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Another Teacher Arrested on Sex Abuse Charges

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

A physical education teacher at a Brooklyn high school was arrested on Tuesday after he grabbed the buttocks of a 16-year-old female student, the police said. He is at least the sixth...
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Meet the Principals

Friday, March 16, 2012

Here's a look at some of the principals who gathered on Long Island this week to be photographed for a new ad protesting the implementation of a new teacher evaluation system. All tog...
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To Be Black at Stuyvesant High School: Readers Respond

Monday, February 27, 2012

The story of Rudi-Ann Miller, a 17-year-old senior at Stuyvesant High School and one of the school’s few black students, drew a wide range of responses from readers — many of them Stu...
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The Teacher Data Reports on SchoolBook: An Explanation

Friday, February 24, 2012

SchoolBook has published the teacher data reports using a new tool that was created by interactive journalists at The New York Times and WNYC. The goal of the tool: to make the data e...
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Teachers, Reply to Your Data Report Here

Friday, February 24, 2012

Here is the form to respond to your teacher data report.

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A Father's Place Is in the School

Monday, February 20, 2012

There have always been fathers involved in school PTAs, fund raising and education governance and politics. But as Kyle Spencer reported in The New York Times last week, these days th...
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Queens Teacher Charged With Sex Crimes

Thursday, February 16, 2012

A computer teacher at P.S. 174 in Rego Park, Queens, who had a history of sexually abusing children was arrested on Thursday on charges of sexually abusing two boys at the school, the authorities said.

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Religious Services In Schools Issue Back in Court

Thursday, February 16, 2012

Churches that are fighting to continue to hold worship services in city public schools won a 10-day reprieve on Thursday when a federal judge issued a temporary restraining order against the city’s ban.

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Bloomberg Defends Schools' Ban on Church Services

Monday, February 13, 2012

Sunday was the last day that several dozen churches were allowed to hold worship services there, after federal courts allowed the city to eject them. At a press conference on Monday, ...
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P.S. 87 Aide Arrested in Sexual Abuse Case

Friday, February 10, 2012

A teacher’s aide at P.S. 87 on the Upper West Side was arrested in connection with an allegation that he sexually abused a student at the school, the Education Department said Friday.

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Church Groups Push Albany to Allow Them Back Into School Buildings

Friday, February 03, 2012

Church groups and some lawmakers are putting pressure on Albany to pass legislation that would allow them to continue to worship in public schools, an end run around a court-upheld De...
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Education Department's Communications Director Is Leaving

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

The New York City Department of Education announced that Natalie Ravitz, the department's communications director, is leaving on Feb. 10. Ms. Ravitz, who was appointed by the former...
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How Riverdale Country School Spends Its Tuition Dollars

Monday, January 30, 2012

David N. Roberts, chairman of Riverdale Country School's board of trustees, and Dominic A.A. Randolph, Riverdale's head of school, sent an e-mail in response to an article about the h...
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More City Principals Sign Letter Protesting Evaluation System

Monday, January 30, 2012

All of the political talk in the last week about negotiations over a state teacher evaluation system seems to be having some impact: more principals are putting their name to a letter...
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Equity and Quality Debated at M.L.K. Event

Monday, January 16, 2012

Listen to excerpts from a live event co-hosted by WNYC's Brian Lehrer as panelists discuss the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s battle for equal education for all.

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Manhattan Country School Students See Civil Rights Battles Still to Be Fought

Monday, January 16, 2012

Students at Manhattan Country School are establishing themselves as keepers of the Martin Luther King Jr. flame. The progressive, private school on East 96th Street has every eighth g...
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The Latest Tally on Principals' Petition

Monday, January 16, 2012

As the city and state struggle to put a teacher evaluation system in place, the people who would implement such a system -- New York's principals -- keep adding their names to a lette...
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The Mayor Has Spoken. What Do You Think?

Thursday, January 12, 2012

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg laid out an ambitious agenda for the city schools. The reaction has been flying via Tweets, e-mails and Facebook posts. What do you think about his proposals?

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Looking at Education as a Civil Right

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

WNYC’s Martin Luther King Day celebration this year is focusing on a civil rights battle Dr. King embraced but left for Americans to finish: equal education for all. Share your though...
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Ask Peg Tyre: Community vs. Curriculum

Monday, January 09, 2012

What's more important in defining a good school, community or curriculum? Two SchoolBook commenters have different thoughts. Peg Tyre, a journalist and expert on what parents should l...
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