The New York Daily News has an article about a Brooklyn school that allowed teachers and administrators to give answer to students in order to get higher scores on their state exams. Investigators are probing charges that teachers at a Sunset Park public school gave kids...
The New York Times has an article about two highly ranked Brooklyn Schools caught cheating on their test numbers Two of the highest-ranking public elementary schools in New York City are under investigation for possible irregularities on state examinations, officials said...
The New York Times has an article about how public scholarships have been backed doored to private schools. When the Georgia legislature passed a private school scholarship program in 2008, lawmakers promoted it as a way to give poor children the same education choices as...
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 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...
Huffington Post has an article about how kindergarten has become the newest grade to have long wait lists From the federal government to school boards, policymakers and administrators are increasingly setting their sights on "college and career readiness" as the goal of K-12...
New York Times has an article about how certain Texas schools are so cash strapped that they have stopped providing essential services such as bussing students. HUTTO, Tex. — School buses passed by 16-year-old Aubrey Sandifer as he walked home one recent afternoon in...
NY1 has an interesting article about how Bloomberg is under fire on school reform. With just 298 school days left under Mayor Michael Bloomberg's control of the system, the mayor and his supporters are considering how his education reforms might fare under a future...
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