All NYC Q&A with Liz Phillips of P.S. 321 in Park Slope
From DNAinfo.com by Leslie Albrecht:Principal Liz Phillips at P.S. 321 has been at the school's helm for 14 years, but her ties to the school go back decades to the time when her own children were...
View ArticleU.S. Students Still Lag Globally in Math and Science, Tests Show
From N.Y. Times by Motoko Rich: Fourth- and eighth-grade students in the United States continue to lag behind students in several East Asian countries and some European nations in math and science,...
View ArticleAll NYC Parents, Teachers Turn Out to Oppose Success Academy Charter School...
From DNAinfo.com by Mary Johnson:A fervent grassroots effort to keep a new Success Academy charter school from moving into Gramercy's Washington Irving campus plowed forward Monday night with a public...
View ArticleAll NYC Some NYC teachers to get a sneak peek of new evaluations this week
From GothamSchools by Philissa Cramer:About one in five city teachers will get a sneak peek on Tuesday about how they might be rated under a new evaluation system. Thats when the city Department of...
View ArticleLocal News The proportion of privately run Chicago public schools to increase
From WBEZ by Becky Vevea:At the same time Chicago Public Schools says it needs to close down schools, maybe as many as 100, its planning to open brand new ones. In a promotional video for a new high...
View ArticleAll NYC Insideschools' middle school picks: Apply by Dec. 21
From Insideschools.org by Clara Hemphill:Every year, lots of 5th graders apply to a handful of super-popular middle schools. Naturally not everyone gets in. This year, we decided to highlight some good...
View ArticleAll NYC kindergarten and prek dates 2013/14
The DoE has set some dates for the new year. The application period for K begins on 1/22/13 and ends on 3/1/13 This is not a first come first served process, so don't freak out. You apply in person to...
View ArticleSan Gabriel Valley The Waverly School: Progressive Perfection in Pasadena
A Beyond The Brochure profile of The Waverly School in Pasadena. http://beyondthebrochurela.com/the-w...n-in-pasadena/
View ArticleAll LA Metro Nobody Said This Would Be Easy...
Applying to private elementary schools in L.A. felt like the longest job search ever. One that seems to go on and on, with no feedback until the very end. Endless callbacks, rounds of meetings with...
View ArticleAll NYC Hunter Round 2 Cutoff for 2012-2013 is 146
I know it's been posted on the website but figured I'd share it here. Interesting that the score has gone done the past couple years. Curious why that is the case. Btw, Round 2 will take place on Jan...
View ArticleAll NYC Interview with Jane Murphy, PS 185 Magnet School for Early Childhood...
From DNAinfo.com by Emily Frost:Principal Jane Murphy of P.S. 185, the Magnet School for Early Childhood Discovery and Design, believes that early childhood development is essential to setting students...
View ArticleAll SF Revolution Foods Coming to San Francisco Public School Cafeterias
From Rachel Norton's blog:If you live in San Francisco, a revolution is coming to a school cafeteria near you . . . Revolution Foods, that is. Tonight, the Board voted unanimously (6-0, with...
View ArticleAll SF Rookie San Francisco Board of Education member Matt Haney prepares to...
From S.F. Examiner by Andrea Koskey:When Matt Haney is sworn in as the seventh and newest member of the San Francisco Board of Education in January, he will be entering a challenging world. Im...
View ArticleAll NYC Change in G&T Sibling Preference Policy Will Divide Families
From Schoolbook by Matt Kovaleski and Willow Lawson:On last years New York City Department of Education gifted and talented assessment, thousands of pre-kindergarteners scored high enough to be...
View ArticleAll NYC Kips Bay Parents Fight Plan to Bring 'Underprivileged' Kids to New...
From DNAinfo.com by Mary Johnson:A new elementary school in Kips Bay has not yet opened but already neighborhood parents are concerned its on track to become one of the most undesired schools in...
View ArticleSan Gabriel Valley Sequoyah School: A Sensational Place Inspired By A Native...
The minute I walked into Sequoyah School in Pasadena the I-Wish-I-Had-Gone-Here-As-A-Kid feeling swept over me. Because the school was founded 54 years ago, some very lucky people did attend Sequoyah,...
View ArticleAll NYC NYC DOE scraps changes to G&T sibling policy
In a letter sent Wednesday to families who requested G&T testing, the DOE issued the following statement: The Department of Education will maintain its existing sibling gifted and talented policy...
View ArticleAll NYC Celebrated PS 770 Principal to Open New Charter School in Brooklyn
From DNAinfo.com by Sonja Sharp:When Principal Shimon Waronker launched P.S. 770 The New American Academy in Crown Heights two years ago, he was convinced his district school could out-perform any...
View ArticleAll NYC NYC Panel for Educational Policy Approves Nine New Charters
From Schoolbook by Yasmeen Khan:The citys Panel for Educational Policy voted to approve nine new charter schools Thursday night, bringing the city closer to Mayor Michael Bloombergs goal of opening a...
View ArticleAll LA Metro Harvard-Westlake College Matriculation for Class of 2012
Here's the list: http://beyondthebrochurela.com/harva...culation-2012/
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