Bronx
Impact Unknown: The CEO's Poverty-Fighting Efforts
Neil deMause |
At the first hearing on the city’s much-touted group of programs, the administration’s message was: Ask again later.
Bronx
Disparities Amid Progress For Five Boroughs' Kids
Evan Weinberger |
The risks to well-being children face have much to do with the neighborhoods they live in.
Center for an Urban Future
Vocational Education Means Schools That Work
David Jason Fischer |
A report from the Center for an Urban Future finds that New York is neglecting the potential of career and technical high schools.
Joel Klein
A Matter Of Principals: On Training School Chiefs
Helen Zelon |
The Leadership Academy’s Sandra Stein prepares for the next phase in school reform.
Bronx
Parents, Council Still Angry About School Grades
Helen Zelon |
Stakeholders vent, and the city’s Chief Accountability Officer parries, at a hearing on the controversial new Progress Reports.
Bronx
Of Race and Progress: How Blacks Fare Today
Jarrett Murphy |
A new report says racism is holding blacks back – but the sponsors are determined to use it as a blueprint for advancement.
FDNY
'THIS IS NOT A PENITENTIARY':
A VIEW FROM PUBLIC SCHOOL
JB McGeever |
An English teacher at Jamaica High School in Queens describes what it’s like to share the school with police officers. The New York Police Department and Department of Education both declined City Limits’ invitation to share their perspectives.
Standardized Tests
LITERACY EFFORT FINDS THE 'MISSING MIDDLE'
Darise Jean-Baptiste |
New community-student program to boost reading for middle schoolers.
Homelessness
MAYOR'S REPORT
K. Wright |
Food stamp recipients and families seeking homeless services have continued climbing this year, according to the mayor’s annual management report.
Standardized Tests
MATH'S EASY
K. Wright |
Large urban school districts are steadily improving test scores, often outpacing the rest of their state.
