Anna Phillips

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A Push to Replicate Successful Independent Charter Schools

Thursday, September 29, 2011

Throughout the fall, and for two days a week, a select group of leaders of successful independent charter schools will attend workshops in which they will learn how to write business ...
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In Greenpoint, Bragging Rights for One Elementary School

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

A school in Brooklyn celebrates being the highest scorer in the school progress report among elementary schools in the entire city.

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What Do Students Know About the Civil Rights Movement?

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

A new study finds that American students' knowledge of the civil rights movement is worsening. Also in the news, an SAT cheating scandal at a Long Island high school and honors for Staten Island Technical High School.

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Should the School Day Be Lengthened?

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Is a longer school day a good way to fit in arts and physical education? Or is it merely a way to impose more mandates on teachers during the school day? Room for Debate asks eight ex...
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Two More Believe Network Charters Are Put on Probation

Monday, September 26, 2011

All three charter schools operated by the Believe High School Network in Brooklyn are now on probation because of questions of financial mismanagement and operations.

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Finding the Right School and the Good Principal

Monday, September 26, 2011

After a busy weekend of education goings-on, the week starts with a question: What makes a good principal? And there to answer Michael Winerip, a columnist for The Times, is Jacqui Ge...
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More Schools Are Struggling, City Progress Reports Show

Friday, September 23, 2011

The number of elementary and middle schools receiving D's and F's under New York City's grading system more than doubled this year from last after Department of Education officials di...
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School Progress Reports to Be Released

Friday, September 23, 2011

The city's rule that prevented any school from dropping more than two letter grades in its progress report has been eliminated. At the same time, a new curve ensures that 7 percent o...
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Union Claims Highest Number of Oversize Classes in Decade

Thursday, September 22, 2011

The number of overcrowded classes in New York City is the largest it has been in 10 years, teachers' union officials said. Because of attrition, budget cuts and increased enrollment i...
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Former New York Officials' Trip Paid by Pearson

Thursday, September 22, 2011

The former state education commissioner, David M. Steiner, was among the officials from various states whose trips were paid for by the Pearson Foundation, the nonprofit wing of the t...
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Student Stabbed at Long Island City High School

Wednesday, September 21, 2011

A 16-year-old student was stabbed by another student at Long Island City High School today, the Department of Education has confirmed. Four arrests were made.

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Middle School Plan Draws Widespread Attention

Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Schools Chancellor Dennis M. Walcott drew widespread attention for his proposals to improve the city's lagging middle schools, and some criticism as well from the teachers' union pres...
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Do Teachers Have It Made? Hardly, a New Film Says

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

A new documentary opening in New York City on Friday is a rebuttal of sorts to the pundits and politicians who are eager to battle unions and write teachers off as the over-protected ...
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Coming Next Fall: A New Charter School for Low-Credit Students

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Only one charter school has opened its doors for city students who have dropped out, been kicked out, or been absent from high school so many times they are barely closer to graduatio...
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New York Delays Rise in School Lunch Prices, but Maybe Not for Long

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

New York City is holding down costs of school lunches, but a new federal law, rising food prices and the city's tight budget might mean students will eventually be charged more. Also ...
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Commissioners Treated to Trips by Pearson

Monday, September 19, 2011

In the news, the Pearson Foundation paid for state education commissioners' free travel to places like Singapore and Helsinki. A literary critic places blame for students' declining S...
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SAT and AP Test Scores Remain Mostly Steady in New York City

Friday, September 16, 2011

More students are taking AP exams, more Hispanics are taking the SAT, and overall scores have hardly budged for New York high school test takers.

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Brooklyn Charter School Is Placed on Probation

Friday, September 16, 2011

Williamsburg Charter High School has been under investigation by the city attorney for questions of financial mismanagement. Now it has a year to make some changes, the Department of Education has told them.

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A Twist in the Battle Over Teacher Rankings

Friday, September 16, 2011

A new teacher evaluation law will allow the state's Education Department to create its own teacher rankings, eliminating the need for the city to continue producing theirs. The move w...
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Bronx Science Sees Exodus of Social Studies Teachers

Thursday, September 15, 2011

Simmering tensions between the faculty and administration at the prestigious Bronx High School of Science have spawned a new exodus of teachers, with eight of the school’s 20 social ...
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