2014 News clips
Advocates eagerly await E-Rate vote- Pearson to revamp PISA- Sobering pleas on school violence- Jindal Blast Duncan ahead of NOLA visit
Caitlin Emma, Politico
December 11, 2014
UFT calls for end of tax break for absentee co-op and condo owners to cut K-3 classes to 15
Masie Mcadoo, UFT News
December 9, 2014
To reduce class sizes, UFT looks to absentee landlords
Brian Charles, Chalkbeat New York
December 9, 2014
Cut City Class Sizes by Increasing Taxes on Absentee Owners: UFT
Sybile Penhirin, DNAinfo
December 9, 2014
Teachers Union Wants City to Close Tax Loopholes for Absentee Apartment Owners
Leslie Brody, Wall Street Journal
December 9, 2014
Union: Absentee Homeowners should help NYC schools
Beth Fertig, WNYC Schoolbook
December 9, 2014
Parents, legislators push back against Common Core
Kelli B. Grant, CNBC
December 1, 2014
Is there a school for my child? Education options
Nadine Hoffmann, The Villager
November 27, 2014
Washington passes class size initiative — 2016 field packed with education wonks — FSU president will meet with outraged students
Maggie Severns, Politico
November 10, 2014
Students finding success with ‘flipped’ learning
Asbury Park Press
November 5, 2014
Bond Act Passage Translates to More Seats in NYC Schools
Patricia Willens, WNYC Schoolbook
November 5, 2014
Why I’m Voting ‘Yes’ on the Smart Schools Bond Act, Proposition 3
Leonie Haimson, Gotham Gazette
November 4, 2014
About these three proposals on Tuesday’s NY ballot
Mary Frost, Brooklyn Daily Eagle
November 3, 2014
Play Nice: NYC Panel Recommends Space-Sharing Tactics for Schools
Beth Fertig, WNYC SchoolBook
October 31, 2014
Challenges of having charter schools in the city buildings are being tackled by an expert panel
Ben Chapman, New York Daily News
October 31, 2014
N.Y.C. Schools to Open Doors to Student Cellphones
Sam Atkeson, Education Week
October 29, 2014
EXCLUSIVE: Ex-Education Department official’s $420K contract violate ethics rules, critics say
Ben Chapman, New York Daily News
October 19, 2014
Ed. Data-Mining Research Effort Wins Federal Grant, Raises Privacy Questions
Benjamin Herold, Education Week
October 10, 2014
Student-Privacy Pledge for Ed-Tech Providers Draws Praise, Criticism
Michele Molnar, Education Week
October 7, 2014
Teachers union gives de Blasio a pass on school overcrowding
Yoav Gonan and Carl Campanile, New York Post
October 3, 2014
Quietly, UFT reports that classroom overcrowding is getting worse
Geoff Decker, Chalkbeat
September 30, 2014
NYC Schools Overcrowded, Professors Say (+Video)
Petr Svab, Epoch Times
September 24, 2014
City’s most crowded school packs in 4 times its capacity
Susan Edelman, New York Post
September 7, 2014
EE.UU.: Cinco millones de niños estudian en contenedores
Anahi Rubin, teleSUR
September 1, 2014
State defends test-scoring adjustments as rates creep up
Geoff Decker, Chalkbeat
August 18, 2014
Public schools getting safer as violent incidents decrease
Aaron Short, New York Post
August 12, 2014
New York Posts ‘Parents’ Bill of Rights’ to Safeguard Student Data
Karla Scoon Reid, Education Week
August 12, 2014
Nike and other brand names turn up on Common Core tests
Stephen Rex Brown and Ben Chapman, New York Daily News
August 7, 2014
THE GRADE: Student privacy, charter school bills in the work
Lauren Foreman, The Bakersfield Californian
August 6, 2014
Who can access K-12 students’ personal data? No one really knows
