New York scores haven't improved since 2009 according to a recent NAEP scores. That's not saying that much. NY1 has the full story According to numbers released Wednesday by the National Assessment of Educational Progress, math and reading scores among city fourth and...
The New York Times has a very small, yet news worthy article. The US is not preparing it's young students enough for college. This has been a growing trend in the US for some time since the introduction of No Child Left Behind. Millions of students attend abysmally...
Reuters.com has an interesting article about the state budget cuts to education and there consequences on school districts New York state's budget cuts are taking a financial toll on poor schools that is more than three times the hit felt by the wealthiest districts, a...
ALBANY, N.Y. — An unprecedented number of public schools in New York are now considered in need of improvement under the federal No Child Left Behind program in the latest warning about the state's education system, state officials said Thursday. In all, 1,325 of the...
I believe in standardize testing, however testing at such a young age as kindergarten kids is a bit much. Gothamschools has the article Starting in 2014, children will have to take a test when they start kindergarten, according to a commitment New York State has made to...
New York Sate has finished their audit on state testing for cheating. 62 schools have shown signs of cheating with changed scores and improved grades. Cheating scandals have been rolling up the East Coast like a hurricane this year, from Atlanta to Washington,...
In an effort to either appease teachers or cut funding, New York City has cut part of the evaluation process and teacher data. The DOE says that with the new evaluation process and metrics makes the old fashion evaluations obsolete. New York City education officials...
The New York Daily News has written a piece about how there is no such thing as cheating on state exams. They say that the United Federation of Teachers are building up false accusations of rampant cheating to shift blame from accountability. They say that the numbers are...
Charter Schools are 'known' for their performance but at what cost? Most schools are suppose to accept students regardless of performance, however a Bronx charter school has been caught skimming the top of their student pool. To improve their numbers, the school screened...
So it begins, as money dries up in a down economy, many charter schools are closing down because of budget problems. Many of the private funders have started to walk away from their bad assets and wash their hands clean of any responsibilities. This leaves schools bankrupt...
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