Ruth Ford, Author at City Limits

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The mayor says he’s trying to find space for charters. The charter pioneer says he isn’t. Beyond their conflicting claims is a complicated debate over whether public schools have room,…

ByRuth Ford 23 minRead time

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Oct 2015

Education

Courts Keep School Meetings Closed to Public … For Now

The ruling was more of a technicality than a decision on any substantive issues, noted education activists, who believe they will ultimately prevail.

ByRuth Ford 4 minRead time

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Oct 2015

Education

Advocates Say City Should Expand Free Lunch Faster

They want the city to add more schools to a federal program that provides free lunch to all students. But the DOE may have good reason to move slowly.

ByRuth Ford 10 minRead time

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Oct 2015

Education

Forget Charters, Common Core, Teacher Quality: Advocates Focus on Getting Kids to School

For any school strategy to work, kids have to show up. And one in three children in the South Bronx misses a month of school every year.

ByRuth Ford 9 minRead time

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Sep 2015

Education

Differing Views of Middle-School Admissions Play Out at New Manhattan Facility

Parents know a school is coming to 75 Morton Street. What they don’t know is where its students will come from.

ByRuth Ford 12 minRead time

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Sep 2015

Education

New Center Targets the ‘Toxic Impact of Poverty’ on Students

Some say public schools have failed the poor. Others believe poverty is an obstacle that education alone can’t tackle. A new research center seeks to shape NYC’s education policy to…

ByRuth Ford 5 minRead time

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Sep 2015

Education

Mayor’s Education Vision Finds Fans

Some saw too much cost. Others not enough charters. But the mayor’s education speech did arrange ambitious proposals within a clear agenda of fighting inequality, and some liked what they…

ByRuth Ford 10 minRead time

16

Sep 2015

Education

City Pressed to Allow Public into School Leadership Team Meetings

DOE is keeping the sessions closed while it appeals a judge’s order to open them up.

ByRuth Ford 5 minRead time

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Sep 2015

Education

Signs the City is Serious About Fixing Special Ed

Some advocates say the de Blasio administration has at least made an effort to listen to their concerns.

ByRuth Ford 6 minRead time

09

Sep 2015

Education

Cuomo’s Common Core Move Draws Cheers, Critics

Some applauded the governor for slowing down to reconsider the way Common Core has been implemented. But others worry that Cuomo’s response to a revolt by upstate middle-class parents will…

ByRuth Ford 6 minRead time

Ruth Ford

What’s Behind the Bill de Blasio-Eva Moskowitz Feud Over Charters

Courts Keep School Meetings Closed to Public … For Now

Advocates Say City Should Expand Free Lunch Faster

Forget Charters, Common Core, Teacher Quality: Advocates Focus on Getting Kids to School

Differing Views of Middle-School Admissions Play Out at New Manhattan Facility

New Center Targets the ‘Toxic Impact of Poverty’ on Students

Mayor’s Education Vision Finds Fans

City Pressed to Allow Public into School Leadership Team Meetings

Signs the City is Serious About Fixing Special Ed

Cuomo’s Common Core Move Draws Cheers, Critics

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