by Maura Walz
The state education department will spend nearly $48 million over the next three years completing a database that will track students’ test scores, courses and teachers from the beginning of their schooling to the end.
The database system has been hailed by state education officials as a key tool [...]

BY Meredith Kolodner
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Thursday, July 8th 2010, 4:00 AM
The head count at the Education Department’s central office has ballooned nearly 70% since 2003, agency data show.
As the city moves to cut school budgets and shed teachers, the number of employees rose to 2,268 in 2010 from 1,332 in [...]

by Philissa Cramer
With eight weeks to go before the 2010-2011 school year begins, the city is letting principals hire more teachers from outside the school system.
An update to the city’s year-old teacher hiring freeze means that principals are now free to hire people who are licensed to teach earth [...]

NYTimes
City Room
July 15, 2010, 10:45 am

By SHARON OTTERMAN
A lawsuit that claims that the city has misused millions in state money that was earmarked to reduce class sizes will be allowed to move forward, the city teachers’ union said on Wednesday. The city had been trying to get [...]

BY Glenn Blain
DAILY NEWS ALBANY BUREAU
Friday, July 9th 2010, 4:00 AM
ALBANY - A surprising budget veto Thursday by Gov. Paterson means more money for city charter schools.
Paterson - as part of his ongoing battle with the Legislature over the state budget - vetoed an education bill that also capped how [...]