Newsclips 2017
Sunnyside school gets Council’s OK
Anthony O’Reilly, Queens Chronicle
December 4, 2017
Parent files complaint saying New York City improperly shared student information to aid with charter school recruitment
November 10, 2017
Public Educators Share Fallout on Personalized Learning, Privatization and Edtech
Sydney Johnson, Ed Surge
October 16, 2017
Exclusive: Documents Show NYC’s Education Department Failed to Answer 526 Public Records Request Over Past 3 Years
Seats disappearing from schools: report
Anthony O’Reilly, Queens Chronicle
September 28, 2017
Deputy mayor didn’t pull strings to get kids into school: investigators
Yoav Gonen, NY Post
September 27, 2017
Though Queens lessens dependence on trailers, more school seats needed to stop overcrowding: report
Angela Matua, Queens News Service
September 26, 2017
Report: crowded classrooms have an impact on educational quality
Epoch Times (in Chinese; translated here)
September 22, 2017
More Than Half of City’s 1.1M Students Attend Overcrowded Schools: Watchdog
Advocacy group gives de Blasio failing grades on NYC education
Critics slam $669G contract for former NYC school official’s math program
NYC class size limits could boost learning — but in practice, they often don’t.
Here’s how parents aim to reduce class sizes of city public schools.
Lindsey Christ, NY1
July 20, 2017
Obey the Law, School Parents Tell City DOE
Anthony O’Reilly, Queens Chronicle
July 13, 2017
Class Size Matters
Parents Push NY to Enforce Smaller Class Size Law
Yasmeen Khan, WNYC Schoolbook
July 6, 2017
Growing class sizes at city schools break state law and provide ‘second-rate education,’ advocates charge
Ben Chapman, NY Daily News
July 5, 2017
Maryland Dad Wants June 30 to Be “National Student Data Deletion Day
Mayoral Control or Not, Calls Continue for Contracting Reform at City Department of Ed
New York’s ESSA plan leads back to Common Core testing: View
Jun 6, 2017
Network for Public Education Declares Charters Are Not Public Schools, Calling for Moratorium and Legislative Accountability
Controversy Erupts Over Use Of ‘Warning Cards’ For NYC Public School Students Who Commit Low-Level Offenses
Marcia Kramer, CBS Local
May 16, 2017
How safe are schools and college campuses?
Michael Stratford, Morning Education, Politico
May 16, 2017
New Student Data Privacy Toolkit Encourages Parent Advocacy
Sarah Schwartz, Education Week
May 16, 2017
Personal data is collected on kids at school all the time. Here’s help for parents to protect children’s privacy.
Valerie Strauss, Washington Post
May 16, 2017
Protesters Plan to Picket Harlem Success Academy for Paul Ryan Visit
May 9, 2017
How Successful Are Charter Schools?
Leonie Haimson, New York Times
May 6, 2017
83 Percent of City Schools Found With Too Much Lead in Water, Data Shows
Amy Zimmer, DNA info
April 28, 2017
Mayor de Blasio Outlines Plan to Expand Pre-K to 3-Year-Olds
Yasmeen Khan, WNYC
April 24, 2017
Trump’s Education Budget will Undermine Teaching and Schools
Leonie Haimson & Network for Public Education, Alternet
April 23, 2017
Preocupa el impacto que tendrá el proceso de rezonificación en las escuelas
Apr 17, 2017
Confusion and Worry Over Whether School Seats Will Keep Up With De Blasio Rezonings
Abigail Savitch-Lew, CityLimits
April 7, 2017
City’s ‘Renewal Program’ Costs Big Bucks but Shows Few Results
Bruce Golding, Susan Edelman, & Yoav Gonen, NY Post
March 5, 2017
Here’s What You Need to Know About Lead Water Testing in City Schools
Amy Zimmer, DNA Info
February 14, 2017
New Autopsy of inBloom Re-ignites Old Debates
No, it’s not just unions that oppose Betsy DeVos. It’s much bigger than that.
Valerie Straus, The Answer Sheet, Washington Post
February 3, 2017
