Tenicka Boyd, senior director of organizing at StudentsFirstNY and the mother of a student at PS 321 in Brooklyn, describes the academic life of three
In a school district in Suffolk County, N.Y., a revolution against standards and assessments is underway. However, this is not your typical vignette of white
Politico reports that UFT President Michael Mulgrew has resumed “UFT’s decade-long war against the city’s charter sector.” The reference is to a conference call with
This guest post is by Karim Abouelnaga, the Founder and CEO of Practice Makes Perfect, an evidence-based, full-service summer school provider for K-8 schools. It was
Yesterday New York Governor Andrew Cuomo gave his State of the State address. Educational proposals include a three-year extension of mayoral control of New York
Ernest A. Logan, the president of the union that represents New York City’s 6,000 principals and assistant principals, will publish a column in the union’s
On Saturday Fred LeBrun of the Times-Union, Albany’s daily paper wrote an obituary for Andrew Cuomo’s career. According to LeBrun, the Governor’s premature passing stems
Poor Andrew Cuomo: he just can’t get it right. First he signed the Education Transformation Act of 2015 that, in part, ties teacher evaluations to
On Thursday morning President Obama signed the Every Student Succeeds Act, which greatly reduces the federal role in public education and hands much of the
Why is Michael Mulgrew in such a lather? The President of the United Federation of Teachers in New York City should be bathed in lavender,