New York Times

By Sam Dillon

August 31, 2010

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/01/education/01teacher.html

How good is one teacher compared with another?
A growing number of school districts have adopted a system called value-added modeling to answer that question, provoking battles from Washington to Los Angeles — with some saying it is an effective method for increasing teacher [...]

Pedro Noguera says it’s time to stop pretending that poverty isn’t an obstacle to learning. (Daily News)
http://www.nydailynews.com/opinions/2010/09/02/2010-09-02_accept_it_poverty_hurts_learning.html?page=1#ixzz0yQpkhiKD

New York Daily News Op Ed
BY Pedro Noguera
Thursday, September 2nd 2010, 4:00 AM

There has been a fierce, ongoing debate among educational leaders about how to teach poor children: One side has argued that we must address the [...]

http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/education/2010/09/03/2010-09-03_battle_easy_as_abc_charter_school_site_sparks_row_in_harlem.html

Juan Gonzalez - News
Friday, September 3rd 2010, 4:00 AM

Another battle has erupted in Harlem over a charter school.

Hundreds of residents from the St. Nicholas Houses signed petitions in recent days urging the federal government to reject City Hall’s plan to start construction this year on a new $100-million home for the Harlem [...]

http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/sss/pps/residency/studentregistrationguidance082610.pdf

ALBANY, NY 12234
SENIOR DEPUTY COMMISSIONER FOR P-12 EDUCATION August 30, 2010

To: District Superintendents
Superintendents of Schools
Administrators of Public, Charter, and Nonpublic Schools

From: John B. King Jr., Senior Deputy Commissioner for P-12 Education

Subject: Student Registration Guidance

Introduction

The Department has recently received [...]

August 31, 2010
By KIRK SEMPLE

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/01/nyregion/01immig.html?_r=1
The State Education Department has sent school districts a memorandum strongly recommending that they not ask for information that might reveal the immigration status of enrolling students, after a civil liberties group complained that scores of districts were requesting such information in possible violation of federal law.
The [...]

NEWS:
Posted: 27 Aug 2010 01:32 PM PDT

New data on the increasingly popular ACT college-entrance exam show that city students’ scores have risen to meet the national average, but the gains are spotty.

Since 2005, the average city student’s score has crept from 19.9 to 21.4 — a modest gain, but one that [...]