City Tells Struggling Schools to Carry On While Funds Are in Flux
Months ago, or in some cases years ago, a handful of struggling city schools went shopping for the people and programs they would need to save themselves from low test scores and forced closings. With...
View ArticleTeachers' Union Uninvited City From Joint Training Sessions
If the teachers' union president, Michael Mulgrew, has seemed particularly calm in the last week, as both Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo have attacked him in the news media, news...
View ArticleA Score Card for Changing Schools
Sixty-two New York City schools are on a path to be closed or otherwise re-shaped this year. Here's a score card to help you keep track of what schools are affected and how.This post lists the 19...
View ArticleCity Forges Ahead on Restructuring at 33 Schools
WNYCWNYC's Beth Fertig explains politics behind push to close some struggling schoolsMayor Michael R. Bloomberg says the city is moving ahead with plans to close and reopen 33 struggling schools even...
View ArticleAt Turnaround Meeting, the Big Question Was 'Why?'
WNYCTurnaround Hearing in BrooklynMore than 150 teachers, parents and students showed up at a hearing at Brooklyn Borough Hall Monday evening, questioning the mayor's plan to close and reopen 33...
View ArticleCity Removes John Dewey High School Principal
New York City's Department of Education removed the principal of a Brooklyn high school from his position on Friday, a decision that caught school staff by surprise and fueled complaints that the city...
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With Panel Vote, Once-Venerable City Schools Will Close
10:40 a.m. | Updated The names of two dozen New York City public schools, some of them among the oldest educational institutions in the city, are likely to be erased on Thursday night when a city board...
View ArticleA Final Decision for 24 City Schools
Beth FertigA bit before midnight, more than three months after the idea was proposed, the Panel for Educational Policy voted to reconstitute two dozen city schools by closing them, replacing most of...
View ArticleFor 24 Schools Getting New Start, 24 New Names
For nearly 50 years, the large school building on Avenue X in Gravesend, Brooklyn, has been known as John Dewey High School, after the man who has been called "the father of progressive education." The...
View ArticleDeirdre DeAngelis-D'Alessio: Leading Is an 'Us' Business
In Principal’s Office, a regular feature of SchoolBook, a city school principal is interviewed for insights into school management and the life of a school leader. What do you think makes a good...
View ArticleOn Final Day of Public School Year, Stuyvesant Reels Over Reports of Cheating
And so here we are. The last day of school for the public school system in New York City. SchoolBook enjoyed the journey, even if the ending was a bit peculiar. (In fact, we wonder what attendance has...
View ArticleCity and Unions Head to Court Over 24 School Closings
The Bloomberg administration returns to court Tuesday to appeal an arbitrator's ruling against the city regarding the closing and reopening of 24 struggling schools, extending the confusion for...
View ArticleJudge Says City Must Reinstate Teachers at 24 Struggling Schools
A state judge has declined, for now, to suspend a ruling that allows up to 4,000 city teachers to go back to their jobs at 24 struggling schools.Judge Joan B. Lobis of the New York State Supreme Court...
View ArticleTeachers at 24 Schools Receive Status Updates
Thousands of teachers who worked at 24 struggling schools the city wants to revamp are now getting instructions from their union and the city about how to proceed, even as the dispute over the schools'...
View ArticleCity Releases Details of Turnaround Plans
While its plans to improve 24 "turnaround" schools appear to have been thwarted in court, the city's Department of Education has released the details for what it dreamed of doing at each of the...
View ArticleTurnaround Schools Revert to Old Names
The city has retreated from part of its turnaround plan for 24 low-performing schools, telling principals the schools will keep their original names.An Education Department letter to principals...
View ArticleStuyvesant Principal to Step Down
5:01 p.m. | Updated City education officials announced Friday afternoon that the principal of Stuyvesant High School, Stanley Teitel, will step down before the start of the school year. Mr. Teitel...
View ArticleState Identifies Hundreds of Schools for Improvement, Under New System
More than 700 schools across New York State have to draft improvement plans in order to continue getting federal funds for the schools, half of which are located in New York City.The schools were...
View ArticleScores Rise Slightly on High School Progress Reports
Slightly more city high schools got A's and B's on their report cards this year, and fewer got D's and Fs. More than 500 public high schools, transfer schools and alternative programs received progress...
View ArticleTeachers Juggle Breaking News with Lesson Plans
When current events dominate the airwaves, like the bombing and manhunt in Boston last week, classroom teachers know they may called upon to help students process the news.Martha Cruz, a social studies...
View ArticleTeachers Union Backs Thompson for Mayor
Democrat Bill Thompson said he is hoping to get a big boost in his bid for mayor now that he's been endorsed by the city's largest labor union, and the United Federation of Teachers did its best on...
View ArticleCity Forges Ahead on Eliminating Teachers at 33 Schools
Mayor Michael Bloomberg says the city is moving ahead with plans to close and reopen 33 struggling schools even though it means replacing about half their teachers or, according to some, he's...
View ArticleNot All Teachers Falling in Line Behind Thompson
The United Federation of Teachers has gone all-out in its endorsement of mayoral candidate Bill Thompson, spending more than $1 million through its political action committee and producing a new...
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John Dewey HS Principal Fired For Grade-Fixing Schemes
John Dewey High School Principal Kathleen Elvin will be fired and two assistant principals, Andrew Kenney and Joseph Antonucci, will be disciplined for running a credit recovery program that did not...
View ArticleRecent Grade-Fixing Scandals Prompt Closer Scrutiny
Chancellor Carmen Fariña appointed a permanent task force geared at preventing and addressing cases of academic misconduct on Tuesday, following the removal of John Dewey High School's principal over...
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