Quinn calls for principals to have more school discipline power
Leave your thoughtsMayoral candidate and City Council Speaker Christine Quinn called for principals to have more control over disciplinary decisions in schools.…
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Weiners proposal to remove troublesome students draws fire
Leave your thoughtsAnthony Weiner has no campaign office or campaign stops, because he has no mayoral campaign, at least for now. So…
City comptroller proposes hiring 1,600 new guidance counselors
Leave your thoughtsThe education policy proposal that Comptroller John Liu put forth today sounded strange coming from the man charged with ensuring…
DREAM Act Advocates Hope Obama Action Nudges Cuomo
Leave your thoughtsAt 20 years old, Luis Saavedra (a member of Make The Road New York) has used his exhausting list of…
Last ditch effort to save transfer school involves Speaker Quinn
Leave your thoughtsCity Council Speaker and likely 2013 mayoral candidate Christine Quinn is the latest public official to throw her support behind…
Contempt, confusion, and cheers in State of the City reactions
Leave your thoughtsMinutes after Mayor Bloomberg finished delivering his State of the City address today, reactions started flying about his aggressive slate…
Advocates say they havent heard from the DOEs chief parent
Leave your thoughtsThe city’s school system has a new person in charge of helping the parents of the 1.1 million children in…
Protesting Parents Bring School Board Meeting to a Halt
Leave your thoughtsA group of parents** angered by the massive drop in city test scores stormed a Panel for Educational Policy meeting,…
As Budgets Are Cut, Advocates Push For Continued Free Lunch
Leave your thoughtsLast month, city officials announced a plan to save $3 million by reducing the number of students receiving free lunch…
NYCLU: First step to school safety is rejecting metal detectors
Leave your thoughtsMany city schools rely on metal detectors, security guards, and zero-tolerance policies to keep discipline under control. They don’t have…