via City Limits
Flaws Seen In GED Replacement
Some students and teachers say the Test Assessing Secondary Completion is being rolled out poorly, without allowing enough time for proper preparation.
Tag: Education
via Gotham Schools
High School Scramble Begins
Middle school students around the city – and their parents – are scoping out high school options.
Ending School-to-Prison Pipeline
Former state Chief Judge Judith Kaye and the New York City School-Justice Partnership Task Force produced a report called, “Keeping Kids in School and Out of Court.”
via Bensonhurst Bean
School Faces Unwanted Company
Parents with children at Brooklyn's Seth Low Intermediate School are fighting a proposal that would make their kids share space with charter school students.
Picturing Girl Power Via School
As part of United Nations campaign to promote education for young women, girls from Egypt, Nepal, Burkina Faso and the U.S. erased a billboard-sized image of girls in factories – and revealed a more positive image of girls in school.
The Bloomberg Legacy
At the helm nearly a dozen years, Mayor Michael Bloomberg has put his distinctive stamp on New York City. We look at ways he's influenced our lives.
via The Queens Courier
Head Start Falls Behind
Sequestration-related budget cuts threaten services at Head Start programs in Queens and around the city.
via WG News + Arts
Charter School Vows to Deliver
The principal of the MESA Charter High School is spreading the word about the school, set to open in Bushwick next fall.