)
City Caters to Potential High School Dropouts (NY Times, Aug 21, 2007)
Education Department Distances Itself From Khalil Gibran Rally (NY Sun, Aug 20, 2007)
The city's Department of Education is distancing itself from a rally in support of one of its own schools, the Arabic-language Khalil Gibran International Academy set to open in Brooklyn in two weeks.
Klein See Three R's For Three-Year-Olds (NY Post, Aug 19, 2007)
As Joel Klein reminisced about his first five years as the city's schools chancellor last week, he envisioned a future with kids starting school sooner - as young as age 3.
The Hard Life of a New York City Teaching Fellow (Village Voice, Aug 15, 2007)
Plans for New Arabic School Aroused Old Prejudices, Rivalries (NY Times, Aug 15, 2007)
Plan Presented for Low Performing Middle Schools (NY Times, Aug 14, 2007)
New Leader for Arabic School (NY Times, Aug 14, 2007)
Queens Library Number One in the Country (NY Sun, Aug 14, 2007)
Head of City’s Arabic School Steps Down Under Pressure (Newsday, Aug 13, 2007)
Debbie Almontaser stepped down as the principal of Khalil Gibran International Academy after she was quoted defending the use of the word “intifada” as a T-shirt slogan.
Many Students Shun Free Breakfast (Daily News, Aug 8, 2007)
CUNY Attempts To Boost Its Competitive Status in City (NY Sun, Jul 30, 2007)
City University of New York's ratcheting-up of admissions standards is its latest attempt to put its top-tier colleges in the same league as private universities such as New York University and Columbia.
Mayoral Control of Schools Could End or Change in 2009 (NY Sun, Jul 27, 2007)
Bloomberg to Veto Cell Phone Bill (NY Post, Jul 27, 2007)
Mayor Michael Bloomberg said yesterday that he would veto a bill passed by City Council Wednesday that would allow city public school students to bring their cell phones to and from schools, though not necessarily have the cell phones in school. Bloomberg said the bill does not change anything and exceeds council’s authority by interfering in the running of the schools.
Bloomberg Gets Higher Marks for Schools (NY Post, Jul 27, 2007)
The number of people who think mayoral control of schools under Michael Bloomberg has been a success has shot up dramatically in the last three months, according to a poll released yesterday.
More Spin than Substance: A Conservative Critic on Mayoral Control of Schools (City Journal, Jul 27, 2007)
Fordham Plans Expansion of Lincoln Square Campus (NY Sun, Jul 26, 2007)
City to Battle Supreme Court Over Education (NY Sun, Jul 20, 2007)
Plan for School Funds Will Set Targets for Class Size, Klein Says (NY Post, Jul 18, 2007)
Area Residents Fight Queens College Dormitory (Metro, Jul 18, 2007)
Klein's Spending Plan Meets Opposition (NY Sun, Jul 16, 2007)
The city schools chancellor could face a showdown tonight as he sends Albany a final proposal for how the city will spend an influx of new state funds.
Advocates Criticize City Plan to Spend State Education Money (NY Sun, Jul 11, 2007)
Summer Meals Program at Some Schools to End Before Summer Does (Metro, Jul 11, 2007)
Department of Education To Hire 1,300 New Teachers (NY Post, Jul 9, 2007)
The city wants to hire 1,300 new teachers to reduce class sizes, using some of the millions of dollars in extra school funding it wrangled from the state, the Department of Education said yesterday.
Deptartment of Education Looks to Protect Student Computer Data (NY Post, Jul 6, 2007)
Class-Size Plan Would Add 1,300 Teachers (NY Sun, Jul 6, 2007)
Bowing to new state regulations, the city is releasing a plan to reduce class size in the public schools that would spend $106 million to hire at least 1,300 new teachers and create 400 new classrooms next year.
Small Schools Are Ahead in Graduation (NY Post, Jul 2, 2007)
Most of the small public high schools set up by the Bloomberg administration have made considerable advances over the large high schools they replaced.
City Schools Untouched by Supreme Court Race Ruling (Daily News, Jun 29, 2007)
Chancellor Wants to Eliminate Race from High School Admission Tests (NY Post, Jun 26, 2007)
State, City Math Scores Rise (NY Times, Jun 13, 2007)
Math scores for students across New York State improved significantly this year, pushed higher by consistent performance gains in New York City, according to scores on the annual statewide math exam released by state officials today.
(NY Sun, Jun 13, 2007)
New York City's progress on the state math test brings it closer to closing a historic gap with statewide averages. In 2002, the city-state gap for fourth-graders was 16 percentage points. This year it was just six, and the eighth-grade gap fell to 13 points from 18 in 2002.
Math Scores Rise for Students in Grades 3 to 8 (Daily News, Jun 12, 2007)
A Plan to Pay for Top Scores on Some Tests Gains Ground (NY Times, Jun 11, 2007)
Roland G. Fryer, a 30-year-old Harvard economist known for his study of racial inequality in schools, is back in New York to again promote a big idea: Pay students cash for high scores on standardized tests and their performance might improve. And he has captured the attention of Schools Chancellor Joel I. Klein and Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg.
Crime Drops Since Police Began Patrolling School Hallways (Daily News, Jun 11, 2007)
Crime in the city's public schools has dropped by a third since the NYPD began patrolling the hallways - a clear sign that the police are doing something right, Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly says.
School Officials Consider Cash Incentives for Student Achievement (Daily News, Jun 8, 2007)
Council Overrides Whistleblower Veto (Daily News, Jun 7, 2007)
City Council rejected Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s veto of a bill to extend whistleblower protection to any city employee who reports conduct or actions that put the health, safety or educational welfare of children at risk or in jeopardy, despite allegations the bill was redundant.
Merit Pay Set for Two Union Schools (NY Sun, Jun 7, 2007)
Two unionized schools are among the 10 in the city set to begin a merit-pay plan next year, but the plan could face resistance from the union, the United Federation of Teachers.
City Law Would Expand Whistleblower Shield (NY Sun, Jun 5, 2007)
The City Council is expected to override a mayoral veto today, voting into law a bill aimed at protecting city employees who report when a child is facing "educational harm."
City To Revamp Schools for Troubled Students (Daily News, May 25, 2007)
The city is revamping its schools for troubled students and axing several failing programs - including schools for pregnant girls, officials said.
Reading Scores Mixed (NY Sun, May 23, 2007)
Scores Down, City Officials Blame Feds (Daily News, May 23, 2007)
City Defends How It Measures High School Graduation Rates (NY Post, May 22, 2007)
Public School Playgrounds Open for Summer (NY Post, May 18, 2007)
Teachers Union Members May Grow 25 Percent (NY Sun, May 18, 2007)
School Taxes Soar, Despite State Aid Hike (NY Sun, May 17, 2007)
This year's record increase in state education aid didn't stop school districts from raising local property taxes, as voters across the state yesterday overwhelmingly approved bigger budgets and higher tax levies to pay for the extra spending.
Parents Say School Changes Happening Too Quickly (Inside Schools, May 16, 2007)
Arabic School Finds New Home (NY Times, May 10, 2007)
New School Budgets Announced (NY Times, May 9, 2007)
Schools Chancellor Joel Klein released next year’s budgets for New York City’s more than 1,400 public schools yesterday, using a new, simpler financing system that seeks to give more money to schools serving low-achieving students, children from low-income families and those who speak limited English.
