Beth Fertig appears in the following:
At Schools That Closed, More Students Graduate and More Drop-Out
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Department of Education officials pointed to data from 21 high schools that closed between 2002 and 2009.
Schools Deputy Chancellor Nadelstern Announces Retirement
Friday, January 21, 2011
Nadelstern has served in the school system for 39 years.
New Concerns About Toxic PCBs in Schools Pose Clean-Up Challenge
Friday, January 21, 2011
More than 30 years after they were banned by Congress, PCBs continue to show up in lakes, rivers, plants and fish and there are new concerns about PCBs in schools. And that raise...
Schools Chancellor Cathie Black Gets Booed at First Public Hearing
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Dozens of students and teachers who opposed the proposal to allow a selective new high school to open in the same Park Slope building shared by three other schools attended.
City Sets Aside $10 Million for Struggling Students
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Schools Chancellor Cathie Black said the program shouldn't be taken as a sign that money is the answer to all problems in city schools.
PCBs Found at Another School on Staten Island
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
EPA officials say parents shouldn't panic.
Bloomberg Defends Schools Chancellor's Birth Control Joke
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
The mayor defended the city's plan to spend an extra $10 million on tutoring and other programs to help 48,000 students who failed their 2010 state math and reading tests.
Air Is Safe at School Where PCBs Were Found, Says City
Friday, January 14, 2011
Tests earlier this month turned up dangerous levels of PCBs on floor tiles at PS 36 in Annadale.
Master Teacher's Classes Always in Session at Chelsea High
Thursday, January 13, 2011
In our ongoing series “The Big Fix,” WNYC and the website GothamSchools have been looking at three low-performing high schools. WNYC is following Chelsea Career and Technical Educa...
Majority of Students at City Schools Took a Snow Day
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Citywide attendance was just 46 percent Wednesday, compared to nearly 90 percent last Wednesday.
Fact-Checking Cuomo's New York Education Numbers
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Attention policy wonks! Gov. Andrew Cuomo declared in his State of the State address last week that New York is "No. 1 in spending but 34 in terms of results" when it comes to educa...
State Judge Rules City Can Release Teacher Ratings
Monday, January 10, 2011
She said other courts have allowed the release of information related to job performance.
Cuomo Singles Out Chelsea Principal in Speech
Wednesday, January 05, 2011
The governor praised Principal Brian Rosenbloom, of Chelsea Career and Technical Education High School, on Wednesday for raising attendance and test scores.
Chancellor Joel Klein Reflects on His Tenure
Thursday, December 30, 2010
City Schools Chancellor Joel Klein is packing up after eight years running the nation's largest school district. Klein led the system through dramatic overhauls and the creation o...
Judge Rules Ed Commissioner's Approval of Black Legal
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
The parents claimed state education commissioner David Steiner had acted illegally when he granted a waiver for Black to become chancellor.
LIRR Begins Helping Stranded Passengers Get Home
Monday, December 27, 2010
Long Island Rail Road workers rounded up dozens of passengers who had spent the night on trains in Penn Station or -- if they were lucky -- in local hotels.
Blizzard Slows Down New York
Sunday, December 26, 2010
The first storm of the winter rolled through the New York City metro-area on Sunday, bringing heavy winds and predictions of up to a foot of snow. With the mayor urging people to st...
Albany Judge Hears Arguments Challenging Black's Appointment as Schools Chancellor
Thursday, December 23, 2010
The first lawsuit was argued by Park Slope parent and lawyer Eric Snyder, who was "picking apart the case law" which states that the head of a school district must have multiple degrees.
New Chancellor Sees College Prep School in Brooklyn
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
The incoming chancellor visited Medgar Evers College Preparatory school in Crown Heights. It's a school where college prep is more than just a name.
