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Elementary and middle school students statewide scored far worse this year on their annual state math and English exams. For New York City, it was the first year-to-year decline in…

ByKelly Virella 0Comments

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Jun 2010

Hard Math: Charter Schools Race For Space

The state legislature's eleventh-hour vote last month to expand New York's charter schools will add 114 new charters to the 99 currently operating in New York City. But while the…

ByHelen Zelon 0Comments

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May 2010

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City Council Endorses School Turnaround Zone

The New York City Council passed a resolution this week unanimously endorsing the proposed School Turnaround Zone (STZ), a strategy designed to help struggling schools improve their performance and…

ByHelen Zelon 0Comments

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May 2010

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4th & 8th Graders Get National Report Card

The reading abilities of New York City fourth graders are improving, according to the results of a national test released Thursday, but eighth graders’ scores remain virtually unchanged.Since 2002, the…

ByHelen Zelon 0Comments

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May 2010

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Doomsday Mayoral Budget Steps Closer To Reality

Bloomberg’s final fiscal plan looks a lot like the “doomsday” preliminary budget he issued in January.

ByNeil deMause 0Comments

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Mar 2010

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Grad Gain Endangered

High school graduation rates are up – but earning a public school diploma is about to get more difficult.

ByHelen Zelon 0Comments

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Feb 2010

Education Justice

The Great Escape

A 10th-grade global studies class. The Children's Zone's ultimate goal is to get as many of Harlem's youth through college as possible. The Promise Academies have yet to graduate a…

ByHelen Zelon 0Comments

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Sep 2009

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Getting Lost On the Way To the Principal's Office

Clear lines of accountability for student discipline are needed in the era of police officers staffing public school hallways, say advocates and officials pushing for new rules.

ByHelen Zelon 0Comments

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Apr 2009

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What Will It Take To Alter Makeup of Top Schools?

Efforts to raise the achievement of students of color, and increase their admissions into the city’s competitive high schools, have seen limited success.

ByHelen Zelon 0Comments

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Feb 2009

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