New York City is awash in children who would benefit from advanced education. But there’s one big problem—scarcity—and nowhere is that scarcity worse than in middle school. Read more at: https://edadvance.substack.com/p/new-york-city-middle-school-gifted-gap
NYC’s advanced education gap: Why are middle schoolers being given short shrift? Read More »
Read via Jewish Week: https://www.jta.org/2024/11/26/ny/im-an-nyc-schools-consultant-heres-what-i-tell-parents-worried-about-antisemitism
I’m an NYC schools consultant. Here’s what I tell parents worried about antisemitism. Read More »
High schools in states that start after Labor Day end up with fewer instructional days before the exams than those that open their doors in mid-August, and sometimes even in late July. Does this discrepancy create a difference in results? Read all about it at: https://www.the74million.org/article/late-starting-schools-have-less-time-to-prep-for-ap-exams-does-it-matter/
Late-Starting Schools Have Less Time to Prep for AP Exams. Does It Matter? Read More »
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 »
