The school district, in an effort to achieve an optimal racial mix in middle schools, will reserve spots in a well-regarded school for the lowest-performing incoming students. Read More.
Instead of basing admission to high-achievement schools on a citywide test, the mayor wants to admit automatically the top 7% of students from every city middle school. Read More.
Charters educate about 10% of the city’s public school population. But with maturation has come growing pains, and charters are locked in a battle with the de Blasio administration over space. Read More.
A visiting professor’s recent discussion of the importance of free speech was met with shouting, protests, and invective by a crowd of students at the CUNY School of Law. Read More.
Now suspensions are going up, suggesting that teachers and principals are re-asserting control over their classrooms despite Department of Education pressure. Read More.
Critics of the specialized high schools' admissions process say it's racially biased, but it’s hard to spin a test of math and reading comprehension as anything but meritocratic. Read More.
Beyond the comedy of choosing two schools chancellors in the span of a week, serious questions remain about the problems of New York City’s school system and what the mayor will do to address them. Read More.
While the half-billion-dollar Renewal program was meant to signal a new era for troubled New York City schools, it has faced continued challenges and failures. Read More.
Despite criticism of charter schools, recent studies show they often achieve results that equal or surpass those of their traditional public school peers. Read More.