2010 Newsclips
Newsclips 2010
Testing His Legacy: Klein Hands Out Grades On Accountability, Progress
NY1 by Lindsey Christ
December 29, 2010
Testing His Legacy: Klein Begins Tenure With Long List Of Reforms
NY1 by Lindsey Christ
December 27, 2010
Diane Ravitch Wins the 2011 Moynihan Prize
Huffington Post by Leonie Haimson
December 21, 2010
Learning To Live With It
City Hall by Laura Nahmias
December 17, 2010
Where Does Billionaire Monopolist Bill Gates Get Off Saying Bigger Class Size is the Education Solution?
AlterNet by Scott Thill
December 17, 2010
Bloomberg, Cathie Black, Bill Gates, and the Condescension of the Oligarchy
Huffington Post by Leonie Haimson
December 13, 2010
Bumpy road ahead for Cathie Black and NYC public school kids
Amsterdam News by Cyril Josh Barker
December 9, 2010
Incoming chancellor Cathie Black says, ‘I don’t know’ if I’d send my kids to a city school
Daily News by Meredith Kolodner and Rachel Monahan
December 8, 2010
Mayor Bloomberg under fire for choice of NY schools chancellor
Los Angeles Times by Geraldine Baum
December 7, 2010
The Education Emperor Wins, Kids Lose
Village Voice by Nat Hentoff
December 7, 2010
More School Closings — Part II
Gotham Gazette by Gail Robinson
December 7, 2010
10 Things Charter Schools Won’t Tell You
Smartmoney.com by Sarah Morgan
December 6, 2010
Your 2 Cents On Cathie Black: Class Size Matters’ Leonie Haimson NY1
November 29, 2010
Of Widgets and Children and Cathie Black
NBC New York by Gabe Pressman
November 24, 2010
Class Sizes Show Signs of Growing
Education Week News by Sarah D. Sparks
November 24, 2010
Panel Votes Against Granting Waiver Allowing Cathie Black to be Chancellor.
DNAinfo by Michael Ventura
November 23, 2010
Majority Of Advisory Panel Recommends Denying Waiver For Schools Chancellor
NY1 by Lindsey Christ
November 23, 2010
Black, Bloomberg Schools’ Choice, Rebuffed
Black Star News
November 23, 2010
Impartiality of Panel Screening Cathie Black Questioned
DNAinfo by Jill Colvin
November 22, 2010
State Didn’t Vet Advisers on Chancellor Pick for Conflicts
NY Times by Michael Barbaro
November 22, 2010
Does Race Matter? DOE Targets Only Black Schools For Possible Academic ‘Closure’
Queens Tribune by Jessica Ablamsky
November 19, 2010
Class Sizes Grew in City Despite Deal to Cut Them
NY Times by Sharon Otterman
November 17, 2010
Mayor Michael Bloomberg submits waiver app for Cathie Black
amNY by Tim Herrera
November 17, 2010
Former Mayors Support Bloomberg’s Chancellor Choice
Brooklyn Daily Eagle by Mary Frost
November 17, 2010
The Appointment of Cathie Black and Bloomberg’s Abuse of Power
Huffington Post by Leonie Haimson
November 17, 2010
NYU’s plan for public school heats up debate
NYU Washington Square News by Yingying Yu
November 17, 2010
Fade to Black: The Education Controversy
NBC New York by Gabe Pressman
November 16, 2010
Unease With Mayor’s Choice Of Schools Chancellor Grows
Brooklyn Daily Eagle by Mary Frost
November 16, 2010
Critics Protest Bloomberg’s Schools Chief Choice
CBS New York by Nathan Frandino
November 14, 2010
Critics question NYC mayor’s schools chief choice
Associated Press
November 14, 2010
Probe of ‘extra credit’ principal 
New York Post by Susan Edelman
November 7, 2010
Klein put on hot seat at District 2 CEC meeting
The Villager by Albert Amateau
November 4, 2010
The 7 Myths of Class Size Reduction — And the Truth
Huffington Post by Leonie Haimson
November 1, 2010
7 Class size myths — and the truth
Washington Post (blog) by Leonie Haimson,
Oct 27, 2010
Klein can’t wait to release teacher data
New York Daily News by Juan Gonzalez
Oct 22, 2010
Educating for Democracy: Who’s Listening?
