Making Kids Into “Makers”
Release Date:
09/22/2017
The new annual Inventor’s Challenge prompts children to develop their creative problem-solving skills by building something to address a problem in their community.
Education
Buffalo School Administrators Get New Contract Amid Fiscal Warning
Release Date:
09/21/2017
It took 13 years, but the 250-plus administrators for the Buffalo Public Schools finally have a new contract that includes raises.
Teach For America New York Executive Director Charissa Fernández On This Year’s Corps, DACA And Teacher Training
Release Date:
09/21/2017
Teach for America may be one of the most well-known education nonprofits. The national group recruits new teachers and places them in districts where there’s a shortage of qualified educators.
More Than Half of City's 1.1M Students Attend Overcrowded Schools: Watchdog
Release Date:
09/21/2017
More than half of the city’s 1.1 million public school students attend overcrowded schools, according to a new report from the watchdog group Class Size Matters.
New App Helps Students Select NYC Public High Schools
Release Date:
09/21/2017
The free app aims to steer disadvantaged eighth-graders from low-performing choices.
Here’s What Carmen Fariña’s Top Deputies Have on Their Plates This School Year
Release Date:
09/21/2017
As the person responsible for 1.1 million students, 75,000 teachers and 1,800 schools, Chancellor Carmen Fariña can’t have eyes everywhere.
Private Managers of Public Schools, Charter Leaders Enjoy Extra Buffer From Public-Records Laws
Release Date:
09/21/2017
When Success Academy officials read the news last month that board chair Daniel Loeb had made a racially charged comment about a New York State senator, what did they do next?
Former Success Academy Lawyer Hoping to Start Own Charter Network Wants to ‘Take It To The Next Level’
Release Date:
09/20/2017
As the former top lawyer for Success Academy, Emily Kim had a hand in almost every aspect of New York City’s largest and most controversial charter-school network — from negotiating lunch times for schools in shared buildings to defending Success in...
New School Year, New Complaints About Contaminated Food Given To NYC Students
Release Date:
09/20/2017
Just days into the new school year, there are already problems with the food served to New York City’s 1.1 million students.
New Study Finds 1 in 4 Teachers Chronically Absent from Classrooms; Problem Is Three Times Worse in Traditional Schools
Release Date:
09/20/2017
Teachers in traditional district schools are three times as likely to be chronically absent from the classroom as those in charter schools, meaning they are gone for more than 10 days in a typical 180-day school year, a new research paper has found.
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