Brooklyn School Is Dropped as Site of Arabic Academy (NY Post, May 5, 2007)
Responding to an outcry from parents, the city yesterday dropped plans to have a Brooklyn elementary school share its building with a new Arabic-language secondary school.
City Students Lag in Regents Diplomas (NY Sun, May 4, 2007)
A Lack of Interest (and Candidates) in New System (NY Times, Apr 30, 2007)
Elections begin on Monday for the 34 parent councils that replaced New York City’s community school boards when Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg won control of the school system in 2002.
In Harlem, Bush Praises Charter Schools (NY Sun, Apr 25, 2007)
President Bush Visits Charter School in Harlem (NY Sun, Apr 24, 2007)
Department of Education May Allow Principals To Expels Parents from PTAs (NY Post, Apr 23, 2007)
Principals may soon have the power to expel parents from PTAs. The city Department of Education is mulling a stunning policy change that would allow principals to ban parents from the volunteer.
Bloomberg Compromises on School Funding (NY Times, Apr 20, 2007)
Ceding ground to the city teachers’ union, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg announced changes yesterday to his plan for a new school budgeting system. The changes mean that it will be harder and take longer for the mayor to redistribute senior teachers, who tend to cluster in middle-class neighborhoods, more evenly across the school system.
Investigators Question "Luxury Lounge" for Education Officials (Daily News, Apr 13, 2007)
Educational Whistleblower Bill Would Face Veto (NY Sun, Apr 12, 2007)
Mayor Bloomberg said he would veto a City Council bill aimed at protecting city employees who report the "educational harm" of a child, and suggested yesterday that the teachers union is behind the proposal.
School Reorganization to Eliminate 2,000 Administrative Posts (Daily News, Apr 11, 2007)
As City Shuts Large Schools, Tilden High Fights for Its Life (Village Voice, Apr 11, 2007)
Group Sues to Block City School Plan in the Bronx (Metro, Apr 10, 2007)
Department of Education To Revamp How It Investigates Student Violence (Daily News, Apr 9, 2007)
The Department of Education will revamp how it investigates student-on-student violence on school buses and beef up supervision of the unit that handles such complaints.
School Funding Varies Across State (NY Sun, Apr 6, 2007)
New York City Universities Hike Tuition, Fees (Crain's, Apr 6, 2007)
Mayor Blasts State for Slow Move on Charter Schools (NY Post, Apr 3, 2007)
Calling provisions in the state budget that could slow the opening of more charter schools "a disgrace," an irate Mayor Bloomberg yesterday teed off on legislators he claimed were trying to limit parental choice.
State Attorney General Settles Student Loan Charges for $5.27M (Crain's, Apr 3, 2007)
School Aid Fight Erupts in Albany as Budget Passes (NY Times, Apr 2, 2007)
Lawmakers finished passing an estimated $120.9 billion budget Sunday morning that they had not had time to read and had barely debated. But almost immediately after the final vote, the governor’s staff and the Legislature began to dispute what was written in the most contentious portion of the budget — education — underscoring the secretive nature of the negotiations that led to thousands of pages of legislation.
State Approves 50 New City Charter Schools (Daily News, Mar 30, 2007)
Columbia Plans First Eviction to Make Way for Campus Expansion (NY Sun, Mar 28, 2007)
Can a Charter School Born in the Hamptons Survive in NYC? (New York Magazine, Mar 28, 2007)
Council Members Seek to Stop School Plan (NY Sun, Mar 28, 2007)
City Council members critical of the mayor's proposed education reorganization are introducing a resolution calling on Mayor Michael Bloomberg to postpone the plan.
Department of Education Fails to Answer Questions about Special Education, Public Advocate Says (Daily News, Mar 26, 2007)
Answers aren't easy to come by for parents of city special education students, according to a survey by the public advocate's office. Investigators posing as parents made 98 calls to city special education staffers last year and found that they were able to reach the appropriate person only 47% of the time, the Waiting for Help survey found.
Mayor Said Children Should Be Protected From Abuse On School Bus (Daily News, Mar 24, 2007)
Mayor Bloomberg yesterday admitted that the city should have done a better job in protecting school kids from physical and sexual abuse aboard school buses.
Chancellor Orders Overhaul of School Bus Policy (Daily News, Mar 23, 2007)
Council Will Look Into Abuse on School Buses (Daily News, Mar 22, 2007)
A City Council committee will hold hearings next month to examine the Department of Education's handling of physical and sexual abuse aboard city school buses as detailed in a Daily News investigative series.
Albany Divided on Calculation of School Aid (NY Times, Mar 19, 2007)
Facing a court order that said city schools were being shortchanged, Gov. Eliot Spitzer is trying to change the way the pie is divided.
Cuomo Attacks Corruption in Students Loans (NY Times, Mar 16, 2007)
Eight More Middle Schools Listed as Failing (NY Times, Mar 16, 2007)
In a sign of deep troubles in New York City’s middle schools, state officials yesterday identified nine additional city schools in danger of being shut down for academic failure — eight of them serving the middle grades.
Four Revamped Schools on Failing List (Daily News, Mar 16, 2007)
Of nine city schools added yesterday to the state's failing school list, four middle schools had recently been created to replace an earlier generation of schools shut down for poor performance. Teachers union President Randi Weingarten issued a statement calling the shutdowns a "reorganizational shell game where they close a school, reopen it with a new name, new principal and new staff and do nothing to really turn it around."
Council Lends Support To (NY Sun, Mar 15, 2007)
The City Council is standing behind a "milk-choice" coalition calling on the Department of Education to return flavored low-fat milk to public school cafeterias.
Council Bans Metal Bats in High School (NY Post, Mar 15, 2007)
The use of aluminum bats has been debated for years both from a competitive standpoint and increasingly for safety reasons.
City Officials Attack State School Budget (NY Sun, Mar 14, 2007)
A Second-Hand Plan for Schools? (Metro, Mar 14, 2007)
City Comptroller William Thompson says the latest school reorganization plan, hatched by the same consulting firm that advised the Department of Education to change school bus routes, is simply a rehash of the plan the firm gave the New Orleans schools system.
Sharpton Opposes Latest School Reorganization Plan (NY Post, Mar 14, 2007)
City, State to Address Discrepancy in Graduation Rate (NY Sun, Mar 9, 2007)
City and state education officials are working to narrow the wide discrepancy between the city's calculation of its graduation rate and the much lower numbers reported by the state, education official. The city calculates that 58 percent of its students graduated in 2005, while the state puts the umber at 43 percent. Unlike the state, the city counts students as graduates if they receive a GED or graduate later than June, and it excludes special education students from its calculations.
Investigators Launch A Prone Into Financial Dealing of Deputy School Chancellor (NY Post, Mar 5, 2007)
City investigators have launched a probe into recent financial dealings of Deputy Schools Chancellor Chris Cerf, the former president of Edison Schools Inc. who hastily dumped his equity stake in the company last month, The Post has learned.
On Air and in Church, Mayor Takes a Tone of Reassurance on Schools (NY Times, Mar 5, 2007)
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg used his weekly radio address and visits to two churches to remind parents that improving the nation’s largest school system was a complex task.
City Council Zeros In On Principal Power (NY Post, Mar 4, 2007)
A program giving public-school principals more funding, power and accountability is going under the microscope at a City Council Education Committee hearing tomorrow.
