Good, Improved and Failing: Our Lists Off the Progress Reports
The release Friday of the annual Department of Education progress reports for elementary and middle schools prompted the usual debate over how to interpret the results. We would like to hear your...
View ArticlePrincipals' Rebellion Against Evaluations Grows
This month, Newsday and other news media outlets began reporting on a rebellion by principals, largely from Long Island, who object to the new state system to evaluate teachers and principals based on...
View ArticleCity Abandons Rezoning Plans for Village and Chelsea
10:45 a.m.|UpdateCity officials have dropped their plans to rezone crowded public elementary schools in Greenwich Village and Chelsea after a parent council voted down their most recent plan. Instead,...
View ArticleCuomo Urges Districts and Unions to Compromise on Evaluations
On Monday, the United States Education Department put New York State on notice for failing to reach some of the goals it set in its application for the federal Race to the Top education program. On...
View ArticleDistrict 2 Parents Mull Latest Rezoning Plans
Parents in Manhattan's District 2 have at least two weeks to study new rezoning plans, one covering Midtown East and another for Greenwich Village and Chelsea. The Department of Education has outlined...
View ArticleTeachers Anxious Over Implementation of Eval Plan
Teachers are just beginning to sort through the details of the lengthy evaluation plan released over the weekend by State Education Commissioner John King.The plan for teachers is about 140 pages long,...
View ArticleFirecrackers and Absenteeism: When Tradition and School Days Collide
Updated Monday, Feb. 3, 2014:Several schools in New York's predominantly Asian American neighborhoods recorded their lowest attendance rate on Friday, the Lunar New Year.Overall, attendance was average...
View ArticleMayor: Now We Have the Pre-K Seats, Still Need the Funding
Mayor Bill de Blasio said on Tuesday the city is well on its way to reaching his target of opening more than 53,000 full-day pre-kindergarten spots for students this fall, based on new proposals from...
View ArticleTo Keep or to Cast-Off: What To Do With Your Child's Art?
As the school year wound to a close, students across New York City dutifully toted home folders, boxes and bags of the art and other projects they made. And that brings us to the critical question,...
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NYC Families Scramble to Adjust to New School Start and End Times
As a single mother who works, Anjanie Narine doesn’t get a lot of evening time with her eight-year-old daughter Emma. She typically gets home at around 7 p.m., and evenings in their small Long Island...
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