Schools the Bloomberg administration has targeted for closure have student populations demographically different from the average facility. And many had absorbed an increasing number of struggling students.
When a Bronx school shut this summer because of contamination, parents of students who’d attended the site over the past two decades worried about their children’s health—and wondered why the…
New York school officials claim city students are making consistent gains, even in the face of national scores that suggest little progress over the past two years.
Schools on the new DOE closure list serve more low-income, special ed and English-learning students than the system as a whole. Is the city simply fighting for poor kids to…
The DOE’s report cards are out for high schools. Amid higher standards, fewer schools notched the highest grades. With graduation criteria about to tighten, what do the numbers bode for…
The elementary school and the middle school shared a building without strife. But when one school felt compelled to grow, tensions arose around race, class and space.
In a letter this summer to the judge overseeing Raj Rajaratnam’s sentencing, the head of the Harlem Children’s Zone suggested that community service would do more good than hard time.
The current education reform climate reminds this writer of a 4th grade kickball game: Elites select their favorites, unions fight for the ball—and parents and students wonder when someone will…
One of northern Manhattan’s largest non-profit organizations, only last year the focus of a city investigation into corruption allegations, now faces a fresh crisis – one that threatens to disrupt…
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