Huffington Post by Joel Shatsky
Oct 20, 2010
Have teachers and parents turned on PS 24?
The Riverdale Press by Nikki Dowling
Oct 13, 2010
Overcrowded schools bus kids miles away to less-crowded buildings for seats
New York Daily News by Clare Trapasso
Oct 12, 2010
The Blind Side
Huffington Post by Leonie Haimson
October 11, 2010
We Need a Knapp Commission on Schools
NBC New York by Gabe Pressman
October 1, 2010
Analysing the Report Cards
Gotham Gazette by Gail Robinson
October 1, 2010
School Report Card Grades Drop
DNAinfo by Julie Shapiro
September 30, 2010
An Unheard Voice in the Education Nation Debate
The Epoch Times by Tara MacIsaac
September 29, 2010
Education remains the tough subject
Queens Chronicle by Simon Fong
September 30, 2010
City parents call NBC’s education week programs biased
Gotham Schools by Anna Phillips
September 28, 2010
Education Indoctrination
Huffington Post by Leonie Haimson
September 26, 2010
Education — The Issue Cuomo and Paladino Can’t Ignore
NBC New York – Gabe Pressman
September 23, 2010
City took money for nothing as it got aid to cut class sizes, OK’ed packing more students together
NY Daily News by Juan Gonzalez
September 22, 2010
Pedagogy and Profits: Charter School Bid Raises Questions
CityLimits.org by Helen Zelon
September 21, 2010
Has education reform jumped the shark? A teacher says ‘yes’
Washington Post Answer Sheet by Anthony Cody
September 20, 2010
You’re not a dropout unless DOE says so
Riverdale Press by Nikki Dowling
September 15, 2010
Department of Education audited over student discharge rate
The Riverdale Press by Nikki Dowling
September 10, 2010
Number of students held back likely to balloon with tougher standards on state tests …
New York Daily News – Rachel Monahan, Meredith Kolodner
September 8, 2010
QNS. MAKES ‘STRIDES’ WITH 15 NEW SCHOOLS
New York Daily News by Clare Trapasso
September 7, 2010
Parents Across America demand to be heard
Huffington Post by Leonie Haimson
September 4, 2010
Class sizes increase as funds drop
The Augusta Chronicle by Preston Sparks
August 14, 2010
Room In Schools? Vacancies Outweigh Overcrowding
Queens Tribune by Jessica Ablamsky
August 12, 2010
School crowding eases, but Riverdale’s PS 81 still feels pinch
The Riverdale Press by Nikki Dowling
Aug 11, 2010
Chicago Public Schools raising high school class sizes
Chicago Urban Education Examiner by Deborah Lynch
August 8, 2010
50% of city kids are in overcrowded schools
New York Daily News by Rachel Monahan
August 6, 2010
Results show continued decline of Manhattan kids’ English, math scores …
New York Daily News by Vishal Persaud
August 1, 2010
Obama Defends Sweeping Education Reforms in Face of Criticism
Democracy Now with Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez
July 30, 2010
Test Score Fallout
Gotham Gazette by Gail Robinson
July 29, 2010
Brownsville School Remains Open Despite City’s Efforts
Huffington Post by Nushin Rashidian
July 21, 2010
Dumbing Down Test Scores
Gotham Gazette by Gail Robinson
July 20, 2010
Lawsuit Over City Class Size Can Move Forward
New York Times City Room by Sharon Otterman
July 15, 2010
Bill Gates’ troubling involvement in school reform
Washington Post by Valerie Strauss
July 12, 2010
The most dangerous man in America
Huffington Post by Leonie Haimson
July 10, 2010
Get Kotter: How teachers became the new lawyers.
