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Bloomberg Finds Education Loophole
November 25, 2009
Mayor Michael Bloomberg says the city has found a loophole to a state law enabling it to use student test scores to evaluate teachers. The mayor says the city will start using student test scores to ....
CUNY Faces Big Cuts From City
November 20, 2009
The Bloomberg Administration's latest cost-cutting plan limits the impact on public schools, but not on the city's university system. WNYC's Bob Hennelly reports. REPORTER: The City University syst....
NYC's Contract Talks With Teachers Union Nears Impasse
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 ....
Goldman Shares a Little. Small Businesses Benefit
The Brian Lehrer Show
November 19, 2009
Goldman Sachs is sharing the wealth - some of it - through its 10,000 Small Businesses Initiative, which aims to offer business know-how and support to Main Street.
Report Cards Arrive for New York High Schools
November 16, 2009
City education officials released high-school progress reports today, saying they're encouraged by the numbers. Forty-five percent of all high schools received an A grade, while 30 percent got a B in....
500 Public School Aides Lose Jobs
November 13, 2009
500 public school aides are losing their jobs today, after weeks of litigation between the city and their union. Suprina Willliams, who works at P-S 223 in Jamaica, says that as a single parent with ....
High School Tycoons
The Brian Lehrer Show
November 13, 2009
Rules for Race To The Top Funds Could Hurt NY
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....
Education Minutes
The Brian Lehrer Show
November 12, 2009
Racing to the Top
Gotham Schools.org editor
Two Million Minutes
In the 2007 documentary, 2 Million Minutes, venture-capitalist-turned-filmmaker
Student Safet Act Gains Momentum In City Council
November 11, 2009
A bill aimed at tightening oversight of the City's school safety agents is gaining momentum in the City Council. It would increase documentation of police encounters with students in city schools. WN....
Pros and Cons of Teaching to the Test
The Brian Lehrer Show
November 11, 2009
Earlier this year, we collaborated with the Vote 18 Political Literacy Project, which looked to engage Pace High School students in the mayoral election. Education was a hot topic, and in particular the question of how much NYC schools should rely on standardized testing.
Student Veterans
The Brian Lehrer Show
November 11, 2009
On Veteran's Day, three Columbia University students discuss what it's like going back to school after returning home from war.
Education Advocates Protest Paterson's Education Cuts
November 10, 2009
Education advocates gathered outside the governor's office before yesterday's budget address, to protest the governor's plan for mid-year cuts to school aid. Karen DeWitt has more from Albany. REPOR....
Rookies Anniversary
The Brian Lehrer Show
November 09, 2009
Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of Radio Rookies, two former rookies,
Taking Comptrol
The Brian Lehrer Show
November 06, 2009
New Yorker’s didn’t just elect the mayor on Tuesday night, but also the key office holders who will have to work with the Bloomberg administration.
Obama Gets Tough on Teachers – What Does That Mean for NYC?
November 05, 2009
President Obama is praising Wisconsin for changing its law to allow student achievement to be used to evaluate teachers. The president visited Madison, Wisconsin yesterday, to promote his Race-to-the....
Precious: The Tricky Business of Teaching Onscreen
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....
Study: Charter Schools Don't Hurt Other School Scores
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....
