A debate has been raging over why our education system is failing. A new documentary by the director of An Inconvenient Truth throws fuel on the fire. The Harlem-based educator and activist Geoffrey Canada first met the filmmaker Davis Guggenheim in 2008, when Canada was in Los Angeles raising money for the Children’s Defense Fund, [...]
By KEVIN P. CHAVOUS and HOWARD FULLER The New York Post Charter schools began in New York state more than 11 years ago as one means of providing a public-educational choice for students — particularly those at risk of academic failure and whose families can’t afford to live in communities with good schools or obtain [...]
The New York Post New York’s education cartel will be in its Sunday best today: It’s Trash the Charter Schools Day! A 2,000-strong United Federation of Teachers rent-a-mob is expected in the streets downtown this morning, as Harlem state Sen. Bill Perkins convenes a public hearing meant to libel the wildly successful charter-school movement.
By EVA MOSKOWITZ The New York Post Regrettably, it now appears likely that budget cuts will require teacher layoffs in New York City public schools. These will be based solely on seniority under the current teachers-union contract. In Washington, DC, however, they’ve taken a different approach.
By Michael Meyers Special to NYDailyNews.com Why has the NAACP joined with the United Federation of Teachers to sue to stop the closing of 19 failing New York City public schools? The teachers union’s opposition to the move is understandable – it represents educators, including the ones who are directly affected by these closings.
By DENNIS M. WALCOTT The New York Post The United Federation of Teachers, the NAACP and other advocacy groups and elected officials announced yesterday that they intend to sue New York City over its plan to close 19 of the city’s lowest performing schools.
By CARL CAMPANILE The New York Post The NAACP today will join a teacher’s union lawsuit to block the city from closing 19 low-performing schools, claiming the action discriminates against minority and special-needs students, sources said.
January 20, 2010 By FREDRIC U. DICKER The New York Post It was crystal clear yesterday that New York’s teachers unions aren’t just joined at the hip with Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and the Democratic legislative leadership, they ARE part of the leadership.