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Union Sues DOE to Obtain Charter School E-mails

Union Sues DOE to Obtain Charter School E-mails

By Jason | April 4, 2012 at 9:24 am | No comments

NY Times has an article about how the UFT is suing the Department Of Education to obtain emails about charter schools and their relationships with certain members of the DOE The United Federation of Teachers filed suit in state Supreme Court on Tuesday to force the...

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City Revokes Testing Sensitive Word Ban

City Revokes Testing Sensitive Word Ban

By Jason | April 3, 2012 at 9:23 am | No comments

NY Times has an article about how the NY DOE has lifted the word ban on tests due to sensitivity and or reliability New York City Department of Education officials said late Monday that they were pulling back on a clause in contracts for testing companies that list 50 words...

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Albany Eyeing Ways to Shield Teacher Data

Albany Eyeing Ways to Shield Teacher Data

By Jason | April 2, 2012 at 9:28 am | No comments

The Wall Street Journal has an article about how NY State wants to show teacher data, but only to parents and not the general public.  This comes after the backlash of making the current evaluations public citing that it was a breach of privacy. A top Albany lawmaker said...

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Charter Spending Squeezing Education Budget

Charter Spending Squeezing Education Budget

By Jason | March 30, 2012 at 9:28 am | No comments

NY times has an interesting article about how charter schools are reducing overall education budget in New York New York City’s Education Department will spend $51 million to open more than two dozen new charter schools next year, according to a report released on Thursday...

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New York City Submits Plans to Close and Reopen 33 Schools

New York City Submits Plans to Close and Reopen 33 Schools

By Jason | March 29, 2012 at 9:16 am | No comments

New York Times has an interesting article about how New York City is planning on closing and opening schools so that they can be turned around.  Basically its reopening closed schools With only three months left until the end of the school year, city education officials are...

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SAT and ACT to Increase Security After Cheating Scandal

SAT and ACT to Increase Security After Cheating Scandal

By Jason | March 28, 2012 at 9:27 am | No comments

The New York Times has an article on how the ETS has started increasing security in their testing centers after a wave of cheating scandals has hit the floor Stung by a cheating scandal involving dozens of Long Island high school students, the SAT and ACT college entrance...

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Parents Want To Know Teacher’s Grades

Parents Want To Know Teacher’s Grades

By Jason | March 27, 2012 at 9:18 am | No comments

    NYPost has an interesting article about how certain parents want the teacher evaluation grades be made public. Albany politicians must slap a failing grade on any plan to conceal teacher grades, outraged public-school parents told The Post...

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This Comes As No Surprise, Cheating Rampant Across The Nation

This Comes As No Surprise, Cheating Rampant Across The Nation

By Jason | March 26, 2012 at 9:35 am | No comments

Suspicious test scores in roughly 200 school districts resemble those that entangled Atlanta in the biggest cheating scandal in American history, an investigation by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution shows. Hyosub Shin, hshin@ajc.comSt. Louis: Patrick Henry Downtown...

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Students Grade The Teacher

Students Grade The Teacher

By Jason | March 23, 2012 at 10:06 am | No comments

Dmacteaches tells an interesting stories about how students are giving feedback to teachers on how to improve their craft Recently, a reader made a comment here raising a very common concern that is out there in the public: That all said, everyone who has been to school or...

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Turnaround Schools Don’t Seem To Help

Turnaround Schools Don’t Seem To Help

By Jason | March 22, 2012 at 9:21 am | No comments

Inside Schools has an interesting article about how turn around schools don't do the students and the community justice in terms of responsibility. Regents Chancellor Merryl Tisch no doubt ruffled some highly placed feathers last week when she said that the mayor's attempt...

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