Introducing SchoolBook
By JACQUES STEINBERGThis week, a collection of my Times colleagues, in association with the New York City public radio station WNYC, have launched a new Web site calledSchoolBook.
What is SchoolBook?
As the introductory message from its editor, Mary Ann Giordano, makes clear, the site aspires to provide “news, data and conversation” for — and by — a broad audience of New York City parents, teachers, principals, policy makers and researchers. “SchoolBook,” she adds, “is above all a navigational tool, a compass of sorts — not to tell you where to go, or what to do, but to provide resources.”
And it’s free. “All you have to do,” Ms. Giordano writes, “is log in through Facebook to participate.”
Those readers of The Choice living in New York City — and even outside it — may find the site worth a look. And if, as my colleagues build the site, you’ve got some suggestions about what they might include going forward, you can e-mail them at schoolbook@nytimes.com.