New York Magazine by Robert Kolker
July 4, 2010
‘F’ student graduates
New York Post by Susan Edelman and Cynthia R. Fagen
July 4, 2010
Shutting Out Parents: Obama’s Disappointing Blueprint for Reform
Education Week by Leonie Haimson & Julie Woestehoff
June 15, 2010
Tsunami of pro-charter school opinion in NY dailies
Huffington Post by Leonie Haimson
June 9, 2010
Steve Brill’s imperviousness to the facts
Hufffington Post by Leonie Haimson
June 6, 1010
UFT Sues Over Franny Lew Crowding
Queens Tribune by Jessica Ablamsky
June 3, 2010
Parsing the Charter School Deal
Gotham Gazette by Gail Robinson
June 1, 2010
NYC teachers bracing for the chopping block
Metro by Carly Baldwin
May 31, 2010
Why the Charter Cap Bill Should Not Become Law
Gotham Schools by Leonie Haimson and Mona Davids
May 25, 2010
Charter school stats challenged
Washington Post by Valerie Strauss
May 25, 2010
Brill vs. the UFT — Part II
Gotham Gazette by Gail Robinson
May 19, 2010
Don’t like the city’s budget? ‘Blame Albany,’ says mayor
Amsterdam News By Cyril Josh Barker
May 13, 2010
Class-size outcry calls for a recount
Crain’s New York by Erik Engquist and Jeremy Smerd
May 9, 2010
Charter Schools: Help or Hindrance
CNN debate w/ Leonie Haimson and Steve Perry
May 6, 2010
Demandan a Departamento Educación de N.Y. por no reducir número
Terra.com
May 1, 2010
School Spat: City Council Pushes to Limit Class Size
Wall Street Journal (blog) by Paul Glader
April 29, 2010
DOE’s Blue Book Stats Don’t Add Up, Critics Say
NY1 by Lindsey Christ
April 28, 2010
At charter school hearings, Ravitch faces off Sen. Craig Johnson,
shill of the charter school industry
Huffington Post by Leonie Haimson
April 23, 2010
Charter School Battle Rages On
Gothamist by Ben Yakas
April 23, 2010
Board urged to reduce class sizes
Hometownlife.com by Brad Kadrich
April 18, 2010
Parent Conference on Class Size (in Chinese)
Epoch Times by Reuters
April 10, 2010
Charter school co-locations challenged
New York Amsterdam News by Maryam Abdul-Aleem
April 8, 2010
Judge Blocks Controversial School Closings
The Indypendent by Jaisal Noor
April 2, 2010
Court rules to keep 19 schools open
Queens Chronicle by Lisa Fogarty
April 1, 2010
Gov. Paterson freezes money to schools
7Online.com by Dave Evans
March 31, 2010
Court throws 19 schools a lifeline
Queens Courier by Noah Rosenberg
March 31, 2010
Bigger class sizes seen as a step backward
Contra Costa Times by Canan Tasci
March 28, 2010
Joel Klein’s ongoing defiance of the rule of law
Huffington Post by Leonie Haimson
March 28, 2010
Judge Overturns Closure of 19 City Schools
Brooklyn Daily Eagle by Mary Frost
March 26, 2010
Charter Schools Pulling the Bait and Switch on Learning Disabilities?
Huffington Post by Joel Shatzky
March 22, 2010
A More Punitive NCLB, but With a Nicer Name?
Huffington Post by Leonie Haimson
March 14, 2010
A war is raging over school resources
Chelsea Now by Diane Vacca
March 11, 2010
Room for Debate: Does the Size of a School Matter?
NY Times blog by Leonie Haimson
March 11, 2010
Squadron Proposes Legislation Intended to Prevent School Overcrowding
The Lo-down by Ed Litvak
March 8, 2010
A new bill would make kindergarten enrollment projections public
GothamSchools by Anna Phillips
March 8, 2010
Educating for Democracy: Students, Parents, Educators Protest at City Hall
Huffington Post by Joel Shatsky
March 4, 2010
A New Kindergarten Doesn’t Silence Old Complaints
New York Times (blog) by Jennifer Medina
March 2, 2010
Charter Schools
Good Day NY
February 24, 2010
Do Charter Schools Worsen Inequality of Two-Tiered Education System?
Democracy Now with Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez
February 16, 2010
Parents, Students and Civil Rights Advocates Protest the Mass Closings of Public Schools
Huffington Post by Leonie Haimson
February 10, 2010
Class Size Lawsuit
Bronx Times by Sandi Lusk
January 14, 2010
Class Size Lawsuit (in Chinese)
Epoch Times
January 7, 2010
Teachers Sue NYC for Smaller Classes
Courthouse News Service by Adam Klasfeld
January 7, 2010
City bungled bid to lower class sizes: suit
Daily News by Rachel Monahan
January 6, 2010
Teachers sue city
NY Post by Yoav Gonen
January 6, 2010
City Ignoring Law on Class Sizes, Suit Says
NY Times by Sharon Otterman
January 6, 2010
