What if America’s largest school district, New York City, were to give a 200-day school year a try? We asked parents and teachers how they’d feel about such an initiative. The results came out split, not only by school division, but, more importantly, by one’s belief in the efficacy of public school education overall. Read […]
Do parents want a longer school year? Evidence from New York City. Read More »
We refused to hire a tutor to do the teacher’s job. Instead, my daughter pushed the school for better teachers. She passed with flying colors
How Letting My Kid Fail Empowered Her — & Forced Her School to Fix Its Failures Read More »
Entry to New York City’s eight specialized high schools – Stuyvesant HS, Brooklyn Tech HS, Bronx Science HS, Staten Island Tech HS, HS for Math, Science and Engineering, HS of American Studies, Brooklyn Latin HS and Queens HS for the Sciences – is based exclusively on a student’s Specialized High School Admissions Test (SHSAT) score.
Free and low-cost Specialized High School Admissions Test (SHSAT) prep Read More »
A 30-page report issued in March 2024 accused Stanford University professor Jo Boaler of grossly misrepresenting the research used to justify getting rid of algebra instruction in California public middle schools. Contested topics include Boaler’s claim that timed tests cause student anxiety leading to weaker performance, that removing grades improves performance, and that mixing students
NYC knows we have an algebra crisis, but how do we fix it? Read More »
Read More from The 74 Million here: NYC Public High School Students Challenge Ineffectual Teacher — and Win!
NYC Public High School Students Challenge Ineffectual Teacher — and Win! Read More »
NYC won’t fill empty Gifted & Talented seats despite demand
NYC won’t fill empty Gifted & Talented seats despite demand Read More »
Is your child gifted? And should they be in a gifted school program?
Is your child gifted? And should they be in a gifted school program? Read More »
