Education News Roundup Issue #111
Class Size WG Proposes Enrollment Caps and Rezoning, Parents Clueless on Grade Inflation, “Science of Math”?, College Admissions Favors Boys
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PLACE NYC Calls For Exempting Academically Successful Schools From Unfunded NY State “Class Size” Law
Class Size Law Takes Opportunities Away From Students By Decreasing Seats in Popular Gifted & Talented, Accelerated & Advanced Placement Programs, Specialized and Performing Arts… Read More »PLACE NYC Calls For Exempting Academically Successful Schools From Unfunded NY State “Class Size” Law
Education News Roundup Issue #110
Gifted vs. Advanced, Delay in State Test Results, TJ High School Petitions SCOTUS, Applying to Hunter College Elementary, New Bard HS Opens
As New York Public Schools Struggle With Learning Losses From Covid Shutdowns, State Is Withholding Students’ Test Scores
Delays in test results add challenges to declining academic performances in schools. “They’re resetting the benchmark every two, three years to obfuscate their failure,” the… Read More »As New York Public Schools Struggle With Learning Losses From Covid Shutdowns, State Is Withholding Students’ Test Scores
PLACE NYC Endorses Education Candidates for November 2023 City Council Races
(New York – August 30, 2023) New York City parent-led education advocacy group, PLACE NYC, is pleased to announce our endorsements for the November 7,… Read More »PLACE NYC Endorses Education Candidates for November 2023 City Council Races
Education News Roundup Issue #109
On-going HS Admissions Debate, New LaGuardia Principal, DOE Migrant Crisis Silence, Class Size Mandate Inequities
Education News Roundup Issue #108
Class Size Law $2B/Yr Price Tag, NY Reading Crisis, NYSED Delays State Test Results, After Affirmative Action, CA Overhauls Math for Equity
Even with fewer kids in NYC schools, spending keeps rising
“A recent Citizens Budget Commission study pegged the figure at a jaw-dropping $38,000 per child. And without producing better outcomes for kids: Less than half… Read More »Even with fewer kids in NYC schools, spending keeps rising
NYC public school budget climbs while enrollment plummets: ‘Something is going wrong’
“We’ve topped out in New York City. I don’t think you can spend any more money per student and get these kinds of terrible results,”… Read More »NYC public school budget climbs while enrollment plummets: ‘Something is going wrong’
Education News Roundup Issue #107
SCOTUS Rules on Affirmative Action & Student Loan Forgiveness, What’s to Follow, Changing NY School Evaluations, NAEP Scores Signal Trouble