New York Education

Saki Knafo

The After-School Crisis: What Mayor Bloomberg's Massive Cuts Could Mean For One Of The Most Highly Regarded After-School Programs In The Country

HuffingtonPost.com | Saki Knafo | Posted 05.21.2012

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Some of the poems were about love and some were about clouds, but what really mattered about the P.S. 63 poetry reading on Wednesday night was the tim...

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More Mistakes Found In New York's Error-Laden Exams

Posted 05.09.2012

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The errors on New York's state exams just keep mounting. Foreign language versions of the state math exams administered to third through eighth gra...

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Leaders of New Group Have an "Interest" in Education

Gail Robinson | Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: Mayor Bloomberg Education, Privatized Education, Harlem Children's Zone, Education Reform, Michelle Rhee, Charter Schools, New York Education, Studentsfirst, New York Education Reform, New York Charter Schools, Harlem Success Academy, Eva Moskowitz, Geoffrey Canada, New York News
Gail Robinson

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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Saki Knafo

Children's Advocates To Bloomberg: Don't Cut Funding For Kids!

HuffingtonPost.com | Saki Knafo | Posted 03.29.2012

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A coalition of more than 150 New York organizations, ranging from the Police Athletic League to the Children's Aid Society, have signed a letter urgin...

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Helping Kids Whose "Brains Are on Fire"

Tom Allon | Posted 05.26.2012

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Tom Allon

The minds we waste each day in substandard public education could be the next Albert Einstein or Steve Jobs or Mark Zuckerberg. Our children can't wait.

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No More Gross 'Pink Slime' Meat For Students

Posted 03.22.2012

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NEW YORK (AP) - New York City's schools chancellor says the city will stop serving ammonia-treated ground beef in the fall. Chancellor Dennis Walco...

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Let's Comfort the Afflicted

Tom Allon | Posted 04.22.2012

Read More: New York Poverty, New York Public Schools, Ny Income Inequality, New York Schools, Income Inequality, New York Elections, New York Politics, New York Education, Ny Impact, New York News
Tom Allon

Every vote is equal. The "afflicted" can catch up to the "comfortable." We just need to reform our 20th century, tired ideas -- and the leaders who perpetuate them.

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Susan Sarandon Gives $75,000 To NYC Schools For Table Tennis Programs

AP | Posted 04.16.2012

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NEW YORK — Susan Sarandon has donated $75,000 to support table tennis programs in New York City public schools. The city Department of Educatio...

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WATCH: Huge Protest At Panel Hearing To Close Schools

Posted 02.10.2012

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A crowd of 2,000 packed into the auditorium at Brooklyn Technical High School Thursday night to protest the city's plan to close 23 schools. CBS Ne...

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New Yorkers Put More Faith In Teachers Than Bloomberg

Posted 02.08.2012

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It's another round for Bloomberg versus the teachers union and it's looking like the latter has won the approval of New York City voters. A new po...

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The Nation's Young Hit Hard By Recession, Squeezed Out Of Early Education

AP | KIMBERLY HEFLING | Posted 03.18.2012

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WASHINGTON — The expansion in public prekindergarten programs has slowed and even been reversed in some states as school districts cope with shr...

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States Backtracked On Reform Commitments, Face Threats To Federal Funds

AP | By CHRISTINE ARMARIO | Posted 01.10.2012

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MIAMI -- Several states that won a slice of the U.S. Department of Education's $4.3 billion Race to the Top competition have had to delay plans to imp...

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Joy Resmovits

Seven States Share $200 Million In Race To The Top

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 05.24.2012

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Seven more states will receive $200 million in federal funds in the latest round of the Race to the Top competition, President Barack Obama's controve...

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94 Percent Of Arrested Students Are Black Or Latino

Posted 12.01.2011

Read More: New York City Schools, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Dennis Walcott, Nypd, Ny News, New York News, New York City Student Arrests, New York Civil Liberties Union, New York Education, New York News

An average of 1 New York City student is arrested by the NYPD every day, according to a new report. And of those arrested, 88 percent are male and 94 ...

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"These Kids Don't Have a Shot"

Alan Singer | Posted 01.17.2012

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Alan Singer

It is time to hold Bloomberg and the DOE for failing our children and orphaning our schools. As Meryl Tisch recently made clear, if it is let up to the Bloomberg administration, "these kids don't have a shot."

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NY Regents To Draft Own Version Of State DREAM Act

Posted 01.11.2012

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New York's Board of Regents is looking to support a state version of the federal DREAM Act, a move that comes on the heels of its endorsement of the n...

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Just One-Quarter Of New York City High Schoolers Are College-Ready

Posted 12.25.2011

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Just a quarter of students graduating from New York City high schools this year were prepared for college coursework, and fewer than half of all New Y...

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New York Laid Off Three Percent Of Its Teachers This Year

AP | Michael Gormley | Posted 12.12.2011

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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Layoffs hit nearly 3 percent of teachers in New York this year, according to a survey released Tuesday by the state Council of S...

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New Yorkers Say Schools Aren't Better Under Bloomberg

The New York Times | Sharon Otterman and Allison Kopicki | Posted 11.07.2011

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New Yorkers are broadly dissatisfied with the quality of their public schools, and most say the city's school system has stagnated or declined since M...

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Chancellor Walcott Breaks Up Brawl At City Hall

Posted 07.06.2011

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New York City Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott truly is the anti-Cathie Black. Whereas Black's tenure as chancellor involved making tasteless Sop...

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'Search For NYC's Most Inspiring Teacher' Begins Today

Posted 06.13.2011

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Know a great teacher? Here's your chance to honor that teacher at the Apollo. The Get Schooled Foundation, a nonprofit that aims to increase the ci...

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Joy Resmovits

NY Education Commissioner David Steiner To Resign

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 06.07.2011

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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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Cathie's UFT Snub

nypost.com | YOAV GONEN Education Reporter | Posted 05.25.2011

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A month into her appointment as incoming schools chancellor and more than a week after getting state approval for the role, Cathie Black has yet to me...

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New York State School Leadership Fiasco: The Illusion of Rigor

David A. Singer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Merryl Tisch, Arne Duncan, David Steiner, Northwest Evaluation Association, Race to the Top, William Johnson, Education Reform, New York, New York Education, Rockville Center, New York Education Commissioner, New York Board of Regents, New York News
David A. Singer

This past week the New York State Education Department released the scores of proficiency tests in math and English. The "proficiency" level of students in New York has plummeted through the floor.

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"Rubber Room", Station For Ousted Teachers, Now Closed

nytimes.com | JENNIFER MEDINA | Posted 05.25.2011

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There were the hugs goodbye, the exchanges of phone numbers and the almost sure to be broken promises of keeping in touch. They packed up their bags o...

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