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 [...]
