Beth Fertig appears in the following:
Parents Rally to Demand School Improvements
Thursday, April 01, 2010
Some parents rallied outside the Education Department's building to demand the city improve 19 low-performing schools.
Education Update
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
WNYC’s education reporter, Beth Fertig, and education writer for the Press of Atlantic City, Diane D’Amico, talk about education issues and budget cuts in New York and New Jersey.
School Closings: Public Advocate to Survey Parents
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Public Advocate Bill de Blasio wants the city to stop closing schools until it gives parents a bigger say in the process.
Cash for Good Behavior Program Yields Mixed Results
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
A city initiative to lift families out of poverty by giving them cash for good behavior had mixed results.
NY Misses Mark on Education Funding
Monday, March 29, 2010
Delaware and Tennessee were the only states awarded the hundreds of millions of dollars worth of grants.
State Judge Blocks NYC's Planned School Closings
Monday, March 29, 2010
Nineteen city schools that were scheduled to close have been spared by a judge’s order.
New York State Finishes Second to Last in Race to the Top
Monday, March 29, 2010
New York State lost the competition for education funds known as Race to the Top.
Fair Isn't Equal: Serving Special-Ed Students in Charters (Part 2)
Friday, March 26, 2010
For children with disabilities, graduation rates are especially low.
Serving Students with Special Needs in Charters (Part 1)
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Critics of charter schools often complain they get higher-than-average test scores because they don’t take a fair share of special education students.
NY Students Show No Improvement in National Reading Test
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
New York students made no progress at all on last year's national reading test, despite big gains on their state exams.
Customized Learning at School of One
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Educators have spent much of the past century arguing about whether the traditional classroom structure is really suited to different learning styles.
Principal of Arabic Language School Departs
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
The principal of a Brooklyn middle school that teaches Arabic language and culture has stepped down after a federal agency found the school's original principal was unfairly ousted.
Some Plaintiffs Say They'll Vote No on Ground Zero Health Settlement
Saturday, March 13, 2010
Thousands of rescue workers who claim they were sickened after the 9/11 attacks could share up to $657 million in compensation.
Settlement Reached for WTC Responders Could Total $657.5 Million
Friday, March 12, 2010
Nearly 10,000 people will be able to claim up to $657.5 million in compensation.
Proposed Sept. 11 Court Settlement Explained
Friday, March 12, 2010
A federal judge heard from lawyers today about a proposed settlement involving thousands of rescue workers and others who say they were sickened after the Sept. 11 attacks.
NYC High-School Graduation Rates Climb
Tuesday, March 09, 2010
New York City's four-year high school graduation rate has risen to 59 percent, an increase of almost three percentage points since the last academic year.
Lobbying Groups for Mayoral Control of Schools Raised $7.5M
Tuesday, March 02, 2010
An effort to keep Mayor Michael Bloomberg in charge of the city schools raised more than $7.5 million.
Counting Prisoners: The Population Politics of the Census
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
The controversial prisoner census issue splits largely along an urban and rural divide.
NY Teachers Union Files Complaint Over Tenure Rules
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
The teachers union has filed a complaint with the state over the city's plan to use student test scores to figure out who gets tenure this year.
Hundreds of Haitians Enroll in NYC Schools
Monday, February 15, 2010
Central Brooklyn and Queens took the largest share of new Haitian students, but no one school got enough students to warrant creating an extra class.
