Proposals to put charters in existing school buildings often stir outrage. While teachers are worried about two such moves in Bushwick, few parents attended the public hearings.
William Pollard’s resignation hasn’t quelled controversy at the Crown Heights school, where some believe the search for a new leader has moved too quickly.
Meeting with parents in East New York, Chancellor Walcott said that while the state was still shortchanging the city, inequities in city funding have been resolved.
DOE statistics indicate arts instruction is absent from many middle and high schools. But for some principals, arts aren’t an extra—they’re a priority.
Outgoing Chancellor Matthew Goldstein’s contract entitled him to a year of “study leave” at his current salary. He’ll be Chancellor Emeritus for five additional years.
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.
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