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What Do the Tests Test?

Alan Singer | Posted 04.29.2013 | Politics
Read More: Latinos, Education, Stuyvesant High School, Michael Bloomberg, Laguardia High School, New York Times, Standardized Testing, Racism, Pearson, African Americans, New York, New York City, Civil Rights, Brooklyn Technical High School, Politics News
Alan Singer

Rather than waste all this time and money on testing, an alternative is to just throw out the standardized tests and assign students to classes, schools, and colleges, based on their parents' income tax forms. While this may not be fair to students from poorer families, tax revenues would probably rise.

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Bloomberg to Children of Color: Life's Not Fair, Get Over It

David R. Jones, Esq. | Posted 05.20.2013 | New York
Read More: Community Service Society, Kindergarten Program, New York City Public Schools, Mayor Bloomberg, Stuyvesant High School, Chancellor Dennis Walcott, Specialized-High-Schools, Minorities, New York Schools, New York Achievement Gap, Black and Latino Students, New York News
David R. Jones, Esq.

Of the 5,229 students accepted to the city's eight Specialized High Schools this year, only 618 were black or Hispanic, a decline of nearly 16 percent in one year alone.

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The 'Humans Of High Schools' (PHOTOS)

The Huffington Post | Krystie Lee Yandoli | Posted 01.18.2013 | Teen
Read More: LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts, Stuyvesant High School, Bronx High School of Science, Humans of New York, Hony, Facebook, New York City, Manhattan Center for Science & Mathematics, New York University, Brandon Stanton, Brooklyn Technical High School, Teen News

Faces, names, and stories that used to lay dormant in high school hallways are being broadcast around the Internet for all to see. Humans of New York ...

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Don't Take My Stress Away

Jack Cahn | Posted 01.12.2013 | Teen
Read More: College Stress, Stuyvesant High School, High School Stress, Academic Pressure, Homework, Teen News
Jack Cahn

I came to Stuyvesant High School to be sleep-deprived, I came here to be pressured, I came here so that I would have enough work to keep me up throughout the night.

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The Racial Dynamics of Standardized Tests

Ruzan Sarwar | Posted 01.02.2013 | New York
Read More: Racial Bias, Stuyvesant High School, Standardized Testing, Bronx Science, Brooklyn Technical High School, Ny Schools Standardized Tests, New York Education Reform, New York Standardized Testing, New York Specialized Schools, New York Education, New York News
Ruzan Sarwar

If critics of standardized tests think it's lack of finances or lack of access to resources that prevents certain races from performing to the stated benchmarks, I want to put an end to that delusion.

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Why Does New York Have "Specialized" High Schools?

Alan Singer | Posted 12.30.2012 | New York
Read More: Stuyvesant High School, Bronx High School of Science, Gifted and Talented Programs, New York Education Reform, New York Specialized Schools, New York Education, New York News
Alan Singer

Why does New York City have these special schools where the teaching and curriculum are just not that special?

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Educating for Democracy: Why Not Affirmative Action for 'Elite' High Schools?

Joel Shatzky | Posted 12.24.2012 | Home
Read More: Mayor Bloomberg, Stuyvesant High School, Affirmative Action, Brooklyn Technical High School, Bronx Science, Affirmative Action High School, Brooklyn Tech, Home News
Joel Shatzky

The recent decision by the United States Supreme Court to revisit "affirmative action" in college admissions leads me to the observation that the advantages of diversity in higher education could be applied as well to the specialized high schools in New York City.

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Setting an Example

Tom Allon | Posted 12.24.2012 | New York
Read More: John Liu, Comptroller Bill Thompson, Theodore Roosevelt, Rudy Giuliani, Stuyvesant High School, Bill De Blasio, New York Politics, New York Mayoral Election, New York News
Tom Allon

As a society we cannot allow ourselves to become anesthetized to what is right and wrong. More importantly, anyone running for public office should ask themselves: Am I qualified to hold the public's trust?

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Why Are We Obsessed With Cheaters?

Lindsay Gellman | Posted 12.14.2012 | Media
Read More: Jonah Lehrer, Media Plagiarism, Stuyvesant High School, Plagiarism, Cheating, Harvard, Fareed Zakaria, Jill Lepore, Media News
Lindsay Gellman

These past warm months have been especially riddled with revelations of academic dishonesty. And the scandals have been extensively covered by the media.

