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  • To follow federal rules, city swaps one principal for another

    To comply with federal rules meant to turn struggling schools around, the city is playing a game of musical chairs -- or, rather, musical principals. Become a founding member of HuffPost Plus today. This article originally appeared on HuffPost.

  • SUNY disputes city authority to mandate charter parent groups

    One of the state's charter school authorizers is putting the brakes on a city directive that would force all charters to form parent associations. Become a founding member of HuffPost Plus today. This article originally appeared on HuffPost.

  • New Harlem Children's Zone building planned for public housing

    The Harlem Children's Zone is planning to open a new building for one of its two charter schools on the grounds of the Saint Nicholas Houses. Become a founding member of HuffPost Plus today. This article originally appeared on HuffPost.

  • City releases new teacher reports it says are simpler, fairer

    Teachers' data reports place them in one of five categories depending on how much they were able to boost their students' test scores over the course of several years. Become a founding member of HuffPost Plus today.

  • Stanford study shows many city charters besting district schools

    A chart from the CREDO study shows black and Hispanic students in charter schools have higher scores on reading and math tests than peers in district schools. Become a founding member of HuffPost Plus today.

  • State to release graduation rates today; city boasting 4-point rise

    Graduation data for students who entered high school in 2004 will be released today, the State Education Department has announced. The city will announce that its graduation rate jumped four points, according to the New York Post. A gain of that magnitude would outstrip the increases of the last few years and would bring the city’s official graduation rate to 56 percent.

  • Rise & Shine: "The days of tweaks are over," Bloomberg says

    Gov. Paterson is putting the Assembly's mayoral control bill before the Senate. Some are worrying that the Senate won't regroup in time to deal with mayoral control. "The days of tweaks are over," Mayor Bloomberg said about pending mayoral control legislation.

  • A state of frenzy with 10 days left before mayor's control expires

    There are 10 days to go before mayoral control expires and one day left of the legislative session. Given the standstill at the state Senate, that equation is leaving both supporters and opponents of the mayoral control in a state of high alarm. No one has the answers to questions about what would happen if the Senate allowed the 2002 law to sunset, as State Senator John Sampson has threatened to allow.

  • The man who saved the city from passing an illegal budget

    The city budget for the next school year could have ended up invalidated as illegal, were it not for a few pointed questions from a Manhattan father. Patrick Sullivan, who in addition to being a dad is the only member of the citywide school board who regularly votes against the Bloomberg administration’s proposals, approached a City Council member this Monday after reading newspaper accounts that the mayor and the council had reached a budget deal. Indeed, the 2002 state education law that is under the microscope in Albany right now requires that school board members approve the city schools budget before the City Council can vote on it.

  • Teach for America moves to Westchester, Queens this fall

    Teach for America is moving to the ‘burbs. The program will send 5 to 10 recruits to Westchester County this fall, where they’ll teach in a district that serves special education students from across the state. In contrast to New York City, where Teach For America places hundreds of teachers every year, the Greenburgh-Graham Union Free School District has just two schools and about 350 students, all of whom come from low-income families and have severe special needs. All of the TFA teachers there will have special education certification, said a spokeswoman for the organization, Kerci Marcello Stroud.

  • The list of unanswered questions that explains Sullivan's no vote

    A key reason Patrick Sullivan opposed is that school officials still had not responded to a long list of budget questions he submitted two weeks ago, Sullivan told me. Last time we had this exchange we were told DOE does not know how many charter students are in DOE facilities. Two other members appointed by borough presidents (Sullivan was appointed by Manhattan’s Scott Stringer) also asked question, but they ended up voting yes to the budget.