While some statistics are disputed, the high rates of teacher attrition at charter schools raise questions about whether even the most successful ones can maintain quality amid the churn.
The Close to Home initiative was supposed to move detained kids to less restrictive settings and improve their ability to complete their education. That hasn’t happened.
A guide to the soundbites we’re likely to hear, the backstories we need to know and the snacks, drinks and music we’ll require to get through the third de Blasio-Lhota…
By limiting enrollment—and therefore eliminating the schools’ commitment to accept all neighborhood kids who wanted to come—DOE says it will improve students’ options.
Sizing up what each man has in mind for New York’s 1 million public-school students—and, through our totally unscientific street-corner poll, what New York voters think of the candidates’ plans.
In the final installment of our Class of 2013 series, we watch the seniors we’ve met this year as they leave New York City public schools for the big, “real”…
In our year-long series on the Bloomberg administration’s final high-school class, we meet students at a Career and Technical high school in Staten Island.
In his annual address, Mayor Bloomberg touted increased college readiness in the city’s high schools. But more than half the students deemed college ready attend New York’s top-ranked facilities.