Gotham Schools - Diane Ravitch, speaking on Morning Joe, said that education cuts will be devastating. Morning Joe also hosted Bill Perkins, who defended his opposition...
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Gotham Schools - The percentage of minority students in the city's gifted and talented kindergarten classes increased this school year from last, according to data the Department of Education released today. But...
Posted 2 days ago - Comment - Vote - ShareGotham Schools - City officials made the case today that a Brooklyn charter school should be the first to close before its charter expires. East New York Preparatory...
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Gotham Schools - Chloe Leon and her mother, Leigh Anne O'Connor, man the home-baked treats stand at the bake-in. Viva el cupcake! That was a battle cry of parents and children protesting outside City Hall today...
Posted 3 days ago - Comment - Vote - ShareGotham Schools - One of those Central Falls, RI, teachers hung an effigy of Obama in school - and is sorry. Working with a university on standards, rather than using...
Posted 3 days ago - Comment - Vote - ShareGotham Schools - The head of a national teachers union and the former U.S. Secretary of Education squared off on a televised debate program this week over the question of...
Posted 3 days ago - Comment - Vote - ShareGotham Schools - Lawmakers are complaining that the Obama administration's education plan is too city-focused. (Times) Chancellor Klein and Mayor Bloomberg offer...
Posted 3 days ago - Comment - Vote - ShareGotham Schools - James Merriman says SUNY's mixed review of the UFT's charter schools should humble the union. The UFT can't criticize charters for not...
Posted 4 days ago - Comment - Vote - ShareGotham Schools - Here's one way the jobs bill headed for the president's desk today will affect New York City: it unfreezes more than $1 billion in school...
Posted 4 days ago - Comment - Vote - ShareGotham Schools - City officials stand by the schools' new bake sale rules, which many parents are opposing. (Times) The city's new Trayless Tuesdays program to...
Posted 4 days ago - Comment - Vote - ShareGotham Schools - From one man without children to another, John Legend tells Bill Maher, you're off base. Arne Duncan is taking two rounds of questions tomorrow on...
Posted 5 days ago - Comment - Vote - ShareGotham Schools - Education Secretary Arne Duncan explained his proposed NCLB revisions on Morning Joe. The two national teachers unions both say that the proposals...
Posted 6 days ago - Comment - Vote - ShareGotham Schools - Teachers and principals are not taking kindly to a recent State Education Department decision to have students take a test in between their...
Posted 6 days ago - Comment - Vote - ShareGotham Schools - While city education officials have made reforming teacher quality their first priority, others argue that by improving curriculum they could do more...
Posted 6 days ago - Comment - Vote - ShareGotham Schools - Department of Education and teachers union officials could have a deal within weeks that would shrink the number of teachers sitting in rubber rooms....
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