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For New York, $700 Million In School Aid

August 25, 2010 By JENNIFER MEDINA; Javier C. Hernandez contributed reporting. New York captured almost $700 million for schools when it was selected Tuesday as one of 10 winners in the federal Race to the Top competition, a victory for state education officials as well as Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, who had pushed the Legislature to enact changes that helped secure the money. The state's success came after months of... Full article »

EDITORIAL; Parents Need to Know

August 19, 2010 Parents in New York City are understandably worried about the performance of students on this year's state math and reading tests. But an angry, jeering community group, equipped with a bullhorn, did children no favor when it disrupted a meeting this week where city education officials tried to calm fears about the new approach to testing. Mayor... Full article »

As Parents Protest, Chancellor and Panel Walk Out

August 17, 2010 By KAREN ZRAICK Angry parents protested a falloff in test scores at a meeting of a citywide education panel on Monday night, prompting its members and the schools chancellor to walk out. Forty-five minutes into the hearing, as a crowd of about 100 people jeered and chanted slogans, the chancellor, Joel I. Klein, and the members of the Panel for Educational Policy... Full article »

Triumph Fades On Racial Gap In City Schools

August 16, 2010 By SHARON OTTERMAN and ROBERT GEBELOFF; Jennifer Medina contributed reporting. Two years ago, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and his schools chancellor, Joel I. Klein, testified before Congress about the city's impressive progress in closing the gulf in performance between minority and white children. The gains were historic, all but unheard of in recent decades. ''Over the past six years, we've done everything possible to narrow... Full article »

Chancellor Declares Emergency to Sidestep State Ruling and Expand Charter School

August 6, 2010 By SHARON OTTERMAN It took almost six months for David M. Steiner, the state education commissioner, to decide that New York City had broken the law when it decided to take space from a program for autistic children on the Lower East Side and give it to an expanding charter school. It took less than two days for Joel I. Klein, the city schools chancellor, to say he... Full article »

Fewer Public School Teachers Receive Tenure

July 30, 2010 By JENNIFER MEDINA More New York City public school teachers were denied tenure this year, the Department of Education said on Thursday, a sign that principals were beginning to heed Chancellor Joel I. Klein's call that they get rid of ineffective teachers before they earned job protection. Still, the number of teachers not granted tenure remained small, 3.7 percent... Full article »

New, Small Schools Brace for Extra Pain From City's Teacher Layoffs

June 2, 2010 By JENNIFER MEDINA Glancing down the hallway at the Brooklyn Brownstone School, Nakia Haskins, the principal, did a quick calculation. ''Probably at risk, at risk, definitely at risk,'' she said, pointing to the classroom doors of three star teachers. Each had been chosen from a pool of hundreds of candidates and now routinely works as many as 60 hours a week, but... Full article »

In Shake-Up, Principals May Gain Greater Say Over What Is Taught

April 27, 2010 By JENNIFER MEDINA The schools chancellor, Joel I. Klein, said Monday that he was reshuffling the top jobs at city's Education Department headquarters and eliminating the division that oversees school curriculum and teacher training programs. The moves are intended to give principals more power to determine what kind of instruction they use at individual schools,... Full article »

With Teacher Layoffs Coming, Battle Turns to Seniority Rules

April 25, 2010 By JENNIFER MEDINA; Robert Gebeloff contributed reporting. Peter Borock, 23, is in his second year teaching history at Health Opportunities High School in the South Bronx. It could be his last. With New York City schools planning for up to 8,500 layoffs, new teachers like Mr. Borock, and half a dozen others at his school, could be some of the ones most likely to be let go. That has led the schools... Full article »

Under Pressure, Harlem Schools Make P.R. Pitch

March 10, 2010 By JENNIFER MEDINA; Karen Zraick contributed reporting. Rafaela Espinal held her first poolside chat last summer, offering cheese, crackers and apple cider to draw people to hear her pitch. She keeps a handful of brochures in her purse, and also gives a few to her daughter before she leaves for school each morning. She painted signs on the windows of her Chrysler minivan, turning it into a mobile... Full article »

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