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Bloomberg Finds Education Loophole
by Beth Fertig
November 25, 2009
Mayor Bloomberg says the city will use student test scores in evaluating teachers coming up for tenure this year, despite a state law that seems to prohibit such a practice. WNYC's Beth Fertig has mo....
NYC's Contract Talks With Teachers Union Nears Impasse
by Beth Fertig
November 19, 2009
Contract talks between the city and the teachers union could be nearing an impasse. WNYC's Beth Fertig has more. REPORTER: The union's delegates voted to give their leaders the power to ask a state ....
Rules for Race To The Top Funds Could Hurt NY
by Beth Fertig
November 12, 2009
Federal guidelines released today seem to put New York at a disadvantage in a competition for additional education dollars. The so-called Race to the Top fund will award $4-billion in grants to a few....
Non-Profits Look at Harlem Children’s Zone and Ask: Only in New York?
by Beth Fertig
November 11, 2009
One way that President Obama wants to reduce child poverty is by creating 20 so-called Promise Neighborhoods. These neighborhoods would each offer a network of tightly coordinated health care and edu....
Bank Error: Not In Teacher's Favor
by Beth Fertig
November 06, 2009
A bank processing error led to the withdrawal of pension checks for 65,000 retired New York City teachers last night. The president of the United Federation of Teachers, Michael Mulgrew, says $189 mi....
Precious: The Tricky Business of Teaching Onscreen
by Beth Fertig
November 04, 2009
In the movies, if often seems like a failing student just needs one really charismatic teacher to succeed. That’s what happens in the films “Dangerous Minds,” “Stand and Deliver” and “Fre....
Adding It Up, Part 2: How to Keep an 'A'
by Beth Fertig
October 30, 2009
Less than a third of the nation’s community college students earn degrees after 3 years. One reason is the large number of students who need remedial classes. Here in New York, 75 percent of fres....
Study: Charter Schools Don't Hurt Other School Scores
by Beth Fertig
October 28, 2009
Charter school students in New York City may do better on state exams than other public school pupils. But a new study finds the proliferation of charters here has not caused test scores to go down a....
U.S. Education Secretary, in N.Y., Gets Tough on Teaching Colleges
by Beth Fertig
October 23, 2009
U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan is calling on teaching colleges and universities to demand more from their graduates. In a speech at Teachers College at Columbia University yesterday, he said t....
Education Criticism on the Campaign Trail
by Beth Fertig
October 21, 2009
Mayor Bloomberg's campaign is stepping up criticism of opponent Bill Thompson's days as Board of Education President. But as WNYC's Beth Fertig reports, the campaign is playing down former Mayor Rud....
Layoffs of School Aides Averted
by Beth Fertig
October 16, 2009
A judge has stopped the city's education department from laying off 500 school aides who were scheduled to lose their jobs today. A temporary injunction was ordered yesterday and today the city lost ....
State Math Scores Flat In National Survey
by Beth Fertig
October 14, 2009
New York State's elementary and middle school students showed no significant gains in a national math test, even though state math tests have shown big improvements. The National Assessment of Educa....
Republican Citywide Candidates: Don’t Forget About Us
by Beth Fertig
October 14, 2009
New York City has had Republican mayors for 16 years now. But Republican candidates without the notoriety of Rudolph Giuliani or the wealth of Michael Bloomberg have a much harder time in a city wher....
In a City of Democrats, Republican Candidates Struggle for Visibility
by Beth Fertig
October 14, 2009
New York City has had Republican mayors for 16 years now. But Republican candidates without the notoriety of Rudolph Giuliani or the wealth of Michael Bloomberg, have a much harder time in a city, wh....
Confronting Math Fear
by Beth Fertig
October 06, 2009
Community colleges serve almost half of all college students in the nation. Graduation rates are low - hovering around 30 percent after three years - and a majority of students need remedial help, es....
Financial 411: The Cost of Being Gay
by Beth Fertig
October 05, 2009
It costs more to be a gay couple than a married, heterosexual couple according to an analysis by two New York Times writers. Ron Lieber of the Times’s “Your Money” column explains why. ....
City Holds High School Fair
by Beth Fertig
October 03, 2009
Parents of New York City eighth graders can start planning ahead. A citywide high school fair is being held Saturday and Sunday at the campus of Brooklyn Technical High School in Fort Greene. REPORT....
Education Commissioner Sworn In
by Beth Fertig
October 01, 2009
The state's new education commissioner says he wants to examine whether New York needs to raise its standards. David Steiner was sworn in today in Albany after previously serving as the Dean of CUNY'....
Bloomberg Pushes State To Lift Limit On Charter Schools
by Beth Fertig
October 01, 2009
Mayor Bloomberg is calling on the state to lift its limit on charter schools so the city can open a hundred more. That would double the number of children attending charters in New York City. BLOOMB....
Special Education in NYC Saw Increased Funding
by Beth Fertig
September 30, 2009
The city spent over $100 million on private school tuition for special education students last year, an increase of more than $13 million over the previous year. WNYC's Beth Fertig has more. REPORTE....
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