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U.S. Department of Education

Rev. Al Sharpton.
Mar 1

Al Sharpton Mocks Betsy DeVos’s Claim That Black Colleges Pioneered ‘School Choice’

"To pervert a reaction to segregation and try and distort it into some endorsement of right-wing educational policy is to pour salt in the wound of those of us that know the history of what's going on."
By Will Bredderman
Mayor Bill de Blasio and City Schools Chancellor Carmen Farina providing an update on the city's Advanced Placement for All initiative at the Young Women's Leadership School of Astoria.
Jan 17

NYC Mayor Says Would-Be Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’s Voucher Plans Won’t Get Far

Bill de Blasio said Betsy DeVos will struggle to push through her pro-voucher agenda and that it won't affect the city's education plans.
By Madina Toure
New students sit and listen as they are welcomed in one of the lecture halls. (Photo: TORSTEN SILZ/AFP/Getty Images)
Sep 17

Why You Should Have a (Platonic) Relationship with Your Professor

A shift in spending priorities would make more faculty available to meet one on one with students. But a change in how faculty think about students needs to accompany this shift for it to be effective.
By Nicolaus Mills
CAMBRIDGE, MA - SEPTEMBER 12: Students enter the Admissions Building on the campus of Harvard University September 12, 2006 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Harvard has announced that it will end early admissions next year, citing criticism that it favors wealthier students and hinders those seeking financial aid since the deadlines for aid are much later. (Photo by Glen Cooper/Getty Images)
Jun 24

Asian-Americans Are Indeed Getting Screwed by Harvard (But Not How They Think)

By Steve Cohen
Mar 3

Rice to lead delegation to D.C. seeking relief on Newark schools leadership

By Mark Bonamo
Apr 6

Duncan Says 50,000 Dropouts in NYC

By Azi Paybarah
Apr 16

Council: We Want Control Of All School Sites

By Craig LeMoult
Mar 13

A Plan That Looks Familiar

By Observer Staff
Mar 12

Fewer School Seats, But More on the West Side

By Observer Staff
Nov 21

World’s Most Expensive Leftovers

By Observer Staff
Apr 20

Upper East Side Getting Green (and Leafy)

By Observer Staff
Feb 15

Mister Pink Speaks

By Observer Staff
Dec 7

Eva’s Swan Song

By Observer Staff
Oct 21

Dean Eva

By Observer Staff
Oct 20

Those Numbers

By Observer Staff
Sep 29

Mike’s Funny Math

By Observer Staff
Mar 24

Gifford’s Old School Days

By Observer Staff
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