GothamSchools - Breaking News and Analysis of the NYC Public Schools
GothamSchools - Breaking News and Analysis of the NYC Public Schools
- The city’s high school graduation rate rose to 59 percent. (GothamSchools, Times, Daily News, Post,NY1)
- District schools in Harlem are focusing more on marketing to compete with their charter neighbors. (Times)
- One of the unions of school bus drivers has authorized a strike but has no plans to carry one out. (NY1)
- Brooklyn Generation School, a high school, is using time in innovative ways. (Education Week)
- The Albany Times-Union says the state should justify the cost of Regents exams before continuing them.
- Florida’s Broward County, which recently laid off teachers, is seeking NYC teachers. (Miami Herald)
- The Obama Administration will investigate Los Angeles’s services for immigrant students. (L.A. Times)
- Evidence about the success of school turnarounds is largely anecdotal. (USA Today)
- The content of proposed national standards will be revealed today. (Washington Post)
- An expert says the United States is lagging behind more countries in educational attainment. (Times)