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40,000 stuck on wait lists

When Cynthia Lee's daughter graduated from her charter elementary school in June, her mother tried to enroll her in a charter middle school near her Harlem office. But despite applying to as many as a dozen schools in the area, she couldn't earn a spot ...

From YOAV GONEN, New York Post,  23 Nov 2009

Charters get caught in squeeze by state

The competition is about to get fierce. The state's looming charter-school cap will result in at least 40 school operators vying for 18 remaining slots come February, according to a new analysis. Officials at the New York City Charter School Center ...

From YOAV GONEN, New York Post,  23 Nov 2009

A diploma i can't read

Wayne Knowland graduated from a Bronx high school in June, and was given a standard 8-by-6-inch New York City Department of Education diploma. It's exactly like the diploma tens of thousands of other kids got -- except Wayne can't read his. In fact, ...

From YOAV GONEN, New York Post,  22 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Michael Bloomberg,  Joel I Klein,  Cynthia Rodriguez

State fails as a grader

The state Education Department is failing to ensure that schools don't inflate the results of diploma-granting Regents exams, according to an audit by state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli. Officials found in 2005 that schools had awarded students with ...

From YOAV GONEN, New York Post,  21 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Thomas DiNapoli

Teachers' jackpot

The city paid out $3.5 million to nearly 1,400 teachers and other staffers at 23 high schools yesterday for getting their students to reach graduation-related benchmarks this past year, officials announced yesterday. That means teachers at more than ...

From YOAV GONEN, New York Post,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: United Federation of Teachers,  Joel I Klein,  Michael Mulgrew,  Michael Bloomberg

Schools eye 'Net results

High-school students could soon take classes while sitting at home in their pajamas. The state Board of Regents yesterday approved the development of a "virtual high school initiative" that will allow students to earn credits online. The move comes as ...

From YOAV GONEN, New York Post,  18 Nov 2009

Grade 'A' boost

The percentage of high schools that rated an A under the city's controversial grading system increased by 5 points from last year, to 45 percent. At the same time, the proportion of C and D schools jumped to 26 percent, a gain of 11 percentage points ...

From YOAV GONEN, New York Post,  17 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Joel I Klein,  Michael Bloomberg,  United Federation of Teachers,  Michael Mulgrew

City high schools rated 'A' on the rise

The percentage of high schools rated with an A under the city’s controversial grading system grew by five percentage points compared to last year — to 45 percent — even as the proportion of C and D schools jumped to 26 percent, a gain of 11 percentage ...

From YOAV GONEN, New York Post,  16 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Joel I Klein,  Michael Bloomberg

HS principal 'cheat' twist

Red-faced city Department of Education officials are trying to figure out how a principal forced out amid allegations of test-tampering at a failing Manhattan high school in 2008 wound up running an elementary school this year. John Angelet resigned ...

From YOAV GONEN, New York Post,  16 Nov 2009

School-promote up'grade'

The city's education-policy board last night voted to impose tougher promotion guidelines on all students in the third through eighth grades. The vote to include fourth- and sixth-graders under the stricter promotion benchmark effectively wraps up ...

From YOAV GONEN, New York Post,  13 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Michael Bloomberg,  Joel I Klein

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