NY1 has an article about how NY Education Chancellor Walcott has said that to balance the budget, layoffs will have to incur in order to deliver promises. Teacher layoffs may be off the table in this year's budget fight, but the schools chancellor said at a City Council...
The Wall Street Journal has an article about how NYC is reviewing one of it's toughest test and whether or not it should be optional for graduation The Board of Regents next week will consider state Education Department recommendations to make the global history and geography...
The New York Times has an interesting (although well publicized) article about the low standards for passing the regents exam in NYC. The next time people try to tell you how much the data-driven education reform programs of President George W. Bush (No Child Left Behind)...
Gothamschools has an interesting article about UFT's new attack plan, attacking politicians on accountability and facts The United Federation of Teachers is turning up the heat on Mayor Bloomberg with a new television ad marking mayoral control’s double-digit...
NY1 has an article about how charter schools in NYC still get rooms rent free On Tuesday, city charter schools won a legal battle to share space in public school buildings free of cost. A State Supreme Court Judge denied a preliminary injunction that would have forced...
Mayor of NYC Michael Bloomberg is under fire for recently saying that he would fire half the teachers in the system and double the class sizes (that would mean 70 students per class). I find it hilarious that most parents can't even handle 1 kid, yet one teacher can handle...
NYC administration has been accused of inflating their scores and having a positive outlook on school data. In a recent post, only 1 in 4 high school students are ready for college. That is a 75% failure rate, and somehow NYC administration (not the department of education)...
NYC Department Of Education has set for the new test of 2012 and with new tests come lower standards. The NYC DOE has decided that the new tests for 2012 should have fewer 'trick questions' to try to standardize scores. These 'trick questions' consists of critical thinking...
I have some qualms with standardize testing, but it does give some insight on whether or not education reform is working and from the looks of the 2010-2011 data, it is not. English scores have never been lower since 2006 as well as standards have never been lowered. Barely...
New York's education system has been known to have a lot of waste and red tape. With NYC receiving roughly 255 million dollars in federal aid, 28 million will go to midlevel management and creation of new jobs. However, 6 million dollars has been set to hire external...
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