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Education news this week has been breaking at a dizzying pace. This interview with on Democracy Now with Diane Ravitch, a professor of education at NYU, New York University, and senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, and Leonie Haimson, a public school parent and executive director of Class Size Matters, is well worth a read. Here [...]
- Continue reading Education News For Week Ending July 31, 2010
Seats are still available in public Universal Pre-K programs throughout the city for September 2010. See previous post for details. Application must be submitted or mailed by the end of the day today.
- Continue reading Today is Last Day to Register For Public Pre-K
The New York State English Language Arts (ELA) and Math test scores for the 2009-2010 school year have been released. The document is rather larger so here are the relevant sections for the schools in Harlem and Upper Manhattan: District 3 – pgs. 622-639 District 4 – pgs. 640-654 District 5 – pgs. 655-670 District [...]
- Continue reading NY State ELA and Math Test Scores – What Do They Mean?
At long last, a document on education that makes sense! On Monday, a coalition of civil rights groups realeased a 17 page framework for education reform that excoriates, in a nice way, President Obama’s education policies and offers direction for how to make things right.
- Continue reading “Framework for Providing All Students an Opportunity to Learn”
Round 2 Pre-K admissions for the 2010-2011 school year are underway. These are pre-K options for families who applied in Round 1 and did not receive an offer, as well as opportunities for families who are applying for the first time for pre-K options at both DOE sites and community based organizations. Directories and applications [...]
- Continue reading Pre-K Registration Round 2 for 2010-2011 School Year
A Small Act is an HBO Documentary film that airs tonight– Monday, July 12th — at 9:00 p.m. The film is a wonderfully inspiring and compelling story that every adult and teen should see. As an impoverished boy in Kenya, Chris Mburu’s life was dramatically changed when
- Continue reading HBO Documentary – “A Small Act” — Airs tonight.
Our groundbreaking education blog has a new look and a new name. Preschoolpov is now Let’s Talk Schools. Over the last few months we have been reevaluating our mission and goals: What is our purpose? We all want our children to get a good education so they can succeed in life. But, what does a [...]