Beth Fertig appears in the following:
Weingarten Calls for Moratorium on Common Core Consequences
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
The president of the American Federation of Teachers came back home to New York to call for putting "a brake on the stakes." She criticized using new state test results before teacher...
Autism Numbers Spike in Special Ed District
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
The number of children with autism increased by 10 percent this year in District 75, the city's program for children with the most serious needs, according to preliminary data obtained by Schoolbook.
Parents Angered by G&T Scoring Errors
Monday, April 22, 2013
News that even more children are eligible for gifted and talented seats was a relief to some parents, but many were angry at the testing company Pearson. And they worried that they're...
Open Phones: How did the ELA Common Core Tests Go?
Friday, April 19, 2013
Open Phones: How did the ELA Common Core Tests Go?
Report: Recent School Gains are Overblown
Thursday, April 18, 2013
A new report criticizes what it calls "market-oriented education reforms" in New York City, Chicago and Washington, DC. The authors claim gains were overstated while some successful s...
Stories from the Front Line of Testing
Thursday, April 18, 2013
Ask and ye shall get. In response to Schoolbook's question about the new state tests, parents and teachers shared comments about longer reading passages and kids running out of time t...
Fewer Students Get Top Scores on G&T Test
Monday, April 08, 2013
The percentage of students who scored at the highest levels fell after the city changed part of the test for the gifted and talented programs. Just 921 test-takers scored at the 99th ...
Debate of Single-Test Admissions Policy Divides on Access and Race
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
In just a few days, New York City’s eighth graders will find out which high schools they got into. When it comes to the specialized high schools, chances are good that the students ac...
Around Sunset Park, Tutoring is Key to Top High Schools
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
This week eighth graders will find out if they were accepted to the city’s most competitive high schools. Judging from past admissions data, most students will come from middle to up...
Cooper Union Art School Agrees to Explore Revenue Options
Wednesday, March 06, 2013
Sources tell WNYC that faculty members agreed to cooperate with Cooper Union's plan to find new sources of revenue, and that the school will accept a new class of art students this fall.
City Takes a Role in Planning Four New Charters
Tuesday, March 05, 2013
Mayor Michael Bloomberg said his private foundation has "nothing to do with" four new charter schools that are being designed with help from the Department of Education. The schools a...
School Safety Agents Claim Pay Discrimination
Monday, March 04, 2013
School safety agents filed a class action lawsuit, claiming they're paid less to perform the same duties as the special officers who work at hospitals and homeless shelters.
City Picks New Common Core Materials
Thursday, February 28, 2013
Educators now can choose from a city-approved list when buying materials that adhere to the Common Core standards in math and English. Schools won't get the new materials until Septem...
IBO: Phase-Out Schools Enroll More Struggling Students
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
A new report finds higher concentrations of students in poverty and special needs at the 26 schools the city has targeted for closure, but it doesn't draw any conclusions about whethe...
Teacher Union's Charter Wins Two-Year Reprieve
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
A troubled charter school run by the teachers union is getting two more years to improve. Trustees of the State University of New York approved the short-term renewal after deciding t...
Teachers Union's Own Charter School Gets Scathing Report
Monday, February 25, 2013
A K-12 charter school run by the teachers' union will find out Tuesday if all or some of it can remain open. The latest review cited numerous problems including low student achievemen...
Judge Blocks State from Withholding School Aid
Thursday, February 21, 2013
A judge blocked the state from taking away $250 million in education aid from New York City after the mayor and the United Federation of Teachers failed to agree on a new teacher eval...
Second Stanford Report Finds Gains for NYC Charters
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Three years after releasing a report finding students at New York City charters schools perform better than their peers at traditional schools, a research center at Stanford Universit...
What Did the Democrats Really Promise the Bus Workers Union?
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Part of the reason school bus service in New York City will be restored Wednesday is the support offered the union by the five main Democrats running for mayor. What exactly did they promise? Not much, it seems.
