News Briefs
The legacy of Robert F. Kennedy has inspired an unusual alliance over school curriculum in New York that joins the state teachers’ union, a private foundation, the state education department, and the governor.
November 17, 2008
After years of planning, education officials in New York City announced last week the formation of an independent, nonpartisan research center that will study the city’s schools.
November 4, 2008
A federal district judge has ruled that the New York City school system’s prohibition against teachers’ wearing of campaign buttons in school is likely constitutional.
October 28, 2008
October 28, 2008
The state law that gave New York City’s mayor control over its schools should be renewed, a commission said last week.
September 8, 2008
Eleven New York City schools will use a new reading program this school year developed by the Core Knowledge Foundation.
August 25, 2008
Heath Hill looks forward to the day when all ceremonies in the Oneida Indian Nation Longhouse can once again be held in the native language spoken by someone from his upstate New York tribe.
August 4, 2008, AP
FTA wants agencies to get out of the business of creating routes designed exclusively to take students to and from school.
July 15, 2008
Teachers at disadvantaged schools in two of the nation’s largest urban districts are getting more qualified, which is helping to improve student test scores.
July 14, 2008
Better-qualified educators are being hired to teach in the district’s poorer schools where student test scores are also on the rise, a new study finds.
June 16, 2008
Urban Advantage goes further than most museum-to-school outreach efforts in connecting students’ field trips to science centers directly back to the school curriculum.
June 6, 2008
The single-minded focus on standardized tests has dictated an impoverished curriculum and pushed out other evidence of learning, writes Randi Weingarten.
May 13, 2008
New York City's hiring policy has created a small but financially significant problem among a slew of teachers who have been unable to find work but remain on the payroll, according to a report.
May 5, 2008
Restoration of funding will support effort to reduce a backlog of hundreds of cases involving teachers and administrators accused of having sex with students.
April 11, 2008, AP
Updated: January 17, 2008
