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Sharon Otterman

Reporter for The New York Times

Sharon Otterman appears in the following:

Easing Mask Mandates

Thursday, February 10, 2022

What the changes to New York's and New Jersey's statewide mask mandates mean for schools and businesses.

A Winter Surge Collides With Holiday Party Plans

Thursday, December 16, 2021

How stark is the current rise in COVID cases? And will this surge upend your plans ahead of the holidays?

Challenges Still Face the City's Contact Tracing Program

Wednesday, August 05, 2020

New York Times metro reporter, Sharon Otterman, weighs in on the city's contact tracing program, and the news that city health commissioner Dr. Oxiris Barbot has resigned.

Allegations Against Former Newark Archbishop Went Unexamined: Report

Tuesday, July 17, 2018

By Malik Badjie

The New York Times reports that between 1994 and 2008, American bishops received multiple reports about Cardinal Theodore McCarrick acting inappropriately with adult seminary students.

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Violence and Abuse in Insular Communities

Thursday, December 13, 2012

On Tuesday, a State Supreme Court jury in Brooklyn convicted 54-year-old Nechemya Weberman on 59 counts of sexual abuse. As an unlicensed therapist in the insular Satmar Hasidic commu...

Parent Complains of Bias in Sixth-Grade Lesson

Monday, November 21, 2011

By Sharon Otterman : Reporter for The New York Times

Sixth graders in New York City regularly study the Middle East, but it is up to individual schools to craft the lessons. At Public School 101 School in the Gardens in Queens, a parent...

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Union Loses Appeal on Teacher Ratings

Tuesday, November 15, 2011

By Sharon Otterman : Reporter for The New York Times

The New York City teachers' union lost another round in its yearlong court battle to keep performance ratings of about 12,000 city teachers secret, with the Appellate Division of Stat...

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Half a Century of Order and Discipline for a Junior High Principal

Sunday, November 06, 2011

By Sharon Otterman : Reporter for The New York Times

As she nears retirement next year after 50 years, a principal still believes that "if rules are firm and consistent, children and adults will flourish and rise to meet expectations.''

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City Must Improve Its Services for English Learners

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

By Sharon Otterman : Reporter for The New York Times

More than a year ago, the state informed the city that it would require it to create a plan to improve its performance in serving English language learners, and on Wednesday it releas...

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Is Finding Extra Points on Regents Tests Cheating?

Tuesday, October 04, 2011

By Sharon Otterman : Reporter for The New York Times

How long have state officials known that teachers sometimes find an extra point or two on their students' state Regents exams scores to help them pass? Evidence is growing that they w...

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Technology Contractors Are Accused of Fraud

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

By Sharon Otterman : Reporter for The New York Times

Two technology company executives stole at least $6.5 million from the city, the special investigator for the New York City school system charged.

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Cuomo Vetoes Bus Driver Job Protection Bill

Monday, September 26, 2011

By Sharon Otterman : Reporter for The New York Times

A years-long, city-backed effort to extend job protection to contracts that cover busing for preschool-aged students appears to be dead -- at least for now.

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A New Way to Rate Teachers? We Explain.

Friday, September 16, 2011

By Sharon Otterman : Reporter for The New York Times

The news: The city is considering introducing a slew of new local tests beginning next year, as part of the developing teacher evaluation system, and officials said there will be some...

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Keeping 'Success' in a Success Academy School

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

By Sharon Otterman : Reporter for The New York Times

What would the Upper West Success Academy Charter School be without "success?" Thanks to an eleventh-hour save, the latest addition to the Success Charter Network does not have to find out.

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Regents Vote for Independent Investigator

Monday, September 12, 2011

By Sharon Otterman : Reporter for The New York Times

The Board of Regents took an early step towards following a new series of recommendations designed to more effectively prevent test tampering by teachers and administrators.

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Navigating New Boundaries in Shared Space

Thursday, September 08, 2011

By Sharon Otterman : Reporter for The New York Times

Choir Academy of Harlem got a reprieve this week, when Promise Academy II, the charter school that shares its building, said it did not need to expand into classrooms on the third floor, as planned.

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Ka-Ching! $60 Million Coming to City Schools

Wednesday, September 07, 2011

By Sharon Otterman : Reporter for The New York Times

The New York State Education Department announced on Wednesday that it had signed off on $60 million in federal grants that will be split among 44 of the city's lowest-performing schools.

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In Poll, Parents Give Teachers Extra Credit

Wednesday, September 07, 2011

By Sharon Otterman : Reporter for The New York Times

New Yorkers’ opinions of teachers appears to have improved in the last seven years, a new New York Times poll shows. In 2004, 22 percent of poll respondents said that teachers were th...

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