BY Erica Pearson and Meredith Kolodner
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS
Wednesday, June 9th 2010, 4:00 AM
It was almost a lost year for dozens of students at a Bronx elementary school.
About 75 kids at Public School 212 who speak little English were denied state-mandated language classes until March, putting them behind in all their subjects, [...]
June 27, 2010
By JENNIFER MEDINA
When the State Education Department announced five years ago that all students would soon be required to pass five tests to earn high school diplomas in New York, officials applauded themselves for raising standards.
The new requirements do not take full effect until the class of [...]
Published Online: June 25, 2010
By Liz Willen
The Hechinger Report
An eerie silence pervades the cavernous hallways as Samuel J. Tilden High School prepares to graduate its final class. After 80 years, the hulking Brooklyn institution that once graduated a thousand seniors a year will host a scaled-down ceremony today, handing [...]
July 1, 2010
By JENNIFER MEDINA
A state appellate court ruled unanimously on Thursday that New York City must keep open 19 schools it wanted to close for poor performance, blocking one of the Bloomberg administration’s signature efforts to improve the educational system.
The ruling, by the Appellate Division, First Department, in Manhattan, upheld [...]
BY Rachel Monahan
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Friday, June 25th 2010, 4:20 PM
The city announced plans Friday to close or radically change 34 failing schools.
Beginning in the fall of 2011, 23 schools will close, turn into charter schools or lose their principal and half the teachers - as long as the city’s [...]
Study: Test Scores Up Among Charter Students
By: NY1 News
A new study finds city charter school students are outperforming those who applied for charter spots but did not get them.
The study dispels critics who have said that charter schools have a higher performance rate because they attract the most motivated students.
Stanford University found charter school [...]
