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 [...]
New York Daily News
BY Meredith Kolodner
June 17, 2010
Get your diplomas while you can, kids, because next year the hammer’s coming down.
State officials expect graduation rates to drop after they make it tougher to get a diploma, Regents Chancellor Merryl Tisch said yesterday.
“Right now, we are graduating kids with [...]
Wall Street Journal
JUNE 17, 2010
By BARBARA MARTINEZ
The state is looking to raise the standards to earn a New York state Regents diploma, meaning the steadily climbing graduation rate may take a hit next year.
“Our Regents diploma doesn’t mean college-ready,” said Merryl Tisch, chancellor of the Regents, noting that “75% of the youngsters [...]
By JENNIFER MEDINA and ROBERT GEBELOFF
When charter schools began opening in New York a decade ago, they were hailed as a better opportunity for children in poor neighborhoods, where failing schools had been the norm. But while charter schools are open to all, they have catered to one demographic [...]
New York Times
August 9, 2010
By JENNIFER MEDINA
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/10/education/10remedial.html?_r=1
Hunching over her notebook at Borough of Manhattan Community College, Sharasha Croslen struggled to figure out what do with the algebra problem in front of her: x2 + 2x – 8 = 0.
It was a question every ninth grader is [...]
July 27, 2010
Following a recommendation in an audit by the U.S. Department of Justice, Nevada’s Carson City School District has expanded a part-time position for a director of the district’s English-as-a-second-language program to a full-time position, reports the Nevada Appeal.
What’s noteworthy about this July 16 news article from a national [...]
