An entire Bronx charter-school class in the nation’s poorest congressional district not only passed the Algebra I Regents exam — […]
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2.29.2016
3:50pm
How has the city caught up to the rest of the state? The IBO report finds that charter schools are a major factor.
2.29.2016
3:49pm
Maybe Success isn’t for everyone, but then again no one has to go there.
2.23.2016
11:46am
Over the last week, we took the opportunity to research potential abuses that have occurred inside schools since the incident at Success Academy you so loudly trumpeted in the pages of the Times. What we found were dozens of horrifying examples of misconduct ranging from direct physical abuse of a special-needs child, to inappropriate touching of young girls, to incredibly demeaning behavior toward kids.
2.19.2016
9:08am
Warning: that might leave quite a few kids without a school district. We’ll likely need to open some charter schools to serve them.
2.17.2016
10:07am
Differentiation and choice are crucial to chartering and, arguably, their absence is the biggest problem with traditional district schooling overall.
2.11.2016
10:03am
The Success Academy network of charter schools, whose funding from the city for Pre-K programs is on hold, has launched a petition protesting the lack of subsidization, saying it will be forced to cancel Pre-K classes.
2.11.2016
9:53am
The law’s clear: De Blasio’s in the wrong.
2.10.2016
11:00 a. m.
Boston’s teachers are taught to understand the complexities of child development, and receive abundant coaching from knowledgeable veterans. The curriculum is calculated to get children’s minds in gear.
2.10.2016
10:06am
For Sarah Polanco, a longtime Williamsburg resident and parent of two young children, the de Blasio Administration’s highly marketed universal ‘Pre-K for All’ campaign should be tweaked to ‘Pre-K for Some’ to reflect a bigger reality.
2.8.2016
1:18pm
The war against charter schools being waged by much of the education establishment and City Hall on multiple fronts continues unabated.
