Rise & Shine: Bronx students dancing in D.C. for St. Pat's Day
March 17, 2010 08:15 AM
City of...
Remainders: Celebrities take up the teacher quality debate
March 16, 2010 07:45 PM
"From one man without children to another,"...
Khalil Gibran Academy principal resigns midyear
March 16, 2010 02:30 PM
In the latest step in the turbulent saga of Khalil Gibran International Academy, the school's third principal in as many years resigned yesterday. The departure of principal Holly Reichert,...
Rise & Shine: L.A. teachers back tying test scores to evaluations
March 16, 2010 08:15 AM
Implementing Obama's education law plan will be politically and logistically difficult. (Times) The plan will ease consequences for most schools but toughen them for some. (Washington Post) The city and the teachers union could change rules for teachers in...
Remainders: Obama's ed plan is "strong medicine," Klein says
March 15, 2010 08:15 PM
Education Secretary Arne Duncan explained his proposed NCLB revisions on Morning Joe. The two national teachers unions both say that the proposals "scapegoat" teachers... ...While Chancellor Joel Klein called Obama's plan "strong medicine" on NBC. Politics K-12 observes that,...
State adds another testing day to schools' schedules
March 15, 2010 07:31 PM
Teachers and principals are not taking kindly to a recent State Education Department decision to have students take a test in between their already-scheduled high stakes state exams. State officials scheduled the field test, an experimental exam that doesn't...
The case for putting curriculum on a reform pedestal
March 15, 2010 06:15 PM
While city education officials have made reforming teacher quality their first priority, others argue that by improving curriculum they could do more with less. In the GothamSchools community section, former president of the Community Education Council for District 2...
Teachers union and city in talks to shrink rubber rooms
March 15, 2010 05:30 PM
Department of Education and teachers union officials could have a deal within weeks that would shrink the number of teachers sitting in rubber rooms. Sources within the United Federation of Teachers said that the two sides have been negotiating...
Rise & Shine: Obama releases plan to revise education law
March 15, 2010 07:15 AM
The Obama administration released its plan for reauthorizing the national education law. (Times) The plan favors high expectations and college readiness. (Christian Science Monitor, Bloomberg) Various groups are already gearing up for a fight over the plan. (USA Today,...
Remainders: Teachers at a Bronx charter school vote to unionize
March 12, 2010 07:45 PM
The Texas Board of Ed approved a new set of social studies standards promoted by conservatives. Teachers at Bronx Academy of Promise Charter School announced that they want to unionize. The Times has a call out for school bake-in...
Commission finds city discriminated in forcing principal to resign
March 12, 2010 07:00 PM
The former principal of a dual-language Arabic-English school was forced to resign by city officials who discriminated against her, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission found today. A report by the commission found that in 2007, when Khalil Gibran International...
Steiner, King and Hughes to lead New York's Race to the Top team
March 12, 2010 05:45 PM
Yesterday, we...
Rise & Shine: Charter school building plan deemed unsafe
March 12, 2010 07:30 AM
Bedford-Stuyvesant's Head Start preschool program is being closed for mismanagement. (Daily News) The state is again proposing to cut the budget for administering GED tests. (Daily News, Post) District 22's parent council head speaks out about possible new budget cuts. (Brooklyn...
Remainders: Bake sale protests, union elections, and more RttT
March 11, 2010 08:30 PM
Ed Week has a cool map of the Race to the Top finalists and info about their applications. Rick Hess says Arne Duncan and Diane Ravitch are missing the point of accountability, charter schools. City Council is holding a...
Who will New York's Race to the Top dream team be?
March 11, 2010 07:45 PM
The names of the five people who will make the final pitch to federal officials in New York's bid for coveted Race to the Top funds are due at noon tomorrow. But state education officials are still finalizing who...
When Race to the Top collides with states' rights, debate follows
March 11, 2010 07:00 PM
Teachers unions, school district officials, and lawmakers have all weighed in on New York State's Race to the Top application with varying degrees of skepticism and enthusiasm, but few have given any thought to the legal issues behind the...
Rise & Shine: School closure fight could delay HS placements
March 11, 2010 07:15 AM
A judge in the school closure lawsuit ruled that high school decisions shouldn't go out yet. (Daily News) Students and parents in Riverdale are fighting off a dress code for a second time. (Riverdale Press) Proposed national standards would...
Remainders: Will national standards mean national tests?
March 10, 2010 07:45 PM
Students at Brooklyn's P.S. 24 embraced the message of the city's "Respect for All" week. Seeing the letters A or F just before taking a test can influence how students perform,...
Chris Cerf returns to the education private sector -- but in Brazil
March 10, 2010 07:45 PM
Since helping Mayor Michael Bloomberg win his third term last fall, former deputy schools chancellor Chris Cerf has almost completely disappeared from the New York City education landscape. Perhaps he wanted warmer weather -- Cerf is now the head...
Rise & Shine: Hiring freeze for NYC teachers lifted -- in Florida
March 10, 2010 07:30 AM
The city's high school graduation rate rose to 59 percent. (GothamSchools, Times, Daily News, Post, NY1) District schools in Harlem are focusing more on marketing to compete with their charter neighbors. (Times) One of the unions of school bus...
