Education
DITCHIN’ CLASS: HUGE SPIKE IN TEACHER RETIREMENT
Cassi Feldman |
A surprisingly high number of teachers retired this September, prompting retention and hiring concerns.
A surprisingly high number of teachers retired this September, prompting retention and hiring concerns.
The longtime advocate for low-income New Yorkers with disabilities, and founder of Sinergia, has died. He was 71.
The city’s teachers union overlooked some differences of opinion on education policy last week to endorse Republican John Ravitz in his race for Roy Goodman’s state senate seat, leaving some labor leaders wondering if the United Federation of Teachers and other major municipal employee unions are bending under pressure from Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno.
The for-profit Edison Schools’ plan for a building to house their new headquarters and a school depends on the city’s generosity.
When two Queens alternative high schools applied to become charters, they lost an exemption that protected graduating seniors from the Regents exams.
Thanks to some missed fine print, seniors at two high schools in Queens have just a month to prepare for the Regents–and if they don’t pass, they don’t graduate.