It will take more than new language or better lessons. Who’s teaching, who’s learning and the very nature of how social studies are taught and tested are also in play.
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.
betsy de vos
From Charters to Common Core, There’s a Ceasefire in NY’s School Wars
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But with desegregation an increasingly urgent goal, how long will it last?
election 2018
Cuomo vs. Nixon on Education Policy: Testing, Charters and Money Loom Large
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The governor has shifted on several key education issues since taking office. Now he faces a long-time education advocate in the Democratic primary.
The Ride
Student MetroCards put City Teens in a Summer Squeeze
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Most teenagers cannot attend summer classes, jobs or internships unless they’re supplied with a MetroCard or are able to pay for one themselves.