The Wall Street Journal has an article about how the city is changing the teaching pool by either buying out teachers or getting rid of them. This cost cutting measure is usually set for older teachers who are at the higher pay grade. After years of trying to oust...
Nearly 200 students who took the SAT at a Brooklyn private school this month had their scores invalidated by the company that administers the test, apparently because some students were seated too closely together, school officials said Wednesday. The decision...
During her tumultuous three years at the head of the Washington D.C. public schools, Michelle Rhee set off a lot of fireworks. Rhee has emerged as the leader of an unlikely coalition of politicians, philanthropists, financiers and entrepreneurs who believe the nation's $500...
Which I unfortunately agree. Many students skip class or school with little to no repercussions at home. What kind of message does that portray to the kids about the importance of school? It's Mayor Bloomberg vs. the parents, Round II. For the second time in a year,...
The Wall Street Journal has an article about adopting the common core and the push back that certain interest groups are imploying. The Common Core national math and reading standards, adopted by 46 states and the District of Columbia two years ago, are coming under attack...
New York Times has an article about how the scandal involving Murdoch involved Klein and his education ties Last week, after a British parliamentary report declared that Rupert Murdoch was “not a fit person” to lead a major corporation, several senior News...
The NY Post has an article about how the DOE has started investigating principals that are either late or consistently absent. A Manhattan high-school principal facing a DWI charge is now under scrutiny for allegedly failing to show up at school for days at a time, The Post...
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg said Thursday that an infusion of almost half a billion dollars from the settlement over the CityTimepayroll scandal would enable New York to fill more than 2,500 teaching positions that were to be eliminated in the budget for the coming fiscal...
NY Daily News has an article about how certain schools are under investigation for cheating on state exams State officials are investigating a Queens principal accused of ordering teachers to help students cheat on April’s high-stakes English exams, the Daily News has...
The Wall Street Journal has an article about the new teacher evaluations and how they apply to special education teachers. Special education teachers under the new teacher evaluation system have everything going against them, which begs the question, how do we evaluate the...
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