by Sarah Green | Apr 23, 2014 | News, Parent Issues, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
In 2013, thirty public schools in New York City only accepted students into pre-K programs if they had a sibling already enrolled. This gave those children priority over others, and made an already competitive market even more aggressive. The application deadline for...
by Sarah Green | Mar 17, 2014 | News, Parent Issues, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
For eight of the nine specialized high schools in New York, admittance for minorities is at a damaging low. Seven African-American students were accepted into the prestigious Stuyvesant High School’s freshman class for the upcoming school year, along with 21...
by Sarah Green | Feb 21, 2014 | News, Parent Issues, Teacher Issues
During his campaign, Bill de Blasio, now NYC’s newest mayor, said that charter schools with more money should be required to pay rent, one part of his plan to restructure school systems locally. Now putting his ideas into action, many of the city’s charter schools are...
by Sarah Green | Jan 17, 2014 | News, Parent Issues, Teacher Issues
In early January, 2014, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor told the Brookings Institution that Republicans will continue to defend the “education revolution” that is taking power from traditional public schools and giving it to the parents. Currently many states are...
