By Gabe Kahn Steve Lampert got up from his chair at Samuel J. Tilden High School in Brooklyn in mid-June, about two weeks before the final graduation in its history. He grabbed his cell phone and told his colleague Rachel Malabas that he was going to call a certain student. “I’m going to try to get [...]
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Just a year after joining a union, staffers at KIPP AMP Academy Charter School in Crown Heights voted to rescind the decision to sign up with the United Federation of Teachers, the Times reports. The petition to break from the union was filed last week with signatures from 16 staff members, [...]
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Berkeley College has signed a lease for property at the Fulton Mall, Brownstoner reports. The business-oriented school offers online programs in addition to over 8,000 students at its seven existing locations in New York and New Jersey. The downtown Brooklyn location will be its first New York City outpost outside Manhattan. Share
Monday, April 26, 2010
Despite a largely poor student body, P.S. 172 had the city’s highest scores on the standardized math tests given to fourth grade students with every student passing – all but one at an advanced level – and among the highest on the English tests. The New York Times found that at schools with the same [...]
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Yolanda Ramirez, principal of PS 38, is being investigated after reports that she threatened teachers who gave her poor reviews on an Education Department survey. Nearly 60% of teachers at the Pacific Street school said they don’t trust Ramirez, resulting in her berating staff for 40 minutes. Share
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Nobody rides for free, Governor Paterson announced a few weeks ago, offering only $25 million in the budget for student MetroCards. The teachers union is holding a city-wide protest in Manhattan, and Public Advocate Bill DeBlasio is asking people to protest by handing out flyers between 7 and 9:30 at subway stations around the city. Stations [...]
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
By Leah Finnegan The phalanx of Tupperware-clad students crowded around the microwave in Brooklyn College’s cafeteria either doesn’t notice or tries to ignore what’s scrawled on the wall above the machine, with an arrow pointing downward: “It’s very nasty.” The cafeteria is technically titled the Metropolitan Food Café, and is decorated in shades of [...]
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