Albany and Council Debate Who Owns Oversight of Leased DoE
May 13, 2008
Facing overcrowded classrooms and an expected budget crunch, New York City’s Department of Education has increasingly turned to leased buildings to help create new public schools in a hurry. But parents, politicians and environmental activists say that the leased sites leave too many loopholes in the safety review process.
“When the city plans construction on a [...]
City launches Greenwich Village charter school
May 9, 2008
The 560-seat elementary school will occupy the first six floors of the New York Foundling’s headquarters; New York Foundling will maintain offices on the upper floors.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Schools Chancellor Joel Klein on Friday announced an agreement to transform New York Foundling’s Greenwich Village headquarters into a 560-seat elementary school to serve families in [...]
Parents say NYC public schools overcrowded
May 9, 2008
Parents and public officials are warning that schools in some city neighborhoods are overcrowded, because a jump in residential development is not being matched with an increase in new educational facilities.
City Comptroller William Thompson Jr. said in a report to be released Friday that the school system’s capital planning processes were “broken,” according to the [...]
Joel Klein, Randi Weingarten blame each other for Education cuts
May 7, 2008
Schools Chancellor Joel Klein said the teachers union - and policies that keep instructors from their classrooms - bear some of the blame for next school year’s budget cuts.
“Let’s be candid,” he said Tuesday of recent controversies over idle teachers. “What we’re hearing right now is a whole lot of stuff that’s about rhetoric….What we [...]
Educators Will Fight Cuts Likely To Result From Budget
May 2, 2008
City public schools are likely to face program cuts next year under the new budget proposed by Mayor Bloomberg yesterday, though pressure from a coalition including the principals union, the teachers union, and the Campaign for Fiscal Equity could lighten the blow.
The coalition Friday will kick off a full-scale campaign complete with radio, television, and [...]
New York City Education Department Proposes Changes in School Grades
February 29, 2008
The New York City school system has released a list of proposed changes to its system of grading schools, intended to soften some of the sting of the blunt A through F grades, as well as to measure school quality more accurately.
In a memo to principals dated Wednesday, the city listed a number of changes [...]
Teachers Get Big Gift From GOP
February 15, 2008
Two weeks after the state’s largest teachers union gave Senate Republicans a boost by endorsing their candidate in a critical special election race, Republican lawmakers fast-tracked a bill that would allow New York City teachers to retire with full benefits five years sooner than they can now.
The changes to the pension plan agreed to by [...]
A local school property tax cap is a Capitol idea
February 12, 2008
New York State’s local property taxes, particularly its school property taxes, are out of control. Local taxes in the state are 70 percent above the national average, and school property taxes alone have risen by a similar amount over the past decade.
During my 2006 campaign for governor, I advocated placing a cap on local school [...]
Budget Cuts at Schools Begin
January 31, 2008
The budget ax fell yesterday at the Department of Education - with cuts expected to impact every city school.
Mayor Bloomberg warned of the belt-tightening last week, calling for all city agencies to shed 2.5 percent from their fiscal 2008 budgets.
In an e-mail sent to principals, Deputy Chancellor for Finance Kathleen Grimm said the department is [...]
Council Member Vallone To Propose Bill To Limit Homework
January 30, 2008
The amount of homework public school teachers can give would be limited to ten minutes a grade a night under a new resolution being introduced to the City Council.
That means first-graders would get 10 minutes a night; second-graders would get 20 minutes a night; third-grades 30 minutes, and so forth.
“Kids deserve to be kids,” the [...]
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