The de Blasio administration is moving to consolidate and expand its birth-to-five education programs. Will it take this opportunity to address a yawning gap between what city teachers and their nonprofit counterparts make?
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
CityViews: New Teachers’ Contract is a Missed Opportunity
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‘At almost every turn, the contract benefits the Department of Education and does little to improve the lot of the vast majority of union members.’
absences
NYC’s Special Education System Feels the Impact of Teacher Shortages
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In addition to the staff shortages, District 75 has a teacher-absentee rate exceeding the rate of New York City teacher absenteeism citywide, according to federal data.
absent teacher reserve
Educators Linger in the Misunderstood ‘Teacher Reserve,’ a Byproduct of School Reforms
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Most members of the Absent Teacher Reserve aren’t there for disciplinary lapses. Many are trapped by a combination of reforms that put experienced teachers on the sideline and made it costly for principals to get them back in the game.
Missing Teachers
Will the City’s New Schools Contract Reduce the Unequal Impact of Teacher Turnover?
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‘If you just look at the data, we’re good,’ says one expert. ‘But if you look at the actual breakout of the teacher turnover rate, it is significantly higher in communities of color.’
Missing Teachers
Chronic Teacher Absenteeism Hits Some NYC Schools, Districts Hard
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There’s disagreement on how to measure chronic teacher absenteeism, and the causes of it are more complicated than you might assume. But there’s no denying big disparities in absentee rates—even among schools in the same district.
civic education
A Lesson Plan for Remaking New York City Government
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With one charter-revision vote this fall and another process just beginning, an effort is underway to get city students to be a force for change.
Missing Teachers
Missing Teachers: Attendance, Turnover and Staffing Gaps in NYC Classrooms
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Across the city, state and nation, students deal with missing teachers every day. It’s a multifaceted problem whose impact on school performance is often overlooked in the debates about education policy.
adult education
Older New Yorkers Have Huge and Growing Need for English Classes
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The city is aging, and its older population includes many thousands of people who have never learned English, posing a large challenge to society that current resources are ill-equipped to solve.
DOE
Comptroller, Special Investigator and Private Firm Now Probing SchoolFood
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Bad pizza. Questionable chicken. Moldy bread. Pricey cereal. And now at least three inquiries, with a possible fourth one by DOI in the works.
EDUCATION
An Ousted DOE Official, an ex-White House chef, an NBA star and a Pricey Breakfast Cereal
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The DOE went to great lengths to promote a healthy cereal brand that cost a lot and that, some evidence suggests, kids didn’t like very much, but which has garnered millions in investment since its debut in NYC schools.