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sorting the students

‘Why are we screening children? I don’t get that’: Chancellor Carranza offers harsh critique of NYC school admissions
New York
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cultural connections

New York
2 days ago

This Bronx school threw a party for its African families. Now it’s grown into something much more


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New York
2 days ago

Another integration plan for Upper West Side middle schools is met with some support, but also familiar concerns

question and answer

New York
2 days ago

New York City lawmakers press Richard Carranza on paid parental leave, counselors, and school accessibility

Mixed messages

New York
2 days ago

Strange graffiti scrawled on New York City education department headquarters, police say

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First Person

First Person

New York
May 17, 2018

As historians and New York City educators, here’s what we hope teachers hear in the city’s new anti-bias training

New York City Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza and Mayor Bill de Blasio just committed $23 million over the next four years to support…

First Person

New York
May 1, 2018

I taught at a nonselective New York City school. Your assumptions about low-scoring students are wrong.

What is it that children of wealthy parents have earned that kids who score a level 2 on the state exam with no extra help have not?

First Person

New York
April 16, 2018

‘So there I was, figuring it out myself’: A Brooklyn teen on why the city’s specialized high school prep wasn’t enough

The prep course offered by the city wasn't impressive, senior Hiba Hanoune writes.

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School safety

New York
2 days ago

Charter schools advocates’ next push: Funding for school security

Advocates are asking the City Council to revise a city law in order to help fund charter school security needs.

Movers and shakers

New York
Updated 3 days ago

Success Academy COO leaving for another charter network

Kris Cheung, the chief operating officer at Success Academy, is headed to Texas to work for another charter network.

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New York
May 21, 2018

Why a medical school prospect decided to teach chemistry in New York City instead

Anoopa Singh fell in love with science — twice — thanks to her New York City high school teachers. Credit…

new math

New York
May 17, 2018

As NYC encourages more elementary teachers to specialize in math, new research shows the strategy could hurt student learning

This year, 139 city elementary schools are adopting the departmental approach, almost twice as many as a year ago.

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Future of Schools

making plans

New York
May 17, 2018

Controversial integration plan for Upper West Side middle schools changes, but it’s unclear whether more parents will get on board

“Here’s the problem: Maybe instead of there being four desirable middle schools, there should be fifteen."

DeVos in NYC

New York
May 15, 2018

Betsy DeVos is in New York City — and so far, she’s only touring religious private schools

DeVos is scheduled to visit the Yeshiva Darchei Torah Boys School, in Far Rockaway, Queens on Wednesday.

change is coming

New York
May 14, 2018

City may consider more than just test scores in controversial Upper West Side integration proposal

This week’s meeting to discuss an integration proposal for Upper West Side middle schools was already expected to be controversial. But it…

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schools of the future

National
1 day ago

What does the ‘future of work’ mean for schools? Big claims leave educators with more questions than answers

Dig into common claims about our changing and you end up knee-deep in mixed messages and muddled statistics. What now?

new schools

Colorado
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Denver approves more schools that will wait ‘on the shelf’ to open, despite pushback

Some Denver board members say this approach assumes other schools will close, something they hope won't happen.

sorting the students

New York
22 hours ago

‘Why are we screening children? I don’t get that’: Chancellor Carranza offers harsh critique of NYC school admissions

New York City’s schools chief expressed a fundamental critique of the school system on Wednesday, arguing that sorting students by ability is “antithetical” to public education.