NYC Public School Parents

The Panel for Educational Policy will vote in Staten Island tonight on the co-locations of another ten schools. As Joel Klein said at the l...

Today, Meredith Kolodner and a crack investigative team at Daily News begin to untangle the tangled web of money, connections, and political...

Why does the DOE get itself into these messes, like banning PTA bake sales ? Because they never bother to consult with anyone, least of all ...

On Saturday, April 10, Class Size Matters will be sponsoring a citywide parent conference, with workshops on running effective Parent Associ...

Today’s article in the NY Times on Obama’s plan to revamp NCLB might fool the uninitiated that the administration’s proposals will help solv...

See this message from a friend who lives on the Upper West side, who has a child entering Kindergarten next year, about the multiple mailing...

Check out this posting on “The Broad Effect” , about how the Broad Foundation influences educational policy by inserting graduates of his B...

According to Gotham Schools , Bob Hughes of New Visions will be part of the NY State team to appear before the panel of judges to determine ...

According to Crain’s Insider , the charter school industry is discussing whether to finance an opponent to Harlem’s State Senator Bill Perki...

See the front page story in the Times today about how the National Governor’s Association took a year to develop national standards, which n...

Check out my posting on the Times blog about the plan to close half of Kansas City's public schools, and what warning this poses for our...

Today's New York Times ( Many Nations Passing U.S. in Education, Expert Says ) reports on the testimony given before the Senate educ...

There was once a time when evolution and refinement of one's thinking, even the changing of one's views, was considered the mark of ...

March 9, 2010 (GBN News): Two days after being featured in a NY Times Magazine cover story , noted education consultant Doug Lemov has been ...

Check out this segment from "Democracy Now" for a great, extended interview of Diane Ravitch, education scholar and former Asst. S...

School co-locations may be the most controversial topic in public education in NYC right now. The same day the Village Voice article “Insid...

Today, NYC's education "day of rage" was observed by angry parents, teachers, students, elected officials and community member...

March 4, 2010 (GBN News): Two young children of an air traffic controller were not the only ones who caused a stir last week by coming to w...

Michael Duffy, head of the charter school office at DOE, in an interview said that he learned nothing from speakers at the hearings about t...

At the City Council hearings yesterday, Ernie Logan, head of the principal’s union, said that according to principals, the first time their...

March 3, 2010 (GBN News): In a last ditch effort to help their states qualify for “Race to the Top” funding, a growing number of school dis...

Just last week, I found myself blasting NY Times columnist Bob Herbert for his one-sided, factually deficient article hailing the Harlem V...

Last week, when Arne Duncan said that he applauded the superintendent's decision to fire the entire staff of Central Falls high school ...

To help make that a reality for every family in the city, Mayor Bloomberg and I have set about giving parents more choices - both because ch...

See today's NY Post -- a school with class sizes of sixty in Crown Heights, with a tri-lingual program in English, Spanish and French, ...