Critics of Mayoral Control Grow, May Seek 2009 Changes (NY Sun, Mar 1, 2007)
Schools Chancellor Fails To Impress Albany Skeptics (Daily News, Feb 28, 2007)
In his two hours before a state legislative committee yesterday, Schools Chancellor Joel Klein tried to accentuate the positive - but the lawmakers weren't buying it.
Case Before The Supreme Court (Involving MTV Founder Thomas Freston): Should Parents Of Disabled Be Reimbursed For Tuition In Private School If They Haven (NY Sun, Feb 27, 2007)
New York Teachers In Trouble Doubled Over Last 5 Years (NY Post, Feb 26, 2007)
Nearly twice as many state educators were busted for behaving badly during the past school year compared to the same period in 2001, a new report revealed yesterday.
Faced with Parent Complaints, Education Department Restores 17 School Bus Routes (Daily News, Feb 23, 2007)
Arts Education Program Will Be Phased Out, Says Klein (Daily News, Feb 22, 2007)
Officials Are Underreporting School Safety Incidents, Says Public Advocate (NY Post, Feb 22, 2007)
Department of Education Retreats on Plan To Mix Older and Younger Students (NY Sun, Feb 21, 2007)
The Department of Education is backing down on proposals to place small secondary schools inside two elementary school buildings for next year amid community protests.
School Official Was Executive with Tutoring Firm Investigated for Improper Practices (NY Sun, Feb 16, 2007)
Speaker Targets Middle Schools (NY Post, Feb 16, 2007)
Charging "our middle schools are failing," City Council Speaker Christine Quinn said in her State of the City address yesterday that City Council is appointing a task force to find ways to improve the middle grades.
Major Crime in Schools Rises 21 Percent (NY Post, Feb 15, 2007)
City Will Open Arabic Public School (Associated Press, Feb 15, 2007)
Klein to Reconsider Some Bus Rules (Daily News, Feb 14, 2007)
Schools Chancellor Joel Klein said the Department of Education would not abandon the changes it has made to school bus routes, but that it would consider setting an age requirement for giving kids MetroCards, since 5- and 6-year-olds are too young to take public transportation, and will reconsider the rule that bars children who live more than a quarter mile from a bus stop from receiving service.
Council Members Criticize School Bus Changes (NY Times, Feb 14, 2007)
City Council members testily grilled the Bloomberg administration yesterday about virtually every aspect of midwinter changes in school bus routes, accusing officials of bringing about “bedlam” and a “fiasco.”
Bloomberg (Daily News, Feb 13, 2007)
Hidden in Mayor Bloomberg's good-news budget proposal are more than $144 million in cuts to programs vitally important to many New Yorkers.
Bloomberg has called for slashing $22.2 million in city education programs, $30.3 million in aid to the City University of New York, $5.4 million to the beleaguered Administration for Children's Services, $6 million for child health clinics and $3 million for rapid HIV testing.
Testing Expanded For Sex Diseases In High School Students (NY Post, Feb 13, 2007)
Contract Bidders Confused by School Reform Plan (NY Sun, Feb 8, 2007)
Critics of Bus Plan (Daily News, Feb 8, 2007)
New Rules on School Buses Might Be Bent, Chancellor Says (NY Post, Feb 7, 2007)
Chancellor Meets with Parents to Defend School Reorganization Plan (Metro, Feb 7, 2007)
Bus Companies Warned Last Year Of Chaos If Bus Routes Changed; Complaints Rise (Daily News, Feb 6, 2007)
Education Reorganization Plan (Especially Elimination Of Regional Superintendents) May Spread Chancellor Klein Too Thin (NY Sun, Feb 6, 2007)
History Of Failure: Bus Consulting Firm Had Similar Problem In Another City (NY Post, Feb 2, 2007)
The pricey consulting firm behind the chaotic consolidation of school-bus routes that has stranded New York students in the dead of winter wreaked similar havoc three years ago in St. Louis when it was hired to rework the bus system there.
City to Open 20 More Small Schools (Daily News, Jan 31, 2007)
Angry Parents Protest Schools Bus Changes (NY Post, Jan 31, 2007)
Transportation Commissioner Iris Weinhall Will Resign, Join City University (NY Sun, Jan 30, 2007)
Spitzer (NY Times, Jan 30, 2007)
School Bus Route Changes Begin Monday (NY 1, Jan 29, 2007)
The city is urging parents whose children take to bus to school to call for information on route changes that start Monday.
Chancellor Defends School Plan (NY Post, Jan 26, 2007)
Testifying before a City Council committee yesterday, Schools Chancellor Joel Klein denied that the latest school reorganization plans are part of an effort to give private companies a great role in the running of the public schools. Klein said he had wanted to shut out for-profit companies from playing a role in the planned reorganization - but that the law wouldn't allow the city to invite bids from non profits while keeping our profit-making businesses.
Facing Criticism, Schools Chancellor Creates Office for Parents (NY Sun, Jan 26, 2007)
Planned Cuts to School Bus Routes Scaled Back (NY Post, Jan 25, 2007)
Leading Charter School Officials Resign (NY Sun, Jan 24, 2007)
Teachers Union Wants State Money to Cut Class Size (NY Times, Jan 24, 2007)
Schools Debate Whether To Extend Elementary School Or Push Students Into High School Earlier (NY Times, Jan 22, 2007)
Schools debate whether to extend the nurturing cocoon of elementary school or push students into a high school setting earlier.
Overhaul of Schools Would Let Teachers Rate Principals (NY Times, Jan 19, 2007)
Chancellor Joel I. Klein detailed how the new powers being granted to principals would be accompanied by new evaluations of them by teachers.
Report: Middle Schools Neglected, Especially In Poor Neighborhoods (NY Post, Jan 16, 2007)
Schools Chancellor Klein Denies Reports That He Plans Hiring Private Managers To Run Public Schools (NY Times, Jan 12, 2007)
Number of Failing Schools in City Rises (NY Sun, Jan 11, 2007)
Competition Intense for Spots in Elementary School (Daily News, Jan 10, 2007)
City Council Approves Building Schools on Polluted Bronx Site (Metro, Jan 10, 2007)
Class Size As High As 46 Students (Legal Limit Is 34), New Data Reveals (Daily News, Jan 9, 2007)
More Public School Teachers Are Qualified, But Not Enough To Avoid Losing Federal Funds By July (NY Post, Jan 9, 2007)
Council Split on Rise in Charter Schools (NY Sun, Jan 8, 2007)
As the Bloomberg administration prepares to lobby Albany to lift the cap on charter schools, the City Council is divided on the issue. Many city lawmakers have long pushed for billions of dollars in additional funding for public schools, viewing the idea of additional charter schools as a threat that could siphon resources from traditional classrooms.
Misconduct Complaints In The City Schools System Rise (NY Post, Jan 5, 2007)
The number of complaints about wrongdoing in the city's public schools skyrocketed by 38 percent last year, Special Investigator Richard Condon said yesterday.
Education Tops Mayor (NY Sun, Jan 3, 2007)
Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s Albany office is hammering out its agenda and its top items are getting more state money for the city’s schools and increasing the number of charter schools.
Effort To Replicate Successful Formula In Turning Failing Schools Around (NY Sun, Dec 27, 2006)
Cell-phone Lawsuit On Hold While City Explores A Plan for Paid Phone In Schools (Daily News, Dec 18, 2006)
A lawsuit filed by parents who oppose the city's ban on cell phones in public schools is being put on hold while the city explores a plan that would allow kids to store phones in coinoperated lockers.
