Showing posts with label grade retention. Show all posts
Showing posts with label grade retention. Show all posts
Monday, August 10, 2009

The Mayor commits educational malpractice, once again

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Today, the mayor announced he would extend his grade retention policies to 4th and 6th grades -- meaning that all NYC students through 8t...
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Wednesday, March 19, 2008

More on the blogs re 8th grade retention

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Check out what two expert researchers have to say about the know-nothing grade retention policies of Michael Bloomberg and Joel Klein. Read...

8th Grade Retention Vote at March 17th Panel for Educational Policy

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On Monday, the Panel for Educational Policy voted to approve the Chancellor's plan to hold back children in the 8th grade based on stand...
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Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Last night at Tweed

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Monday night at the meeting of the Panel for Educational Policy, members voted on the new proposal to hold 8th graders back on the basis of ...
Friday, March 14, 2008

On the fourth anniversary of the Monday night massacre; what have they learned?

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On Monday, the Panel on Educational Policy will vote on a proposal to hold back 8th graders on the basis of their test scores. Manhattan B...
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Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Is holding back kids really the solution to our middle school problems, or is the Mayor running out of even bad ideas?

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Last week, in hi s S tate of the City addre ss , the Mayo r announced that the Department of Education will now extend the policy o f ho...
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Sunday, October 7, 2007

The untimely life and death of the City Hall Academy

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The life and death of the City Hall Academy, as so poignantly told by the NY Times , is emblematic of the story of this administration. Her...