Economy Education WORKING WITHOUT A CONTRACT: DAYCARE EMPLOYEES PROTEST Union members want a new contract, restoration of past standards and the budget to match.
Education PRINCIPALS WITH PUNCH: NEW PROGRAMWILL CREATE 'EMPOWERMENT SCHOOLS' City expands popular scheme that offers schools more control if they agree to higher standards.
Education BACK TO JAMAICA: NYC TEACHERS SENT PACKING City pols and advocates team up to save the jobs of 100 teachers recruited from the Caribbean.
Education DAY-CARE WORKERS STILL SNUBBED The city’s 7,500 unionized daycare directors and teachers demand a new contract.
Education ACS NEEDS A “NEW-MAN”: CHILD CARE COMMISH QUITS Already struggling with tight budgets and policy shifts, the Administration for Children’s Services loses Deputy Commissioner Harvey Newman.
Education DITCHIN’ CLASS: HUGE SPIKE IN TEACHER RETIREMENT A surprisingly high number of teachers retired this September, prompting retention and hiring concerns.
Education RICHARD M. LASH: 1931-2002 The longtime advocate for low-income New Yorkers with disabilities, and founder of Sinergia, has died. He was 71.
Economy Education RACE FOR THE NEXT GOODMAN, OR WOMAN 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…
Education BRIGHT NEW IDEA FOR EDISON: A SCHOOL ON CITY LAND The for-profit Edison Schools’ plan for a building to house their new headquarters and a school depends on the city’s generosity.