School System May Let Students Check Their Cell Phones (NY Post, Dec 13, 2006)
Five Low-Performing High Schools To Be Phased Out (Daily News, Dec 12, 2006)
The soon-to-be defunct institutions are Lafayette High in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn; South Shore High in Canarsie, Brooklyn; Samuel J. Tilden High in East Flatbush, Brooklyn; Urban Peace Academy in East Harlem, and the School for the Physical City in Gramercy Park.
Small Schools Excluding Students Learning English: Report (NY Post, Nov 29, 2006)
Lame Duck Session in Albany May Produce Deal on Charter Schools, Pay Raises for Legislatures (NY Sun, Nov 29, 2006)
List for Schools Seems to Grow More Wishful (NY Times, Nov 25, 2006)
If Governor-elect Eliot Spitzer and the State Legislature hold to the spending floor set by the state’s highest court this week and allocate $2 billion a year in additional education aid for New York City, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Schools Chancellor Joel I. Klein will have to slash their long and expensive wish list for the city’s public schools.
Comptroller Vows to Change No Bid Law (Daily News, Nov 22, 2006)
The city controller said he would push for a change in state law to curtail the Department of Education’s practice of contracts without a public process.
School Case Now Goes to Spitzer (NY Sun, Nov 21, 2006)
A new ruling from the state's highest court that the state owes only a fraction of the money demanded in a long-running lawsuit on behalf of New York City schools shifts the issue onto Governor-elect Spitzer.
Mr. Spitzer, while campaigning for governor, said he would move to quickly settle the lawsuit for between $4 billion and $6 billion a year in additional operating aid, which is at least double the $1.93 billion mandated by the court yesterday.
Union Chief For School Bus Drivers, Indicted A Second Time, Agrees To Take Leave (NY Sun, Nov 21, 2006)
Muslim Groups Calls On the Education Department to Recognize Islam's Two Holiest Days As School Holidays (Daily News, Nov 19, 2006)
Local Muslim groups called on the city Education Department yesterday to recognize Islam's two holiest days as school holidays. Eid al-Fitr, the end of the holy month of Ramadan, is usually celebrated in October, and Eid al-Adha, which marks the end of the pilgrimage to Mecca, takes place in January.
Judge Halts School Bus Service Cut (NY Post, Nov 18, 2006)
A controversial money-saving plan to cut nearly 12 percent of the city's school bus routes was put on hold yesterday by a state judge.
Students to Seek Bill of Rights (Metro, Nov 17, 2006)
$650 Million in Bonds Sold to Finance School Construction (NY 1, Nov 17, 2006)
School Improvements Cause Overcrowding, Mayor Says (Daily News, Nov 17, 2006)
Mayor Michael Bloomberg said yesterday that the improvements he has made in city schools have contributed to overcrowding and large classes. The mayor's comments came a day after the Education Department released figures showing that the number of students in many classes exceeds limit school officials agreed to when they accepted state funds to cut class sizes.
New Data Details Problem of Overcrowding in City Schools (Daily News, Nov 16, 2006)
Quality of Science Education is Questioned after Poor Test Results (NY Post, Nov 16, 2006)
Gotbaum Presses Drive to End Ban on Cell Phones in Schools (Daily News, Nov 15, 2006)
School Custodians to be Fired for Role in Fraudulent Bidding Scheme (NY Post, Nov 15, 2006)
Bloomberg to Press Fight for State Money for Schools (Daily News, Nov 15, 2006)
The Bloomberg administration has named Michele Goldstein, a former lobbyist for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, to convince the state to give the city more money for education. The courts have ruled in the Campaign for Fiscal Equity case that city schools need more money but outgoing Governor George Pataki has resisted such efforts and the city and state disagree over how much additional funding should come from the city and how much from the state.
Parents Are Angry with the City's School Construction Plan (Daily News, Nov 10, 2006)
Parents are angry with a rejiggering of the city's school construction plan that will add more seats to lower Manhattan and the upper East Side at the expense of other districts.
Bloomberg (Daily News, Nov 9, 2006)
Mayor Bloomberg's ambitious plan to eliminate student overcrowding by constructing new schools now calls for seven fewer buildings - and 3,000 fewer new seats - than initially proposed.
Lack of Contract for Principals is Union (NY Post, Nov 9, 2006)
Take Your Pick -- New Teachers (NY Sun, Nov 8, 2006)
Teachers appear to be the all-out winners in a tentative new labor contract with the city announced Monday, a surprising turnaround after the bitterness of past contract negotiations that has left experts scratching their heads at the mayor's motives.
Or, Mayor Scores Victory in Teachers Contract (NY Post, Nov 8, 2006)
In its surprise contract with the United Federation of Teachers, the Bloomberg administration got none of the work-rule or merit-pay concessions it considers central to its education reforms. But while observers cast the deal that will bring top salaries over $100,000 as a win for the union, they contend the pact may have bought the key to the administration's reforms - extending mayoral control.
Teachers Union And Mayor Reach Early Tentative Deal That Would Mean 7.1 Percent Salary Increase Over Two Years (NY Sun, Nov 7, 2006)
Up to 40,000 Students Will Be Without Rides as City Officials Plan School Bus Route Cuts (NY Post, Nov 3, 2006)
Regents Test Cheating Probe Targets School Officials (NY Post, Nov 2, 2006)
Public School Parents Challenge Education System (NY Sun, Oct 30, 2006)
Despite mixed results on standardized test scores, many among the city's elite, including the editorial boards of many newspapers and top business leaders, have accepted the Bloomberg/Klein education reforms as largely successful. But one important group has suddenly emerged as a key threat to the mayor's hegemony over education — the city's public school parents.
Special Education Funding Cuts Ignite A Furor (NY Post, Oct 30, 2006)
Special-education students are slipping through the cracks at the city's public schools, where an effort to lower the number of kids referred to special ed is keeping services from those who need them, critics fume.
State Board of Regents Urges More Money for City Schools (NY Post, Oct 25, 2006)
Study Takes a Sharp Look at the City (NY Times, Oct 23, 2006)
The study found that nearly 140,000 young people have either dropped out of high school or are already so far behind that they are unlikely to graduate.
Head of Principals Union to Quit (NY Post, Oct 20, 2006)
Disagreeing With Spitzer, Bloomberg Says City Should Not Have To Pay Share Of School Equity Settlement (Daily News, Oct 19, 2006)
If Eliot Spitzer becomes governor, he shouldn't try to stick New York City with a billion-dollar bill for court-ordered school aid, because the city has already paid its share, Mayor Bloomberg said yesterday.
The mayor reacted forcefully after Spitzer said Monday the city owes a share of the Campaign for Fiscal Equity judgment, the historic award meant to remedy years of the state's shortchanging of urban schoolkids.
City Wants To Lease Air Rights Over Schools For School Funding (NY Post, Oct 15, 2006)
The city is looking to capitalize on a booming real estate market by leasing the air rights over schools in exchange for new buildings or the cash to construct them.
Small Schools Delay In Accepting Special Education Students, Another Study Finds (NY Sun, Oct 13, 2006)
Klein Considers Making Middle School Admissions More Equitable (NY Sun, Oct 13, 2006)
More Than 40 Percent Of The City's Public School Kids In Grades 3 to 8 Failed To Meet State Math Standards (Daily News, Oct 12, 2006)
More than 40% of the city's public school kids in grades 3 to 8 failed to meet state math standards - and more than 15% scored at the lowest possible level, standardized test results showed yesterday.
