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New York City: Pandemic Leads de Blasio to Drop Screens for Middle School Admissions

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7December 19, 2020December 20, 2020

December 19, 2020December 20, 2020076

Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that middle schools will drop their screens–e.g., test scores, grades, etc.–for admissions and will choose students by lottery if they...

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Three Big-City Superintendents: We Need a Marshall Plan for Our Schools: Now!

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7December 15, 2020December 16, 2020

December 15, 2020December 16, 2020088

This article by the superintendents of New York City (Richard Carranza), Chicago (Janice Jackson), and Los Angeles (Austin Beutner) appeared in the Washington Post. For...

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Astonishing Glass-Door Reviews of Eva Moskowitz’s Success Academy Charter Chain

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7November 4, 2016December 7, 2020

November 4, 2016December 7, 2020046

There is a website called Glass Door,where employees rate their employers. The most startling reviews have been posted by teachers (former and current) at Eva...

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NYC Kids PAC: Vote for the Candidates Who Support Public Schools and Their Students

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7September 12, 2016December 7, 2020

September 12, 2016December 7, 2020084

NY Kids PAC is an organization of parents that endorses candidates who support public schools and their students. Its members have endorsed four candidates in...

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How One Whistle-Blower Saved NYC Schools $727 Million

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7January 6, 2016December 7, 2020

January 6, 2016December 7, 2020052

Leonie Haimson tells the story here about her discovery that the New York City Department of Education was about to award a multi-million dollar contract...

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The Deputy in Charge of Closing Low-Performing Schools in NYC is Now Running One of Them

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7December 3, 2014February 12, 2022

December 3, 2014February 12, 202205

This story in the New York Times tells a lot about what happened in New York City during the Bloomberg years (Mayor Bloomberg was elected...

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NYC Parents Charge Success Academies Underenrolled, Unwanted

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7October 8, 2014February 12, 2022

October 8, 2014February 12, 2022010

New York City parents charge that Eva Moskowitz’s Success Academies are underenrolled and should be placed on probation instead of awarded 14 new charters. Here...

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Co-Locations Cheat Kids of Educational Opportunity and Equity

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7June 7, 2014February 12, 2022

June 7, 2014February 12, 202205

The Campaign for Educational Equity at Teachers College, Columbia, just released a report describing the ways that co-location of multiple schools into the same building...

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Arthur Goldstein: Why I Don’t Like the New Teachers’ Contract in NYC

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7May 4, 2014February 12, 2022

May 4, 2014February 12, 202207

Arthur Goldstein is a high school English teacher and chapter chair of the United Federation of Teachers at Francis Lewis High School. He is part...

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Walton Foundation Hires Bloomberg Deputy

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7September 18, 2013February 12, 2022

September 18, 2013February 12, 2022014

With the likely election of Democrat Bill de Blasio as mayor of Néw York City, the educrats at Bloomberg’s Department of Education are updating their...

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