July 23, 2009
Thompson Continues to Challenge Mayor’s Claims of Success in Schools
By JAVIER C. HERNANDEZ
How do you beat a candidate who is on television at all hours, has already spent $37 million on his campaign and floods mailboxes with photos of smiling children to promote his education record?
After months of running an under-the-radar mayoral [...]
Comptroller-DOE feud takes center stage at audit announcement
Posted By Philissa Cramer On July 22, 2009 @ 12:02 pm In Newsroom | 5 Comments
Comptroller William Thompson is releasing his second education audit in two days right now, this time focusing on testing conditions and oversight in the city schools. Also for the second time in two [...]
July 22, 2009
Comptroller Questions Graduation Rate
By JAVIER C. HERNANDEZ
The New York City comptroller, William C. Thompson Jr., released a report on Tuesday suggesting that the city’s graduation rate was inflated, saying he had found instances where it appeared schools had wrongly changed student grades and improperly awarded credit.
But Mr. Thompson, a candidate for mayor, [...]
August 4, 2009
Controlling Interests
Gains on Tests in New York Schools Don’t Silence Critics
By ELISSA GOOTMAN and ROBERT GEBELOFF
They determine the A through F grades that can make or break a school’s reputation, as well as which schools go out of business. They dictate which principals receive five-figure bonuses and which stand to lose [...]
Un modelo que no sirve nuestros niños
Ujju Aggarwal y Perla Placencia / El Centro de Familias Inmigrantes 2009-08-04
El Centro de Familias Inmigrantes acompaña a otros en la ciudad y la nación que trabajan por la justicia y la equidad en nuestras escuelas públicas – uno de los últimos bienes universales en Estados Unidos. La [...]
State Senate votes for mayoral control of schools, then adds committee over Mayor Bloomberg
BY Kenneth Lovett
DAILY NEWS ALBANY BUREAU CHIEF
Thursday, August 6th 2009, 2:23 PM
ALBANY - Mayoral control over city schools received final Senate approval Thursday - but not without one final dig at Mayor Bloomberg.
Before resurrecting major tenets of the [...]
