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In union defeat, lawmakers end session without revamping teacher evaluation law
New York
20 hours ago

time for kids

New York
2 days ago

New York City agrees to provide paid family leave to teachers


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here's the plan

New York
2 days ago

Brooklyn middle schools may eliminate academic ‘screening’ in effort to integrate

it's official

New York
2 days ago

An integration plan is approved for Upper West Side and Harlem middle schools

certification showdown

New York
Updated 3 days ago

Judge strikes down rule allowing some New York charter schools to certify their own teachers

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First Person

First Person

New York
3 days ago

I’ve spent years fighting for integrated schools in New York City. I’m also Asian-American. Mayor de Blasio, let’s talk.

Shino Tanikawa explains why she's concerned about the rollout of the mayor's plan to integrate New York City's specialized schools — and how the process can be salvaged.

First Person

New York
May 17, 2018

As historians and New York City educators, here’s what we hope teachers hear in the city’s new anti-bias training

New York City Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza and Mayor Bill de Blasio just committed $23 million over the next four years to support…

First Person

New York
May 1, 2018

I taught at a nonselective New York City school. Your assumptions about low-scoring students are wrong.

What is it that children of wealthy parents have earned that kids who score a level 2 on the state exam with no extra help have not?

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New Possibilities

New York
3 days ago

Inside a Bronx middle school where students rarely apply to attend specialized high schools

If the plan becomes a reality, schools such as New Venture theoretically have the most to gain. But the proposal would do little to solve the most entrenched challenges that have kept students from schools such as New Venture out of specialized high schools for so long.

survey says

New York
June 18, 2018

More bullying reported at New York City schools, study shows

More New York City students say there is bullying in their schools, a report released Monday showed. The findings also revealed that…

guide to the battle

New York
June 18, 2018

With days left in this year’s session, what will happen with teacher evaluations?

As the legislative session comes to a close, here's what you need to know about the upcoming battle over teacher evaluations.

more room

New York
June 15, 2018

Amid uproar over specialized high school admissions, Mayor de Blasio suggests adding more seats

The chancellor is “going to come back with a plan in the coming months,” de Blasio said.

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Future of Schools

By the numbers

New York
June 14, 2018

Where specialized high school students come from (and where they don’t)

Early every school day, private charter buses rumble through the Upper West Side to ferry students from the city’s wealthiest school district into…

draining the pool

New York
June 14, 2018

New York City’s Absent Teacher Reserve could get pricier as teachers collect raises, bonuses

The controversial Absent Teacher Reserve is set to become even more expensive for New York City as educators in the pool build years…

bring it on

New York
June 13, 2018

In a politically charged town hall, Carranza tackles segregation, testing, and charter schools

In his more than two months in office, Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza has already found himself at the center of several explosive education debates, from…

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a high-stakes evaluation

National
1 day ago

The Gates Foundation bet big on teacher evaluation. The report it commissioned explains how those efforts fell short.

New research commissioned by Gates finds scant evidence that evaluation changes accomplished what they were meant to: improve teacher quality or boost student learning.

D.C.

National
22 hours ago

What you should know about the White House’s proposal to merge the education department into a new agency

The White House is proposing the federal education department merge with the labor department to form the Department of Education and the Workforce, officials announced…
Indiana
18 hours ago

Trump’s education department merger plan echoes Indiana priorities under Pence, Holcomb

Across the country, connections between workforce and K-12 education have been increasingly emphasized.