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The Global Search for Education: More on Cheating

C. M. Rubin | Posted 12.04.2012 | Home
Read More: Tricia Bertram Gallant, Academic Integrity, International Center for Academic Integrity, The Global Search for Education, Teaching Ethics, Internet Cheating, Standardized Testing, Harvard's Cheating Scandal, Ethical Conduct, Howard Gardner, C. M. Rubin, Teachers, Personal Accountability, Stuyvesant High School, Cheating in School, Ethical Failures, Education Reform, Bernie Madoff, Home News
C. M. Rubin

After reading Howard Gardner's article, Harvard's Cheating Scandal as a Play in Four Acts, and listening to Dr. Gardner and Dr. Tricia Bertram Gallant on 90.9 WBUR Radio Boston, I was curious to find out more about Dr. Tricia Bertram Gallant's research on academic integrity.

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Clueless NYC Mayor Defends "Biased" High School Admissions Process and Test Developed by Pearson Sub-Division

Alan Singer | Posted 12.04.2012 | New York
Read More: Pearson Education, Education, Kaplan, Stuyvesant High School, Bronx High School of Science, Michael Bloomberg, John Liu, Standardized Testing, Race, Naacp, Princeton Review, Brooklyn Technical High School, New York News
Alan Singer

Should a private publishing company have so much power over curriculum and assessment in New York State and around the country?

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NAACP Alleges Bias At Elite NYC High Schools

Reuters | Posted 11.26.2012 | Black Voices
Read More: New York City Schools, New York City Department of Education, NYC Specialized High Schools, Video, Racial Bias, Elite High Schools, New York Board of Education, Stuyvesant High School, Bv-Life, Bias, Reuters, u.s. Department of Education, School Bias, Naacp, Bronx Science, New York City High Schools, Black Voices News

* Complaint focuses on eight elite public schools * "All that matters is the test" By Jonathan Allen NEW ...

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The Culture of Deceit

Patricia McGuire | Posted 11.26.2012 | DC
Read More: Bishop Finn Guilty, Sulaimon Brown, Lying, Romney Campaign, Harvard Cheating Scandal, Honor Code, Plagiarism, Political Ads, New Orleans Saints Bounty, Fact Checker, Monsignor William Lynn, Political Advertising, Fact Checking, Obama Campaign, Jonah Lehrer, Stuyvesant High School, Cheating, Paul Ryan, DC News
Patricia McGuire

Politicians do it. Journalists do it. Even Harvard students do it. Dissembling, stonewalling and outright lies all pass for political discourse these days. The culture of deceit appears to be not only pervasive, but quite acceptable as a way of doing business.

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Standardized Tests Lead to Standardized Cheating

Glen Lineberry | Posted 11.20.2012 | Home
Read More: Regents Exam, No Child Left Behind, Harvard, New York Standardized Testing, Stuyvesant High School, Nclb, School Reform, Standardized Testing, Education Reform, Teaching, School Improvement, Skepchick, Home News
Glen Lineberry

Why all the cheating? In short, because the tests are too important, and because they test the wrong things.

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Cheating Because the Stakes Are So Low

Steve Nelson | Posted 11.12.2012 | Home
Read More: Stuyvesant High School, Harvard University, Rote Learning, Ayn Rand, Cheating, Academic Pressure, Higher Education, Academic Dishonesty, Harvard Cheating Scandal, Cheating Scandals, Home News
Steve Nelson

The incidence of cheating is lowest when students or citizens perceive that they are members of an interdependent community, but that's not, sadly, today's America.

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Dozens Of Stuyvesant Students Face Suspension In Wake Of Cheating Scandal Investigation

Posted 09.11.2012 | Home
Read More: School Cheating Scandal, Video, Stuyvesant High School, Cheating Scandals, School Cheating, New York Schools, Stuyvesant High School Cheating, New York Department of Education, Stanley Teitel, Stuyvesant-Stanley-Teitel, Home News

A dozen Stuyvesant High School students have been suspended for up to 10 days, with another 54 facing possible suspension for up to five days, as the ...

