CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS

Opinion: Unseal New York City’s ‘Black Box’ of School Curriculum Data

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“Unlike other data that reveals key insight on educational improvement—such as student attendance, academic performance, class size and the credentials of teachers and leaders—what curricula is being used in city schools is often unknown, in effect a black box. This makes it difficult to learn or study how curriculum choices and professional learning impact children’s learning.”

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NYCHA Plan to Put Units Under Private Management is More Than Halfway Done—But Skepticism Persists

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More than 36,000 NYCHA apartments have either undergone conversion or are in the process of being converted to the RAD-PACT program, which officials say has helped drive billions in needed repairs. But tenants—some of whom will get a chance to vote this year on whether they want their developments to join the initiative—remain distrustful of the change.