Sitting on bench near the entrance to P.S. 262 in Brooklyn on Thursday afternoon, Maddy Cruz patiently awaits for her daughters to come out of the doors. “I always tell my kids, ‘Don’t talk to [...]
Thursday, December 8, 2011
The Department of Education released the first half of a list of schools that are scheduled to close due to poor performance, NY1 reported Thursday. Brooklyn leads the closures with seven schools, followed by two [...]
Thursday, November 17, 2011
SchoolBook reports that while the Department of Education moves to bring a charter school to Cobble Hill, Brooklyn, State Assemblywoman Joan Millman and former Deputy Chancellor for the DOE, Carmen Farina, are backing a new [...]
Monday, February 28, 2011
Twenty-five years after its hopeful opening, Paul Robeson High School is scheduled to shut down in four years. Did the school fail, or was it allowed to fail?
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
By Lillian Rizzo It is John Dewey High School’s most desperate moment, and the faculty and teachers are looking to the Department of Education for help. The only problem is, the DOE is their number [...]
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Joel Klein, the longest running New York City school chancellor, stepped down, after eight years. Klein, joined by Mayor Michael Bloomberg and the newly- appointed chancellor, Cathie Black announced at a press conference yesterday that [...]
Friday, October 29, 2010
John Dewey High School, Kappa VII Middle School and Sheepshead Bay High School are only three of the 47 schools that may close due to poor performance. The schools represent the lowest 5% in regards [...]
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 [...]
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Two romance language teachers caught having sex in an empty classroom four months ago at James Madison High School could face disciplinary action from the Department of Education, The Daily News reports. Alina Brito and [...]
Thursday, April 5, 2012
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