As discussed here and here, the State released the results of the 2009-2010 Grade 3 through 8 Math and ELA test results last week. The focus has been on the...
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Gifted and Talented, Especially in District 2
Using Gifted and Talented test data posted by InsideSchools, I created a map that shows the concentrations of aspiring G&T Kindergartners in New York City. The numbers next to each...
Follow the Money: UFT’s Political Fundraising Highest in Ten Years
In a recent article in the journal EducationNext, Mike Antonucci reviewed the finances of the two largest teachers unions, the National Education Association (NEA) and the American Federation of Teachers...
Discipline Data: Suspensions at Charter Schools & Traditional Public Schools
On Tuesday, the Daily News published a report on the rising rate of student suspensions in New York City’s schools. Since charter schools in New York often have discipline policies...
MAP UPDATE: Closed Schools v. Charter Schools Since 2003
Last week I posted a map of the schools that have been phased out by the DOE since 2003. (Note: not all of these schools were initially proposed for closure...
CMOs Need Philanthropy, TFA, According to Report
The National Study on Charter Management Organization (CMO) Effectiveness: Report on Interim Findings A recent national study on Charter Management Organizations, or CMOs, by non-partisan Mathematica Policy Research, sheds some...
KIPP Study Shows High Rate of Retention
A report released today by Mathematica, a non-partisan policy research center, examined the impact of 22 KIPP Charter Schools on student achievement. The report found that KIPP students performed better...
MAP ALERT: School Closures, 2003 – Present
As summer approaches, I’ve decide to tackle some big projects – one of which is to look at the effects that school closures have had on the remaining schools in...
Buried in the New School Report, the Start of an Answer
In its focus on school leadership, the New School’s recent report, Managing by the Numbers, provides a partial answer to a question I’ve long harbored: what happens to incompetent principals?...
Brill-ing Down: Adding to Steve Brill’s NYT Magazine Report
UPDATE: Thanks to Aaron Pallas for pointing out an error. The enrollment for Harlem Success Academy in 2008-2009 was 398 students. The enrollment was 276 students in 2007-2008. Steve Brill’s...
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