School Closings

64 Schools To Close Amid Impending Dissolution Of Philadelphia District

| Dale Mezzacappa | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Public Schools, Teacher Layoffs, Philadelphia Public Schools, Education Budget Cuts, Charter Schools, Achievement Networks, Philadelphia School District, Philadelphia School District Closing, Philadelphia Schools, School Closings, Charter Management Networks, Education News

This piece comes to us courtesy of the Philadelphia Public School Notebook. District staff and consultants are recommending a sweeping overhaul of ...

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What Do Teachers Need? R-E-S-P-E-C-T!

Tom Allon | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Education, Education Reform, Finland Education, Education Crisis, Teacher Evaluations, Value Added Teacher Evaluation, School Closings, Education News
Tom Allon

How did we get to a place in this country where our teaching force of more than three million professionals is being made the scapegoat for all the ills of an educational system that has been in decline for more than five decades?

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Flier Of Superintendent In KKK Robe Sparks Outcry Amid School Closure Debate

Posted 04.07.2012

Read More: Atlanta School Closures, Video, School Overcrowding, Atlanta Public Schools, Black Schools, Budget Cuts, Atlanta Schools Cheating, Ku Klux Klan, Kkk, Erroll Davis, Slidepollajax, Closing Schools, School Closings, School Closure, Education News

From a contentious school redistricting debate among Atlanta Public Schools has emerged an even more controversial flier that depicts APS Superintende...

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Fighting 30+ DCPS Closures (And Walmart) In Chocolate City to Empower DC

Head-Roc | Posted 05.09.2012

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Head-Roc

It's excruciatingly hard for me to believe that I live in the nation's capitol where over 30 DC public schools, serving mostly Black and Brown American communities, are being recommended for closure.

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Grading Schools, Failing Schools

Tim King | Posted 05.06.2012

Read More: KIPP Charter Schools, Arne Duncan, Karen Lewis, Chicago Public Schools, Charter Schools, No Child Left Behind, Urban Prep, Operation Push, Standardized Testing, Jesse Jackson, Nclb, Chicago Teachers Union, Act Test, School Closings, Rahm Emanuel, Education News
Tim King

Closing schools is a decision with far-reaching consequences that shouldn't be undertaken for the credibility of any particular movement, but only as a final measure in support of undeserved students.

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The Questions Parents Have for Officials Who Propose Closing Schools

Jean Johnson | Posted 02.25.2012

Read More: Education Reform, School Turnarounds, Charter Schools, School Closings, Parent Involvement, Detroit Education, Education News
Jean Johnson

Officials need to think carefully about what closing a school means to parents and local residents.

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Prisons Go Up... Schools Close Down

Rev. Gregory Seal Livingston | Posted 02.01.2012

Read More: Latinos, Poverty, Blacks, Rahm Emanuel, Poor, Prisons, Academics, Schools, Social-Engineering, Social Darwinism, Jean-Claude Brizard, School Closings, Minorities, Chicago News
Rev. Gregory Seal Livingston

In the last 10 years, the Chicago Public School district has closed nearly 50 schools. Last week thousands of Chicago families were stunned to learn that more closings and 'turnaround' treatments are in store.

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Teachers and the Two Faces of Protest in Oakland

Louis Freedberg | Posted 01.03.2012

Read More: Teachers Unions, Occupy Oakland, Occupy Wall Street, California Budget Cuts, Budget Cuts, Oakland Public Schools, School Budget Cuts, School Closings, San Francisco News
Louis Freedberg

As the Occupy Wall Street movement tries to define its agenda, it is likely that shrinking school budgets will figure more and more prominently on it.

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Trick Or Treat? Thousands Of Students Have One Of Earliest Snow Days In Memory

AP | BOB SALSBERG | Posted 12.31.2011

Read More: October Snow Storm, Video, Schools Closed, Snow Day, Nor'easter, Extreme Weather, School Closings, Snowstorm, Extreme-Weather, October Snowstorm, Green News

WAYLAND, Mass. — Hundreds of thousands of people across the Northeast shivered at the prospect of days without heat or lights after a freak Octo...

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Irene Delays Opening Of Schools Across East Coast

AP | DENISE LAVOIE | Posted 10.31.2011

Read More: Hurricane-Aftermath, 2011 School Year, Video, Irene, Hurricane-Irene-2011, Hurricane Irene, Irene Schools, School Closings, Irene Schools Closed, Green News

WHITMAN, Mass. — Parents may be ready to send their kids back to school, but some schools aren't ready to take them back. Power failures, flood...

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Plan To Close 7 Pittsburgh Schools Draws Negative Feedback

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review | Jodi Weigand | Posted 10.24.2011

Read More: Pittsburgh Public Schools, Pittsburgh Schools, Education Reform, Pittsburgh School Closings, School Closings, Education News

The Pittsburgh Public Schools board on Monday held the first of at least seven public hearings on the administration's plan to close seven schools. ...