City Charter-School Students Outperform Students In Public Schools (NY Post, Oct 12, 2006)
City charter-school students this year held to a trend of outperforming students in traditional public schools in math, according to a Post analysis of state math exam results. Overall, 65.8...
City Puts Brakes on Planned School Bus Cuts (NY Post, Oct 12, 2006)
The city Education Department has pulled back on a cost-cutting plan to slash yellow school bus service after an attempt to pinpoint the number of users failed to take 40,000 students into account...
New York School Suit May Produce Billions Less (NY Sun, Oct 11, 2006)
A coalition suing the state to force it to spend more money on New York City public schools may get billions of dollars less than they hoped for when the state's highest court makes a decision in the 13-year-old case this winter.
Mayor Defends Standardized Exams (Daily News, Oct 11, 2006)
Mayor Bloomberg lashed out yesterday at critics who object to his emphasis on using standardized exams to gauge students' performance in the city schools - saying "high-stakes tests are a part of life."
City Chastised On Special Education (NY Post, Oct 6, 2006)
All 33 city school districts fail to meet the needs of its special-ed students - and more than two-thirds of the districts need immediate intervention, state education officials said yesterday.
Longer School Days for Struggling Students (NY Post, Sep 28, 2006)
Thousands of City Classrooms Have Too Many Kids, Union Charges (Daily News, Sep 27, 2006)
City Says 339 Students Were Left Back Unnecessarily (NY Times, Sep 25, 2006)
A day after New York State released results of the 2005-6 reading and writing exam, city officials said the scores showed that they had required 339 students to repeat fifth grade even though, it turned out, they had scored high enough on the English test to be promoted.
Tests Show Problems in Middle School (NY Times, Sep 22, 2006)
The share of students in New York State who are reading and writing at grade level drops sharply between the fifth and sixth grades and keeps declining through middle school, according to the first results of a new state testing system adopted to comply with the federal No Child Left Behind law’s requirements for tracking year-to-year progress.
The City's Fourth-Grade Reading And Writing Scores Holds Steady (Daily News, Sep 21, 2006)
The city's fourth-grade reading and writing scores are holding steady, maintaining the historic gains that helped Mayor Bloomberg win reelection last year, the Daily News has learned.
Bloomberg Begins Drive to Make Mayoral Control of Schools Permanent (NY Times, Sep 20, 2006)
Eleven City High Schools, Including Small Ones and a Charter, Listed as Failing (NY Times, Sep 13, 2006)
Federal Judge Rejects City (NY Sun, Sep 12, 2006)
1.1 Million Students, Newly (Daily News, Sep 6, 2006)
First Day Of School Today, And Chancellor Joel Klein Talks To Press About His Priorities (Lifting Charter Cap, Keeping Ban On Cell Phones, Etc.) (Daily News, Sep 5, 2006)
Klein Complains that Principals (Daily News, Aug 31, 2006)
Thousands of Students Left in Failing Schools Under No Child Left Behind Law (Daily News, Aug 28, 2006)
Nearly 11,000 city kids attending rotten public schools applied for emergency transfers to better schools under the federal No Child Left Behind law - but many of them will have to stay put, officials said yesterday.
Class-Action Lawsuit Filed Over Special Education Instruction That Is "Diminished, Delayed or Denied" During Disputes (Daily News, Aug 24, 2006)
The Number of "Persistently Dangerous" City Schools Increased (Daily News, Aug 23, 2006)
The number of "persistently dangerous" city schools increased dramatically in the past year, according to new state data that city officials dismissed as flawed yesterday.
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A Federal Appeals Court Revives Bias Suit on Test For Teachers (NY Sun, Aug 23, 2006)
A federal appeals court has revived a 10-year-old lawsuit that alleges the basic test New York City public school teachers must pass is discriminatory against blacks and Hispanics.
The decision reversed a 2003 verdict by a judge who had ruled that the teaching exam was "job related" and was therefore legal. The plaintiffs have argued since 1996 that there is not enough evidence to show the exam accurately tests teaching ability and that the data shows it has disproportionately excluded blacks and Hispanics from teaching in city schools.
City Says It Will Pay For College Prep Exams (PSATs) For Students In 10th and 11th Grade (Daily News, Aug 22, 2006)
Every city 10th- and 11th-grader who wants to take an important college-prep exam can do so free this year, thanks to a new effort by Mayor Bloomberg and Schools Chancellor Joel Klein. The two announced yesterday that they've set aside $1.2 million to pay for the PSAT - a preliminary test that is a precursor to the SAT college admissions exam.
Survey Of Colleges: Manhattan Best (Daily News, Aug 22, 2006)
Education Department Giving Out Increasing Number of No-Bid Contracts (Daily News, Aug 21, 2006)
With Black Enrollment Down at Some Colleges, CUNY Defends Admissions Policies (NY Sun, Aug 11, 2006)
City May Try to Limit Student (NY Sun, Aug 10, 2006)
Students with Limited English Will Have to Take Standardized Test (NY Times, Aug 7, 2006)
Despite Cap on Number of Charter Schools, City Plans for More of Them (NY Sun, Aug 7, 2006)
Quinn Urges Longer Library Hours (Daily News, Aug 7, 2006)
Responding to a story on short hours at the city’s libraries, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn said, “ "We need to change the thinking of government, to stop looking at libraries as expendable and more as places that should be thought of as untouchable, because they are that important to neighborhoods."
City Libraries Keep Limited Hours (Daily News, Aug 6, 2006)
Branch hours in the three systems that make up the city's libraries now average just 38 hours per week. That's far less than the 58 hours per week in Chicago, the 56 hours per week in Miami, or the 49 hours in Los Angeles. Fewer than half of New York City's libraries are open six days a week, and then only with staggered hours that keep doors open for as little as five hours on some days.
Education Department Closing Central Counseling Office (Daily News, Aug 2, 2006)
Education Officials Proposing Host Of New Rules To Keep Order In NYC Schools (Daily News, Jul 25, 2006)
City Must Continue Specical Education for Disabled Woman, Judge Rules (Daily News, Jul 21, 2006)
Should School Yards Be Open to the Public? (Metro, Jul 17, 2006)
Catholic, Jewish Schools Get City Funds (NY Sun, Jul 10, 2006)
Shakeup on Board of Trustees Could Threaten CUNY Renaissance (NY Sun, Jun 27, 2006)
Schools Plan MetroCards If Buses Strike (Daily News, Jun 22, 2006)
If city school bus drivers walk off the job at the end of the month, more than 40,000 students and their parents will get free MetroCards or taxi vouchers so they can get to summer school.
New York University Presidents Draw Hefty Salaries (AM New York, Jun 20, 2006)
State (NY Sun, Jun 20, 2006)
17,700 Students May Have to Repeat Grade (Daily News, Jun 19, 2006)
City's Small Schools May Be Discriminatory, Say Feds (Daily News, Jun 16, 2006)
School Phone Ban Stirs, Yes, a Lot of Talk (NY Times, Jun 15, 2006)
For evidence that the ban on cell phones in New York City public schools has hit a nerve, look no further than yesterday's City Council hearing, where members clamored to share personal anecdotes. There were tales about their children's phones, stories about their neighbors' children's phones, and memories of the troubles that marred their own school days, pre-cell phone.
