The public schools may be closed all week for February Break, but critics and other writers are busy examining the new teacher evaluation agreement that was reached last week. Among the critics: Diane Ravitch and The Daily News columnist, Juan Gonzalez.
What items are for sale in vending machines and the school store? What do you tend to choose to eat, and why? Do you think new government rules might change students' habits, including yours?
Can you calculate the number of foreign students who are freshmen at a certain university who are not from China, if given the total number of freshmen, the percentage of foreign students who are freshmen and the percentage of that group who are from China?
President Hugo Chávez’s embrace of the musical education program El Sistema has angered some of its supporters and provoked rare criticism of two of Venezuela’s most celebrated figures.
Dennis M. Walcott, New York City’s schools chancellor, promised a review of all substantiated misconduct charges in the school system going back to 2000.
A J Gogia, the taxi guru of Little India, prepares students from all over the world for the strenuous test given by the city for a yellow cab driver’s license.
After accusing President Obama of “a phony theology” and likening public schools to “factories” on Saturday, Rick Santorum sought to clarify his remarks but did not back down from them.
Less than a year after a state report found that 178 principals and teachers had cheated on test scores, a new school superintendent, Erroll B. Davis Jr., is restoring the system.
Officials in states like Tennessee who are testing new teacher evaluation systems required by the Obama administration are struggling with problems philosophical and logistical.
The court's decision in the new case holds the potential to undo Grutter v. Bollinger, an accommodation on affirmative action in higher education reached by the court in 2003.
In a move that could drive up tuition prices for public universities in Florida, lawmakers there are expected to slash millions of dollars from the state’s higher education budget.
New York’s new system for judging the quality of teaching will use independent observers classrooms to monitor the performance of the weakest instructors.
The Obama administration, in a continuation of its efforts to curb childhood obesity, plans to set nationwide guidelines to promote healthy choices in schools.
Too many charter schools are staying open even when they have failed in their mission. When that happens, students are deprived and public money is wasted.
Joe Nesci has 421 career victories as men’s basketball coach at New York University, which began competing in Division III the season before he joined the staff as an assistant.
