Posts Tagged ‘Schools’
School’s out for Giants
Tons of city kids came down with Big Blue flu yesterday.
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Schools: No place for church services
Lieberman: The religious congregations at the heart of a recent controversy about the separation of church and state — nearly all of them Christian — are upset that a recent federal appeals court decision is forcing them out of the New York City public schools they have long called home.
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Fordham grad program prepares teachers for struggling schools
Fordham University is taking teaching to the next level by offering a competitive, intensive graduate residency program, starting this year.
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Gov. Cuomo to fire broadside at schools
ALBANY — Gov. Cuomo, in his second state-of-state address Wednesday, will accuse New York’s schools of being unaccountable and announce a commission to come up with reforms, the Daily News has learned.
Cuomo’s announcement will come just days after he was critical of the city and other districts that failed to reach agreement with their unions on a new teacher evaluation system by an end-of-year deadline.
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Charter schools are not the solution
Shanker: Are charter schools the answer for public education? If what you know about charters comes from last year’s ballyhooed film “Waiting for Superman,” you probably think so. But the answer is, in fact, much more complex.
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Report: half of schools fail federal standards (AP)
AP – Nearly half of America’s public schools didn’t meet federal achievement standards this year, marking the largest failure rate since the much-criticized No Child Left Behind Law took effect a decade ago, according to a national report released Thursday.
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Fallout from FAMU: Ga. high schools suspend bands (AP)
AP – The fallout from the death of a Florida A&M University drum major broadened Wednesday to nearly two dozen high schools in Georgia, where marching band activities were suspended over concerns of “inappropriate physical activity” between band mates.
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