CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
DOE: Our Tech Schools Are a National Model
Josh Thomases |
The Bloomberg administration responds to our reporting on its efforts to reform career and technical high schools.
Education
Class of 2013: Tech Students Eye Careers As Reforms Stall
Helen Zelon |
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.
Bronx
Report On Troubled High School Wins Award
Jarrett Murphy |
The Brooklyn Bureau’s 2012 report on the problems facing John Dewey High won top honors in a national competition among education reporters.
CITY WIRE: THE BLOG
Beyond Elites, College Readiness Is Low
Helen Zelon |
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.
Education
Bloomberg's Babies Eye College Apps
Helen Zelon |
Meet some of the students at the Taft complex in the Bronx. They’re proud of the challenges they’ve surmounted. In fact, some would have liked a few more.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
What Does the City's Recovery Need? More Libraries
David Giles |
Libraries perform a critical role in workforce development for low-income New Yorkers. But budget cuts have so curtailed service that Detroit’s libraries are now open more than New York’s.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Demography & Destiny: College Readiness in New York
Norm Fruchter |
When Mayor Bloomberg took charge of New York’s schools, he highlighted wide racial gaps in school achievement as a rationale for reform. A new study finds those disparities persist—and suggests ways to address them.
Education
Class of 2013: Life in the Sweet Spot
Helen Zelon |
Amid the debate over whether small high schools have fixed—or added to—problems with large city high schools, four students at “Tele” are happy to be stuck in the middle.
Brooklyn
Charters Target Middle-Class Brooklyn
Gail Robinson |
Originally launched to offer more choice to low-income parents in poorly served neighborhoods, charter schools are increasingly targeting more affluent students in areas that have lots of school options.
Brooklyn
Obama + Romney = Lesson for Brooklyn Students
Samantha Winslow |
How do you get today’s high school students engaged in American democracy? One Brooklyn high school math teacher is campaigning to improve civic participation by turning pupils into pollsters.
