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• PCBs still present in public schools

  
  Queens Crap — Authority: 590
  From the Queens Chronicle : ...Naomi Gonzalez, a Bronx mother of two, has instilled in her 7-year-old daughter advice that may seem unorthodox at first. “I don’t let her drink the water in school, and she knows to ask not to sit by the window,” Gonzalez said. Her daughter’s school, P.S. 178, is one of 85 ...
  7 hours ago

• New Action: solidarity against Bloomberg on tenure

  
  JD2718 — Authority: 423
  Reacting to Mayor Bloomberg’s stated intention to unilaterally tie tenure to test scores, starting this year, New Action called for a “united stand” and for extending “our hands to all to join us in this fight.” About the mayor:  His goal is “to tie student test scores to teacher evaluation, to attack ...
  8 hours ago

• Pushing To Be Free In School From PCBs by Hashim Rahman - City Limits

  
  Lost in the Ozone... — Authority: 140
  Read original... Parents and pols seek state-of-the-art evaluations of school toxicity, and ways to address a potentially huge health threat. PCBs are resilient; their legacy is permanency. Thirty years after their ban, these hardy chemical compounds persist in our lakes, our rivers, our bodies, and a broad ...
  2 days ago

• School Windows Still Contain Toxic PCBs by Lisa Fogarty - Queens Chronicle

  
  Lost in the Ozone... — Authority: 140
  Read original... By the time they’re in school, most children grow accustomed to hearing their parents echo cautionary instructions so common they’ve become part of the fabric of our society: wash your hands before eating and look both ways before crossing, to name a few. But Naomi Gonzalez, a Bronx mother ...
  3 days ago

• 3 Queens public high schools may close

  
  Queens Crap — Authority: 590
  From the Daily News : Several Queens schools may be in hot water after failing to make the grade on the citys annual progress reports. The city is considering closing Beach Channel High School in Rockaway Park; the Business, Computer Applications and Entrepreneurship High School in Cambria Heights and Jamaica High ...
  5 days ago

• Nearing charter cap, DOE says it won’t approve any more schools

  
  GothamSchools Newsroom — Authority: 603
  The city’s Department of Education has nearly hit the ceiling on the number of charter schools it is allowed to authorize and will not approve any more until the state cap is lifted. On Monday, the DOE sent a list of 15 approved charter schools to the State Education Department for final authorization, leaving it ...
  5 days ago

• School is Cool

  
  Words of Wisdom — Authority: 132
  It’s no secret that I am a huge supporter of the public school system in this country and I believe, with few exceptions, that parents do a terrible disservice by keeping their children out of the real world situations afforded by public school. My oldest daughter, Rachel, is in 2nd grade this year and next year ...
  5 days ago

• Barack Obama Challenges BDPA: Educate to Innovate

  
  BDPA Foundation — Authority: 133
  President Obama has launched an “ Educate to Innovate ” campaign to improve the participation and performance of America’s students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). This campaign will include efforts not only from the Federal Government but also from leading companies, foundations ( ...
  6 days ago

• Imagine a Banana Peel, Only Its a Condom

  
  The Friggin Loon — Authority: 154
  I dont know, something about a condom! Karen Hollander, a teacher from the High School of Art & Design in New York City, is suing the Department of Education after slipping on condoms and hurting her head.Nasty! Oh dear god in the suit she claims school officials failed to maintain safety in the cafeteria. Say ...
  6 days ago

• Negotiations: What Matters Most

  
  JD2718 — Authority: 423
  A raise, and no harm. Read here .
  6 days ago

• 97 local public schools receive Keystone Achievement Awards

  
  Courier Times Now — Authority: 543
  The state selected 97 Bucks County schools last week to receive Keystone Achievement Awards “for showing sustained academic achievement” in the last two years, an education department spokesman said. At least two schools in each of Bucks County’s 13 school districts qualified for the Keystone awards. The ...
  6 days ago

• Injured teacher sues Department of Education after slipping on condoms

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  Melbourne, Nov 23 (ANI): A teacher has decided to sue the Department of Education after she slipped on condoms and injured herself.Karen Hollander has blamed the department for failing to clean up the condoms and other rubbish, and claims that this negligence made the area unsafe.Hollander said she suffered injuries ...
  1 week ago

• Rich Tribeca, Poor Tribeca: New School Zoning May Trigger Civil War at Tribecas 101 Warren

  
  Curbed NY — Authority: 681
  When developers build affordable-housing units within their new luxury projects to get tax breaks and zoning bonuses, it sometimes creates an uneasy mix of feelings within the buildings walls. Luxury buyers get fancy finishes and SubZero, while "affordable" residents get basics and GE. Adding to the ...
  1 week ago

• The Proliferation of Federal High School Intervention Programs

  
  Ed Money Watch — Authority: 116
  The dismal state of Americas high school graduation rates - less than 75 percent nationally and below 50 percent in some areas - has become a key federal public policy issue in the last decade. Existing federal programs, including TRIO and GEAR UP, already seek to improve high school graduation and college going rates ...
  1 week ago

• My Opposition to Kindergarten - Second Grade 2 Standardized Testing by NYC Department of Education (DOE)

  
  Lost in the Ozone... — Authority: 140
  My comments to the District 27 Community Education Council regarding - "My Opposition to Kindergarten - Second Grade 2 Standardized Testing by NYC Department of Education (DOE)" got picked up by The Huffington Post via Room8... Read the Article at HuffingtonPost Good evening, District 27 CEC board members and ...
  1 week ago

• Greetings from the Financial Aid Office!

  
  Higher Ed Watch — Authority: 115
  [ Last week, we reported  (see here and here ) on the fact that some of the student loan industrys most fervent supporters in the financial aid world are potentially putting their schools and students at risk by refusing to take even the initial steps to prepare for a possible shift to direct lending next fall. ...
  1 week ago

• My Opposition to Kindergarten – Second Grade 2 Standardized Testing by NYC Department of Education (DOE)

  
  Room Eight - New York Politics — Authority: 554
  Statement to District 27 Community Education Council (CEC) My Opposition to Kindergarten – Second Grade 2 Standardized Testing by NYC Department of Education (DOE) read more
  1 week ago

• CEC says: ‘Waste of Time’ with Klein by Michèle De Meglio Courier-Life

  
  Lost in the Ozone... — Authority: 140
  Read original... Community Education Council (CEC) presidents are no longer meeting with schools Chancellor Joel Klein each month — and some Brooklynites could care less. “They were a waste of time,” said James Dandridge, president of District 18’s CEC, which advocates for public schools in Canarsie and ...
  1 week ago

• Gov. Kaine Orders Study of Gifted Education Programs

  
  Appomattox Area News — Authority: 137
  Gifted programs disproportionately filled with white students. Governor Timothy M. Kaine announced today that, at his direction, the Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) has initiated a study to analyze disproportionately low representation of minority students in gifted education. The study — which is being ...
  1 week ago

• What about K-12, Secretary Duncan?

  
  Cato @ Liberty — Authority: 733
  Speaking to the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities, education secretary Arne Duncan said that “he would gladly cut federal red tape if institutions, in return, showed greater progress on improving student performance.” So the secretary supports less government intrusion in education if schools ...
  1 week ago

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