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Amid the debate over whether small high schools have fixed—or added to—problems with large city high schools, four students at “Tele” are happy to be stuck in the middle.

ByHelen Zelon 0Comments

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Oct 2012

Education

Class of 2013: Bloomberg's Babies Start Senior Year

In the first installment of a year-long series following members of the final graduating class under Michael Bloomberg, we meet two seniors whose high-school careers reflect the impact of…

ByHelen Zelon 0Comments

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Sep 2012

Education In Depth Investigations

School Food Deal Lures Firms Linked to Past Probes

A decade ago a federal investigation of school food contracts led to convictions against several firms, and prison terms for some leaders. Now, two companies with links to the episode…

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Sep 2012

Education Opinion

On Special Ed, School Dept. Must Do its Homework

This school year the city has undertaken a dramatic transformation of special education to try to improve student achievement. While applauding the push, these writers believe the city has put…

ByKim SweetMaggie Moroff 0Comments

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Aug 2012

Education Investigations

DOE Diaspora: NYC School Vets Spread Reforms Nationwide

The impact of Mayor Bloomberg’s education reforms is being felt well beyond New York as former DOE aides have taken top jobs in other cities and states.

ByHelen Zelon 0Comments

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May 2012

Education

Fear of School Closure Is Personal for This Principal

Whether Bed-Stuy’s Boys and Girls High School—with its declining enrollment and F ratings—survives is not just a professional concern for Principal Bernard Gassaway. His classroom roots, his former marriage, his…

ByDarren Sands 0Comments

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Mar 2012

Education Government Opinion

A History Lesson as NYC School Tests Near

Next month, city students take the standardized tests on which their progress, and perhaps the fates of their teachers and schools, depend—all amid a debate over testing that, this writer…

ByFred Smith 0Comments

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Feb 2012

Education

Closing Schools More Poor, Less White

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.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Dec 2011

Education Investigations

Leasing Rules Eyed After Toxic School's Closure

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…

ByJasmeet Sidhu and Bianca Consunji 0Comments

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Dec 2011

Education

Flat Gains on U.S. Tests Clash with Picture of Progress in NYC

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.

ByHelen Zelon 0Comments

Class of 2013: Life in the Sweet Spot

Class of 2013: Bloomberg's Babies Start Senior Year

School Food Deal Lures Firms Linked to Past Probes

On Special Ed, School Dept. Must Do its Homework

DOE Diaspora: NYC School Vets Spread Reforms Nationwide

Fear of School Closure Is Personal for This Principal

A History Lesson as NYC School Tests Near

Closing Schools More Poor, Less White

Leasing Rules Eyed After Toxic School's Closure

Flat Gains on U.S. Tests Clash with Picture of Progress in NYC

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