New York State Board of Regents

Cheating Students Who "Pass" the Test

Alan Singer | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: Teacher Evaluations, Education, New York State Board of Regents, Michael Winerip, Race to the Top, City University of New York, Standardized Testing, Teachers, English Regents, Education Reform, New York News
Alan Singer

Thanks to a recent article in the NYT we now know why students score much better on the English Regents. The exam is much easier than the others. In fact it is so easy that it does not even measure basic student literacy.

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Confidential Student And Teacher Data To Be Provided To LLC Run By Gates and Murdoch

Leonie Haimson | Posted 02.18.2012

Read More: Rupert Murdoch, Shared Learning Collaboration, Wireless Generation, New York State Board of Regents, NY State Education, Education News
Leonie Haimson

The NY Board of Regents approved New York State's sharing of student and teacher information with a new national database, to be funded by the Gates Foundation, and designed by News Corp's Wireless Generation.

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62 NY Schools Flagged For Cheating Based On Erasure Analysis Once Deemed Too Pricey

The New York Times | Sharon Otterman | Posted 11.26.2011

Read More: New York State Board of Regents, Standardized Test Cheating, New York Schools, Cheating Scandals, New York State Education Department, Standardized Tests, Test Erasures, Cheating, New York State, Education Reform, Erasure Analysis, Teachers Cheating, Merryl Tisch, Test Cheating, Education News

Cheating scandals have been rolling up the East Coast like a hurricane this year, from Atlanta to Washington, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. In New Y...

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Joy Resmovits

Teacher Evaluation Regulations Illegal, Claims New York State Teachers Union

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 08.29.2011

Read More: Education News, New York Teachers, Education, New York State Board of Regents, John King, New York State Education Department, Teachers Unions, Eric Hanushek, Teachers, Richard Ianuzzi, New York News

NEW YORK -- The fight over how to measure the state's teachers made its way to court this week, with New York's largest teachers' union suing the Boar...

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Joy Resmovits

Alabama Bill Shortens Teacher Termination Process

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 07.26.2011

Read More: Education News, Education, New York State Board of Regents, Merit Pay, Tenure, Alabama Teachers, Teacher Disciplinary Process, Teacher Termination, Education Reform, Republicans, Education News

CORRECTION APPENDED NEW YORK -- On Wednesday evening, Alabama became the latest state to pass a law that makes it easier to fire teachers. The ...

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Educating for Democracy: Are We Really Serious About Education?

Joel Shatzky | Posted 07.23.2011

Read More: Standardized Testing, Race to the Top, New York State Board of Regents, Waiting for Superman, Don't Fail US, Education in America, Westinghouse, Education News
Joel Shatzky

Just who are we fooling? Other countries are really serious about education; we seem to prefer to pretend we are.

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Joy Resmovits

How Should New York Measure Teachers?

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 07.16.2011

Read More: Testing, Merryl Tisch, New York City Department of Education, Andrew Cuomo, Teacher Evaluations, Arne Duncan, New York State Board of Regents, David Steiner, John King, Standardized Tests, Teachers, Value-Added, Education News

NEW YORK -- As different states seek their own methods for evaluating a profession whose job security has long been determined by experience rather th...

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Joy Resmovits

NY Education Commissioner David Steiner To Resign

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 06.07.2011

Read More: Merryl Tisch, New York State Board of Regents, David Steiner, New-York-Education-Commissioner, New York Education, New York Education Commissioner, New York News

NEW YORK -- First the city, now the state. Just hours after the news broke that New York City Schools Chancellor Cathie Black was stepping down, t...

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NYC Schools: Democratic Public Education, or Corporate Widget-Maker?

Brad Lander | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Public Schools, New York City Department of Education, New York State Board of Regents, Joel Klein, Michael Bloomberg, Schools Chancellor Waiver, Cathie Black, New York News
Brad Lander

Mike Bloomberg's nomination of Cathie Black as schools chancellor is not only a bad personnel move. It is a symbol of a critical choice we are facing.

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