High Schools Improperly Charged Poor Students for Tests (NY Times, Jun 14, 2006)
Members of Parent Councils Dissatisfied (NY Times, Jun 14, 2006)
The parents elected to the councils that replaced community school boards say these councils are not doing what they are supposed to do — and the members are not even sure what that is, according to Manhattan's borough president, Scott Stringer.
Four Years After School Takeover, Bloomberg (NY Sun, Jun 13, 2006)
Mayor Favors City Schools Phone Ban (Daily News, Jun 10, 2006)
Mayor Bloomberg wants to disconnect a City Council bill that allows students to bring cell phones to and from school.
School Bus Drivers Threaten to Strike (Daily News, Jun 6, 2006)
Thousands of kids attending summer school this year may have a hard time getting to class if the union representing school bus drivers goes out on strike.
Split on Strategy Develops Over Charter Schools (NY Sun, May 30, 2006)
The charter school movement is split over the best strategy to deal with state lawmakers resistant to further expansion of the schools.
Columbia Expansion Threatens A Blue-Collar Enclave (Village Voice, May 24, 2006)
New York Schools (Daily News, May 22, 2006)
Teacher (NY Sun, May 19, 2006)
New York Proposes Special Tax on Commercial Colleges (NY Times, May 18, 2006)
Many Schools Are Overcrowded While Others Have Many Empty Seats (Daily News, May 15, 2006)
Amid all the anxiety over overcrowded city schools, a little-known fact is almost never mentioned: The city already has enough seats for all of its 1.1 million students.
As Mayor Bloomberg sets out on a multibillion-dollar school construction program to create 66,000 new seats, a Daily News analysis found the central problem plaguing the vast school system is not a lack of seats - it's that the seats aren't where they are needed.
The result is a severe imbalance across the city.
On one side are the more than 200,000 kids who attend mainstream schools that are severely overcrowded - with 25% more students than officials say their buildings should ideally hold.
On the opposite end are the roughly 175,000 kids who attend schools where less than 75% of the seats are filled, according to The News' examination of city data.
New School Students Protest McCain as Graduation Speaker (NY Times, May 10, 2006)
Students Threaten Suit Over Yearbook (NY Sun, May 10, 2006)
Susan Fuhrman To Lead Teachers College (NY Sun, May 9, 2006)
Quinn Pushing Full-Time Pre-K (Daily News, May 8, 2006)
Council Speaker Christine Quinn is enlisting civic leaders to help her persuade Mayor Bloomberg to include her full-day prekindergarten program in his budget.
Mayor Repeats Policy: No Cellphones in School (NY Times, May 6, 2006)
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg insisted yesterday that the city would not reconsider the ban on cellphones in the public schools despite a widening outcry from students, parents and public officials. The mayor's comments, on his weekly radio program, came a day after Schools Chancellor Joel I. Klein seemed to suggest to the Daily News editorial board that he would consider a compromise that would allow students to take phones to school, set them aside and get them back at the end of the day.
Klein Says He May Be Willing to Compromise on Cell Phone Ban (Daily News, May 5, 2006)
Students Failing at "Science" Schools (Daily News, May 4, 2006)
E-Z Pass for City's Schools: Use of Swipe Cards, Scanners Grows (NY Sun, May 4, 2006)
Teachers Union Opposes Ban On Cell Phones In Schools (Daily News, May 2, 2006)
Cell Phones, Box Cutter, and Drugs Confiscated in First of New School Screenings (Daily News, Apr 27, 2006)
Klein (NY Sun, Apr 26, 2006)
Councilmember Demands Milk Probe (Daily News, Apr 26, 2006)
City Councilmember Bill de Blasio will introduce a resolution today calling for the city to study the impact of the Education Department's ban on whole milk in school cafeterias in favor of 1 percent milk and flavored skim milk. "We need to know what this change is doing to milk consumption," he said. "My fear is if you give kids less choices, they'll drink less milk and get fewer nutrients."
City Teens Sue Defense Department For Recruiting At High Schools (Metro, Apr 25, 2006)
The Debate Over How To Teach Reading In NYC Public Schools (New York Magazine, Apr 25, 2006)
City to Offer Housing Subsidy to Lure Teachers (NY Times, Apr 19, 2006)
Group Files Appeal to Force State to Give City Schools More Money (NY 1, Apr 19, 2006)
Park Slope Students Protest Cell Phone Ban (Metro, Apr 13, 2006)
Klein Hires High-Priced Consultants to Help Make Schools More Autonomous (NY Times, Apr 10, 2006)
Pataki Questions School Construction Aid in State Budget (Daily News, Apr 7, 2006)
New York Outpacing Other States In School Spending, U.S. Data Show (NY Sun, Apr 4, 2006)
With state legislators preparing to increase school funding by more than $1 billion next year, a new Census Bureau report shows that New York already outpaces nearly every state in the country in spending for each student.
State Budget Has New Money for School Construction but Not Daily Expenses (NY Times, Mar 30, 2006)
Protesting Cuts in Catholic Schools and Churches (Daily News, Mar 30, 2006)
Catholic Church to Close Parishes, Schools in City (NY Times, Mar 29, 2006)
State Budget Deal (NY Times, Mar 29, 2006)
Legislative leaders agreed Tuesday on a $112.4 billion budget that authorized $11.2 billion for school construction in New York City and included a broad tax-cut package . The deal to provide the city with school construction money over several years through a complex bonding plan came in last-minute negotiations as the Assembly and the Senate raced toward a midnight deadline to print budget bills so they can pass a budget by the April 1 deadline for the second time in more than two decades.
Legislature Shoots Down Governor's Plan To Hike Tuition For State And City University (Daily News, Mar 28, 2006)
Education Department Employees Who Improperly Sent Children to City Schools Seek Amnesty (NY Times, Mar 22, 2006)
Last Day for Teachers Living Outside City To Come Clean if Children Are in City Schools (NY Sun, Mar 21, 2006)
Today is the last chance for employees of city schools who live outside the five boroughs to come clean and tell the Department of Education if their children are enrolled in city schools.
In the last month, 122 employees have come forward to take advantage of a one-month grace period in which they can 'fess up and pay the tuition they owe without facing disciplinary action
Bloomberg Defends AIDS Education For Children (Daily News, Mar 21, 2006)
Teaching AIDS/HIV Awareness in Grade School (NY 1, Mar 20, 2006)
Klein Kicks Charter School Foot-Draggers (Daily News, Mar 19, 2006)
The city schools chief had a blunt message for state lawmakers yesterday: Quit dragging your feet on charter schools or get ready for a fight. Speaking at the New York Charter School Conference in downtown Brooklyn, Schools Chancellor Joel Klein urged Albany to lift the current cap limiting the number of charter schools in the state to 100.
Battling for School Resources (Daily News, Mar 15, 2006)
Armed with tales of crowded classrooms, broken toilets and nonexistent science labs, more than 2,000 New New York City schoolkids, their parents and teachers convened in the state capital yesterday to fight for change - and cash.
Chancellor's Advisory Group Urges Moratorium On Opening Of New Small Schools (NY Sun, Mar 14, 2006)
A parent group put in place to advise the city's schools chancellor, Joel Klein, on high school policies is asking the city to put the brakes on opening any additional small schools.
Since taking the helm of the city's education system, Mr. Klein has created about 180 new schools...In a letter sent to the schools investigator, Richard Condon, the group accused the Department of Education of denying enrollment to special needs students at these schools. The 11-member panel, the Citywide Council on High Schools, also passed a resolution last week claiming that the new schools and the closure of a number of large schools were leading to overcrowding at the remaining high schools.