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How to Talk to Your Kids About Cheating

Grown And Flown | Posted 11.06.2012 | Parents
Read More: Standardized Test Cheating, Cheating, Harvard, College, Teaching Kids Morals, Stuyvesant High School, Harvard-Cheating-Scandal, Long-Island-Sat, Morals, Parenting Advice, Parents News
Grown And Flown

It is only fair to acknowledge that our children are under greater pressure than we were, that competition is greater and their workload heavier. But the world has not changed so much that right and wrong do not have a line running between them.

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Did the 'Melk Man' Learn to Cheat at Stuyvesant High School?

Alan Singer | Posted 10.20.2012 | Home
Read More: Melky Cabrera, New York Yankees, Bill Clinton, Baseball, Kaplan, Stuyvesant High School, Testosterone, Standardized Testing, High School, Cheating, Atlanta, Great Neck, San Francisco, Dallas, Princeton Review, Home News
Alan Singer

Why is it cheating to copy homework or send your friends a text of the test, but not cheating to review the test questions over and over again with a paid tutor in advance?

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Stuyvesant's Stanley Teitel Resigns?

Thane Rosenbaum | Posted 10.06.2012 | New York
Read More: Public Schools, Stuyvesant High School, High School Scandals, Enrichment Schools, School Principals, Failing Schools, Stanley Teitel, Stuyvesant Stanley Teitel, New York News
Thane Rosenbaum

At a time when everyone laments America's declining status as educator of its children, the resignation of Stuyvesant High School Principal Stanley Teitel is a dark day for all those who long for excellence in public education.

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Stuyvesant High School Principal To Resign

Posted 08.06.2012 | Home
Read More: New York City Public Schools, New York Schools, Stuyvesant Cheating Scandal, Stuyvesant High School, Stanley Teitel, Video, Home News

Stuyvesant principal Stanley Teitel is set to resign amid a cheating scandal that rocked the elite New York City public school, the New York Times’ ...

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Cheating Scandal Voids 71 Stuyvesant Students' Regents Exams

Posted 07.10.2012 | Home
Read More: New York Public Schools, Video, Stuyvesant High School, Cheating Scandals, New York Schools, Regents Exams, Elite Schools, Home News

A group of Stuyvesant High School students will have to retake their Regents exams following a cheating scandal that rocked the elite New York City pu...

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What Brawling Fathers And Cheating Kids Have In Common

Lisa Belkin | Posted 09.09.2012 | Parents
Read More: Cheating With Cellphones, Stuyvesant High School, Columbus Georgia Little League Brawl, Parents Fighting, Parentry, Regents Cheating Scandal, Competition for College, Little League Brawl, College Admissions, Video, Parents News
Lisa Belkin

The message sent to the 12-year-olds on the field at Britt David Park in Columbus was that winning matters so much it is worth fighting over. I'm betting that is the same message that the 16-year-old cheating Stuyvesant students were sent over the years.

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Crime Stats, Tests And Credibility

Tom Allon | Posted 09.01.2012 | New York
Read More: Armchair Detective, NYC Crime, Nypd, Nyc-Crime-Rate, Stuyvesant High School, Compstat, Nypd Scandals, Regents Exams, New York News
Tom Allon

A new study reveals that the city's much-acclaimed crime declines over the past two decades may partially be the result of cooking the books. This merits investigation so New Yorkers can know the true crime statistics from their borough.

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PHOTO: Funny Liquor Store Sign Targets Notorious High School

Posted 06.30.2012 | Comedy
Read More: Stuy Students Liquor Store Sign, Funny Liquor Store Sign, Funny Signs, Funny Pictures, Stuyvesant High School, Stuyvesant High, Comedy News

It's no surprise that the students of Stuyvesant High, the notorious NYC school that's always making headlines, are confident holders of fake identifi...

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Cheating Scandal Rocks Elite New York High School

The Huffington Post | Gregory Kristof | Posted 06.27.2012 | Home
Read More: New York City Schools, Video, Stuyvesant High School, Cheating Scandals, Students Cheating, New York Schools, Stuyvesant High School Cheating, Cheating, Student Cheating Scandals, New York Regents Exams, Cheating on Exams, Regents Exams, Home News

A cheating ring has rocked the elite Stuyvesant High School in New York City, culminating in the expulsion of one of its students. School officials...

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