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Saki Knafo

Catholic Schools Closing In Northeast

HuffingtonPost.com | Saki Knafo | Posted 09.28.2011

Read More: Catholic Church, Religion, Catholic School Closings, Education, Children, The Northeast, Schools, Catholic Schools, New York City, School Closings, New York, Home News

This story was reported in collaboration with our partners at Patch.com When Anna Marie Osso tells people about Our Lady of Victory Academy in Ne...

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Given The Chance, Few Failing And Low-Performing Schools Shut Down

AP | By CHRISTINE ARMARIO and TERENCE CHEA | Posted 09.13.2011

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SAN FRANCISCO -- Over the last decade, San Francisco's Willie Brown Jr. College Preparatory Academy has seen enrollment plummet and student performanc...

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Finding Logical, Not Emotional, Responses To School Closures

Ed Schmidt | Posted 05.30.2011

Read More: Detroit Schools, School Enrollment, School Closings, Education, School Facilities, Providence Schools, Detroit, School Architecture, Rhode Island, Michigan, Providence, Education News
Ed Schmidt

As Bob Dylan never said, "the demographics, they are a' changing." What does that mean for schools? What is the right number for how many schools a community needs, or can afford?

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Let the Trickery Begin

Patrice Fenton | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Urban Schools, School Closings, Public Schools, Teaching, Education News
Patrice Fenton

How can I subversively foster a true educational environment in my classroom that isn't bogged down by lesson plans, curriculum and standardized tests aimed at turning my students into cogs?

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Students Challenge Bloomberg's Control Over Schools

Alan Singer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Egypt Protests, Cathy Black, Education, Jay Leno, Egypt, Michael Bloomberg, Protests, New York City, School Closings, New York News
Alan Singer

Americans are watching political unrest in the Middle East hoping it will bring a democratic turn to the region. Last week Jay Leno quipped, "Huge rio...

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You Say Goodbye, I Say Hello

Ed Schmidt | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: School Reform, Detroit Public Schools, School Closings, School Planning, Washington-Dc-Public-Schools, Education News
Ed Schmidt

Whether it's with a coat of paint or a cloud of dust, this season we will say goodbye to a number of our school buildings.

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Superintendent Gives Up Salary To Save Staff, Doesn't Dent District Plans To Close Schools (WATCH)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lake Oswego Schools, Budget Cuts, Bill Korach, Teacher Cuts, Bryan Elementary, Oregon, Oregon Schools, School Closings, Lake Oswego, Education Cuts, Education, Video, Education News

At a time when school board meetings have become a setting for unwanted announcements and contentious discussions, Superintendent Bill Korach of Lake ...

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Snow Day Disarray: The Good And The Bad Of School Closings Across The Country

Posted 05.25.2011

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From stalled buses to stalled attention spans, mounds of white stuff means one thing: It's snow day season. Across the Midwest to the Northeast, snow...

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Fire Our Way to Better Education: Is Common Sense MIA?

Rita M. Solnet | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: K-12 Education, Education, Public Education Reform, Obama Education Reform, Education Reform, School Closings, Department of Education, Arne Duncan, Education News
Rita M. Solnet

Please explain to me, a F500 business woman, Chamber of Commerce member, and parent, how firing 6-10 percent of teachers annually will improve the quality of education in our nation?

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The Solution For Low-Performing Schools: Close Them?

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Teachers Unions, New York Public Schools, New York Department of Education, Department of Education, Education Reform, School Closings, Boston Public Schools, Michelle Rhee, Poll, Video, Education News

The New York Department of Education released a list of 47 "failing" schools Thursday that could be shut down by the end of this school year, reports ...

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Why the Anger at Closing Bad Schools?

Sarah Garland | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: School Improvement Grants, New York City Department of Education, Education, Dennis Walcott, Michael Bloomberg, Race to the Top, Nyc Public School Closings, Achievement Gap, Joel Klein, Desegregation, Education Reform, Race, Public Education, School Closings, New York News
Sarah Garland

School closings have sparked anger in African-American communities before. In the 1960s and '70s, during school desegregation, hundreds of schools in black neighborhoods were closed.

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Educating for Democracy: David Brooks' "Race to Insanity"

Joel Shatzky | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Joel Klein, Test-Prep, School Closings, Diane Ravitch, Race to the Top, New York News
Joel Shatzky

Blaming the unions for "rigidity," as Brooks does, is almost a "blame the victim" charge since educators are well aware of the subjective nature of good learning.

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Luther North High, Barring A Miracle, Will Close On June 5

Chicago Sun-Times | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lutheran Church, Illinois, Luther North, Luther North High School, School Closings, Luther North Closing, Chicago, Chicago News

Luther North High School Principal Tom Wiemann couldn't get the words out at a student assembly Tuesday. Tears ended his attempt. A staff member had ...

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Judge tells Bloomberg "Not So Fast"

Alan Singer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Joel Klein, New York Schools, School Closings, Michael Bloomberg, New York News
Alan Singer

Even billionaire mayors sometimes have to obey the law. New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Schools Chancellor Joel Klein are fuming.

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