Tutoring Companies Cited for Questionable Practices (NY Times, Mar 8, 2006)
Tutoring companies, rushing to tap into money available under the federal No Child Left Behind law, offered New York City principals thousands of dollars for school projects, doled out gift certificates to students and hired several workers with criminal backgrounds, according to a report released yesterday.
Bloomberg and Bruno Meet To Try To Ease Conflict Over School Education Funding (Daily News, Mar 6, 2006)
Military Recruiters Target NYC High School, Especially Mediocre Ones (Daily News, Mar 6, 2006)
Albany Apparently Readies Compromise On Education Funds (NY Sun, Mar 6, 2006)
Teachers Told City Council That They Suffered Retaliation When Speaking Out (Daily News, Mar 3, 2006)
Teachers-turned-whistleblowers told City Council members yesterday that they suffered retaliation and threats from administrators for speaking out.
Mayor Urges New Yorkers to Call State Legislators About School Aid (Daily News, Feb 20, 2006)
Mayor Bloomberg enlisted ordinary New Yorkers in his fight for more education aid yesterday, urging them to flood state lawmakers with calls demanding the funds.
Bloomberg Criticized for Not Keeping Promise to Downtown Schools (Daily News, Feb 17, 2006)
Mayor Bloomberg went to a groundbreaking for a new retail and residential complex in Tribeca yesterday - but all he got was grief for allegedly breaking a promise to the community.
Private Schools in New York are Country (Bloomberg, Feb 17, 2006)
Mayor Steps Up Pressure For School Aid From The State (NY Times, Feb 14, 2006)
Can Anything Keep High School Kids in School? (Gotham Gazette, Feb 13, 2006)
Schools Chancellor Wants to Give Principals More Authority to Hire Assistants (Daily News, Feb 9, 2006)
New Tutoring Schedules in Schools Lead to Confusion (Daily News, Feb 7, 2006)
The first day of the city's new school schedule - with longer days for struggling students, and shorter classes for others - was marred by busing problems, even as Mayor Bloomberg deemed the plan worth the bumpy start.
Mayor's Budget Cuts Millions from City Programs (Daily News, Feb 2, 2006)
School Plan Said To Shortchange Schools and Pupils Who Do Well (NY Sun, Feb 2, 2006)
Boys Choir Of Harlem Goes To Court To Try To Prevent Its Eviction By Dept. Of Ed. (Daily News, Jan 31, 2006)
Harlem Boys Choir Seeks to Avoid Eviction (NY 1, Jan 25, 2006)
Despite Promise To Trim Administrative Costs, Schools Chancellor Klein Raised Top Aides' Salaries To $200 K (Daily News, Jan 24, 2006)
Education Department brass got 5% pay hikes in 2004-05, boosting the salary of deputy chancellors to between $177,000 to $210,000,Among those getting raises were Deputy Chancellor for Instruction Carmen Fariña, who was bumped to $210,000, and Deputy Chancellor of Finance Kathleen Grimm and Deputy Chancellor of Operations Laverne Srinivasan, who now each earn $177,236.
Mayor Criticizes Pataki Budget For Shortchanging NYC, Especially In School Construction (Newsday, Jan 24, 2006)
Education Department Paying Too Much for Books (Daily News, Jan 23, 2006)
Bloomberg Vetoes Translation Bill for City Schools (City Limits, Jan 23, 2006)
On Friday, Mayor Bloomberg vetoed the Education Equity Act, a hotly contested bill that would provide translation services to parents of children in New York City public schools. While state regulations already require schools to translate documents like report cards and provide interpreters for parents, many still fail to provide these services, said Andrew Friedman, co-director of Make the Road by Walking, a Bushwick-based advocacy group.
Mom Sues State for Kids’ City School Tuition (Daily News, Jan 19, 2006)
Governor’s School Plan Ignites a Debate Over Religious Funding Law (NY Sun, Jan 19, 2006)
Budget Boosts Charter Schools (Daily News, Jan 18, 2006)
If Governor George Pataki gets his way, Schools Chancellor Joel Klein will be able to open as many charter schools in the city as he sees fit. State law currently allows just 100 charters - taxpayer-funded schools that operate outside the regular public school system - to be set up in New York. But Pataki wants to give Klein the power to create unlimited city charters that would not count against the cap.
NYU Graduate Students Resume Their Strike Today (NY Sun, Jan 17, 2006)
Dinkins to Head Effort to Save Harlem Boys Choir (Daily News, Jan 9, 2006)
Urban Universities -- Including Columbia -- Try to Be Viewed as Good Neighbors (Washington Post, Jan 9, 2006)
Upper East and West Side Public Schools Seek Big Donations From Parents (NY Sun, Jan 5, 2006)
In Optimistic Inauguration Speech, Bloomberg Focuses On Housing, Schools, Fight Against Guns (NY Times, Jan 2, 2006)
Seizing on his electoral mandate in a second inaugural address that projected unabashed optimism, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg promised yesterday to pursue the most ambitious housing program in New York City's history, to begin a national campaign against illegal guns, and to "lock in and extend" his program to improve the schools.
Older Teachers Face Bias, Union Claims (NY Times, Dec 28, 2005)
The city teachers' union has charged that the Department of Education discriminates against teachers older than 40 by disproportionately bringing them up on disciplinary charges and giving them unsatisfactory performance ratings.
Randi Weingarten, president of the United Federation of Teachers, filed the complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission earlier this year. It accused education officials of "discriminatory use of the disciplinary system" and a "discriminatory pattern and practice of coercing, threatening and harassing teachers over 40 years of age to 'encourage' those teachers to leave their assigned schools."
Translation Bill For Schools Is in Limbo (NY Sun, Dec 28, 2005)
A bill that would require report cards and other school papers to be translated into up to eight different languages for parents who don't understand English is in limbo despite passing easily last week in the City Council.
The bill, the Education Equity Act, is expected to cost the city $20 million. Immigration advocates and council members who voted to approve the measure say parents are being shut out of their children's education, and have called the issue a matter of civil rights.
The Bloomberg administration has accused the council of overstepping its jurisdiction and said that under state law only Albany or the Department of Education can legislate education issues. The mayor is not likely to sign the bill when he sits down on Thursday to sign into law dozens of other pieces of legislation
Middle Class Parents Anxious About Schools Focus On Standardized Test Preparation, Remedial Work; Attention To Low-Income Students (NY Times, Dec 27, 2005)
Environmental Hazards in the Schools (Gotham Gazette, Dec 12, 2005)
Tutoring Plan Could Create Chaos at Dismissal Time (Daily News, Dec 7, 2005)
East Village Residents Oppose Planned NYU Dormitory (Metro, Dec 7, 2005)
A Third Party Proposed A Solution to Striking Graduate Teaching Assistants and NYU (Metro, Dec 6, 2005)
In the battle between New York University’s striking graduate teaching assistants and its administration, a third party — the NYU Graduate Affairs Committee — stepped in yesterday to propose a solution. And they did so just before the grad students rallied in front of Bobst Library in defiance of NYU President John Sexton’s ultimatum to return to their teaching positions by yesterday or lose their $19,000 stipends and next semester’s teaching assignments.
Bloomberg To Teachers Union: No Wiggle Room On Pact (Daily News, Dec 5, 2005)
Mayor Bloomberg rejected a bid by the teachers union to delay key givebacks in their new contract, saying yesterday the educators got their 15% raises and now must abide by the pact.
