Mayor Bloomberg has put together a list of schools that will be affected if the city has to lay off more than 4,500 teachers because of state cuts to education. Most of the schools are in poorly served neighborhoods, because that’s where most of the city’s youngest teachers work. If City Hall has to abide Read More
New Yorkers have become accustomed to good news from the city’s public schools in recent years. Now, however, there is concern that some of the warm-and-fuzzy headlines about improving test scores and graduation rates were based on some dubious math.
A suspiciously high number of students have received the minimum passing grade on the state’s Read More
Bill Thompson is making another education-related announcement today, unveiling a program that will “invest millions of dollars to create affordable housing for educators in New York City.”
Joining him for the roll-out will be teachers union head Randi Weingarten.
About two weeks ago, Thompson issued an audit saying the Read More
