“Today marks an unprecedented commitment to deliver for our schools that need extra support, and I know this will translate into real improvements in student
From Chalkbeat: Outgoing state Board of Regents Chancellor Merryl Tisch took a swipe at New York City’s school-improvement program Thursday, saying the city is permitting
Chalkbeat reports today that New York City Bill de Blasio’s $400 million plan to improve the city’s 94 worst high schools and middle schools is
When New York Governor Andrew Cuomo navigated an overhaul of the teacher tenure law last Spring, he took a moribund system – one in which
Today’s New York Times details a lawsuit pressed by the New York Legal Assistance Group on behalf of five special education students who attend a
On Monday at a press conference, NYC Schools Chancellor Carmen Farina was asked about the De Blasio Administration’s lackluster efforts to integrate the city’s highly-segregated
I’m guessing that many parents, particularly those of color whose children are consigned to a failing school, left a meeting last night on the Upper
From Chalkbeat, which asks if the pending retirement of Regents Chancellor Merryl Tisch is a victory for labor leaders of the NYSUT (who felt little
Yesterday Chancellor of the Board of Regents Merryl Tisch announced that she will step down when her term is up this Spring. Tisch has been
Like the boy in the Hans Christian Anderson’s tale called “The Emperor’s New Clothes,” we’re all agape as results on new benchmarked assessments roll in