New York

Duelling School Improvement Plans for De Blasio/Farina and NY Comm. Elia

Chalkbeat reports today that yesterday New York City  Chancellor Carmen Fariña and New York State Commissioner MaryEllen Elia, equipped with…

9 years ago

When Complex School Systems Fail

Emmanuel Felton at Hechinger reports on the the resignation of Chris Barbic from his position of superintendent of Tennessee’s Achievement…

9 years ago

Is Forty Years Long Enough to Improve a New York City School?

Chalkbeat reports on the status of 150 New York public schools, including 62 in New York City, that have been…

9 years ago

Success Academy’s Harlem West, Wadleigh Secondary, and De Blasio’s “Hodgepodge of Feel-Good Programs”

Nicholas Simmons, currently a vice principal at New York City’s Success Academy, tells his “tale of two schools, one building”…

9 years ago

Response to WSJ Op-Ed: Don’t Give Up On Unions and Systemic School Reform

An editorial in yesterday’s Wall St. Journal argues that philanthropists committed to improving education should give up on donating directly…

9 years ago

QOD: Mayor of Yonkers on Overcoming N.Y.’s Dual School System, One for Poor Kids and One for Rich Kids

While the State needs to step up funding and contribute to constructions costs, says Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano,The teachers unions…

9 years ago

QOD: NYC High School Principal on the Impact of the Common Core on Low-Performing Students

Caterina Lafergola, the principal of New York City’s Automotive High, spoke to Chalkbeat about her challenges in leading one of…

9 years ago

QOD: Black Lives Don’t Matter to Bill de Blasio

Speaking of incremental vs. transformative change, the Wall St. Journal's William McGurn writes about how black and Hispanic children in…

9 years ago

Incremental Bill de Blasio vs. Transformative Eva Moskowitz: Coming to a Theater Near You?

This morning Chalkbeat reports on the rain-delayed rally run by Families for Excellent Schools and, more pivotally, the confrontation between…

9 years ago

QOD: De Blasio Should Get Real and Address NYC’s Failing Schools

StudentsFirstNY decries Mayor Bill de Blasio and Chancellor Carmen Farina’s “happy talk,” “smiling press conferences,” and “flowery rhetoric” about the…

9 years ago