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New York's 4th Charter School Affiliated With Controversial Network

Posted 11.09.2012 | Home

The New York State Board of Regents this week approved the application for the Utica Academy of Science Charter School, making it the fourth Gulen Mov...

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Which Party Show Strongest Support For Charters In State Assembly?

Posted 11.02.2012 | Home

In a report released Thursday, the Albany-based Foundation for Education Reform & Accountability rated New York State legislators’ votes on recent b...

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SUNY Trustees Expected To Approve Increase In Funding For Controversial NYC Charter School Network

Posted 06.25.2012 | Home

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The controversial Success Academy Charter Schools network -- founded by former City Councilwoman Eva Moskowitz -- is expected to receive a 50 percent ...

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Leaders of New Group Have an "Interest" in Education

Gail Robinson | Posted 06.13.2012 | New York

Increasingly privatized education -- with charters, consultants and competition -- offers more opportunities for investment and profit-making. Its proponents have a special and vested interest in the policies they promote.

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How Cheating Cases By Educators At New York Schools Played Out

The New York Times | Sharon Otterman | Posted 12.17.2011 | Home

A charter school teacher warned her third graders that a standardized test question was "tricky," and they all changed their answers. A high school co...

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New York Charter School Throws Foster Kids A Safety Net

AP | By LARRY NEUMEISTER | Posted 09.10.2011 | Home

NEW YORK -- A Harvard-trained administrator thought she had heard it all as a gatekeeper in a city office responsible for supporting charter schools w...

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Report: U.S. Should Raise Teacher Status And Respect For Profession

Posted 05.25.2011 | Home

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Amid a nationwide stir in which teachers' rights are up for discussion, a new report says the U.S. should raise the status of the profession. The M...

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Students at Charter High Schools More to Likely to Graduate College

Deborah Dumont | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York

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While many charter school studies have focused on short-term gains and test scores, this is the first study that examines why we measure anyway: attainment.

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Albany Gets an "F" in Education

Dan Collins | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York

Just when it seemed impossible that our opinion of NY's legislature could get worse, it does. Now, it turns out these people can't even pick up free money in the form of $700 million in federal education funds.

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Charter Schools Bill Ignored By Albany, State To Lose $700 Million In Federal Aid

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The Legislature in a special session this evening refused to act on a bill Gov. David Paterson said is needed for the state to have a chance at $700 m...

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