City Schools Update Curriculum on AIDS for First Time in Decade (WNBC, Dec 2, 2005)
Schools to Require After-School Tutoring for Struggling Students (Daily News, Nov 30, 2005)
Striking NYU Grad Students Threatened With Penalties (NY Sun, Nov 29, 2005)
Sex Education Gets Makeover (Daily News, Nov 28, 2005)
CUNY Chancellor Recommends Tuition Increase (Daily News, Nov 18, 2005)
Bribery Alleged in City School Construction Authority (NY Sun, Nov 17, 2005)
Local College Presidents Have High Salaries (Though A Few Take No Salary) (Daily News, Nov 15, 2005)
Asian Students Victims of Harassment (China Daily, Nov 14, 2005)
Rift Widens Between NYU Administration, Faculty (NY Sun, Nov 14, 2005)
Charter Schools -- Can They Really Make a Difference? (Gotham Gazette, Nov 14, 2005)
Science Scores Drop at City Schools (Daily News, Nov 11, 2005)
New Principal Confronts Big Challenges at East Harlem School (Village Voice, Nov 9, 2005)
Restriction Is Lifted on Funds for Tutors in Failing Schools (Newsday, Nov 8, 2005)
The federal Department of Education lifted a ban yesterday that had prevented New York City from providing federally financed tutoring to students in poor failing schools - a restriction that was in place because the city's schools had been found in need of academic improvement.
Teachers Ratify Contract (Newsday, Nov 4, 2005)
City High School Students Stage Walk-Out to Protest Bush Policies (NY 1, Nov 3, 2005)
N.Y.U. Graduate Students Say They'll Strike to Unionize (NY Times, Nov 1, 2005)
New York University is facing a strike next week by its graduate student teaching assistants, who lost their union representation in August and are trying to win it back.
The students said yesterday that they would begin a strike on Nov. 9
Gay Students Face Hostile Environment, Report Finds (Newsday, Oct 28, 2005)
New Book Finds City Schools Among the Most Segregated in the Country (NY Sun, Oct 26, 2005)
Chancellor Joel Klein, Polarizing But An Asset To The Mayor (New York Magazine, Oct 25, 2005)
Since the sixties, the average chancellor’s tenure has been a paltry two and a half years. Joel Klein has despite his emergence as arguably the most polarizing chancellor in memory. Idealistic and calculating, impatient and impolitic, Klein, 59, has pursued reforms as sweeping as any ever attempted in a major urban school system. In the process, he has won a legion of ardent fans, especially in the corporate and philanthropic spheres. Former GE CEO Jack Welch tells me, “I think he’s one of the great Americans.” Time Warner CEO Dick Parsons concurs. “His skill set and intellect are just what the system needed,” he says.
But Klein has also pissed off a lot of people on both the left and the right. A lifelong Democrat, he has challenged his party’s hoary orthodoxies and extended a defiant middle finger to its traditional union allies. Many teachers see his management style as disrespectful and even dictatorial. (Among his critics on the Web, he is sometimes referred to, charmingly, as “Herr Klein.”)
And yet there’s no disputing that Klein has proved a substantial asset to the mayor.
Underfunding City University (Gotham Gazette, Oct 24, 2005)
Critics Seize on Test Scores To Question Claims on School Results (NY Sun, Oct 20, 2005)
Second Of Three Reports Recommends $2.5 B To Create Lab Schools, And Expand Pre-K (NY Sun, Oct 18, 2005)
School Buses May Foul Air for Many Years (NY Times, Oct 11, 2005)
New York City's fleet of 6,200 yellow school buses is the largest in the country by far. And despite recent efforts to clean up the most polluting buses in the fleet, it may still be one of the dirtiest
Weingarten Says Teachers May Reject Contract Deal (Daily News, Oct 10, 2005)
Cracks Emerge in Teachers Union Pact (Daily News, Oct 6, 2005)
CUNY To Offer Online Degrees to Entice Students Back to School (NY Sun, Oct 6, 2005)
Corporal Punishment, Though Outlawed, On The Rise In City Schools (NY Sun, Sep 27, 2005)
While corporal punishment was outlawed in 1985, it turns out some teachers in New York have not been sparing the rod.
A teacher last year smacked a student with a yardstick after pushing his head onto a desk and grabbing his arm, the city's Department of Education said. Another teacher pushed a classroom table into a student, and a school aide grabbed and pushed a student into a wall.
These are just several of 646 cases of verified corporal punishment reported in city schools in the spring semester of 2004 alone..
Corporal Punishment in Schools on Rise (Daily News, Sep 26, 2005)
Teachers Rally to Demand Contract Talks (Newsday, Sep 23, 2005)
Teachers Irate Over Contract Proposal (Daily News, Sep 16, 2005)
Fuming Teachers Talk Strike (Daily News, Sep 15, 2005)
3rd, 5th and 7th Grade Students to Get One Set of Tests, Ending Dispute Between City And State (NY Times, Sep 13, 2005)
To the relief of thousands of pencil-biting children and their parents, state and local education officials have reached an agreement that means that New York City's third, fifth and seventh graders will have to take only one round of standardized tests this school year.
A conflict between the state and the city had raised the likelihood that children in those grades would have to take four tests over the course of the year - two reading and two mathematics exams - with one set of results for the city and the other set for the state.
Under the terms of the agreement reached yesterday, students will take only the two state tests.
Fewer City Schools On Failing List (Daily News, Sep 12, 2005)
The First Union-Operated School In The Nation Opens Thursday In Brooklyn (Daily News, Sep 6, 2005)
Schools Don (Daily News, Aug 31, 2005)
More Third Graders Promoted After Summer School This Year (Daily News, Aug 30, 2005)
More third graders earned promotion after attending summer school this year than last year, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg said yesterday, though nearly half of those who attended still could not pass exams to qualify for fourth grade.
Veteran Teachers Leave City Schools (Daily News, Aug 8, 2005)
Students Rally Against Police Handling Of School Safety (Newsday, Aug 2, 2005)
Schools Take Aim at Bullies Targeting Those who Blur Traditional Gender Lines (Daily News, Jul 29, 2005)
More Students Skip Summer School (Daily News, Jul 27, 2005)
4 After-School Programs Axed (Daily News, Jul 21, 2005)
Hundreds of students in lower Manhattan will see their after-school programs closed this fall because the city has changed how it doles out money to community groups.
Nearly 1,000 Teachers Flunked By Their Principals (Daily News, Jul 12, 2005)
Nearly 1,000 city teachers were flunked by their principals this year - a 40% leap from last year - after orders from Schools Chancellor Joel Klein to weed out incompetents.
Klein had chided principals for dumping their lousy teachers on other schools, rather than giving them low marks on evaluations. "Someone who is not good enough to work with your students is not good enough to work with any other students," Klein wrote in an E-mail to principals last summer.
Principals often make quiet deals with bad teachers, promising them a satisfactory rating in their annual review if they agree to transfer. Last year, 679 teachers got failing grades; this year the number rose to 988, according to the Education Department. But the spike in bad grades is a sign of bad management, not flawed teachers, charged United Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten.
Political Maneuver Will Likely Block Class Size Referendum (Newsday, Jul 8, 2005)
Klein Warns Failing Students to Attend Summer School (Daily News, Jul 6, 2005)
Most Black and Hispanic Students Graduate with Local, But Not Regents Diploma (Amsterdam News, Jun 30, 2005)
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