Mary C. Tillotson, Hawaii Reporter
August 4, 2014
States offers last-minute ‘parents’ bill of rights’ on protecting student data
Gary Stern, Lohud.com
July 30, 2014
Hacinamiento en escuelas de NYC, el problema de nunca acabar
Marlene Paralta, El Diario
July 30, 2014
When odd bedfellows raise eyebrows- States rebel against smart snack standards- Empowering pregnant and parenting students
Caitlin Emma, Politico
July 25, 2014
InBloom Critics Launch ‘Parent Coalition for Student Privacy’
edSurge
July 25, 2014
Delayed student data ‘bill of rights’ met with concern
Gary Stern, Lohud.com
July 24, 2014
Parent Groups Call for Congressional Data-Privacy Hearings
Benjamin Herold, Education Weekly
July 23, 2014
High hopes for a Senate surveillance reform vote this month- The House GOP’s digit push- NCSL to Wheeler: We’ll sue over municipal broadband
Erin Mershon, Politico
July 23, 2014
Schools cited for ‘extreme’ crowding
Maya Rajami, The Riverdale Press
July 16, 2014
Mayor de Blasio calls overcrowded public schools ‘unacceptable’
Juan Gonzalez, NY Daily News
July 11, 2014
Class Size Concerns at CDEC 30
Queens Gazette by Richard Gentilviso
July 9, 2014
EXCLUSIVE: Audit shows 1 in 3 schools overcrowded in 2012, city officials failed to solve problem
New York Daily News by Juan Gonzalez
July 9, 2014
Opinion: Time to Tackle Class Size
WNYC Schoolbook by Leonie Haimson and Wendy Lecker
July 2, 2014
Public Schools in New York City Are Poorer and More Crowded, Budget Agency Finds
New York Times by Al Baker
July 1, 2014
Overcrowding grows at city schools despite mayor’s vows
New York Post by Aaron Short
June 28, 2014
City Education Department no longer counting classroom trailers as public school space
New York Daily News by Ben Chapman
June 28, 2014
Released earlier than usual, Blue Book now counts students in trailers
Chalkbeat NY by Patrick Wall
June 27, 2014
NYC Schools Wrestle with ‘Bad Math’ on Trailer Count
WNYC by Beth Fertig
June 18, 2014
New York City’s Classroom Space Crunch
Gotham Gazette by Leonie Haimson
June 17, 2014
Are Schools Putting Your Child’s Information at Risk?
Fox Business by Sienna Kossman
June 16, 2014
Parents fight for their right to protect privacy
Deseret News by Emily Hales
June 10, 2014
DOE Fails to Count Thousands of Students Taking Class in Trailers: Report
DNA Info by Amy Zimmer
June 9, 2014
Advocates argue Mayor de Blasio’s $4.4 billion school plan won’t fix classroom overcrowding
New York Daily News by Ben Chapman
June 7, 2014
Report: City’s budget plan doesn’t do enough to end school overcrowding
Chalkbeat NY by Patrick Wall
June 6, 2014
Pre-K Offers in New York City Equal Relief Plus Anxiety
The Wall Street Journal by Leslie Brody
June 6, 2014
Critics Warn City’s School Construction Plan Comes Up Short
WNYC by Beth Fertig
June 6, 2014
Big Brother: Meet the Parents
Politico by Stephanie Simon
June 5, 2014
At weekend rally, a mix of opposition to Gov. Cuomo and state tests
Chalkbeat NY by Patrick Wall
May 19, 2014
Judge Dismisses Attempt to Block Co-Locations
WNYC by Beth Fertig
May 16, 2014
Beyond inBloom with Class Size Matters and Bad Ass Teachers
We Act Radio/Education Town Hall (RADIO)
May 15, 2014
Privacy jitters derail controversial K-12 big data initiative
Computerworld by Jaikumar Vijayan
April 24, 2014
inBloom withers
Politico by Stephanie Simon
April 22, 2014
Data-gatherer inBloom to fold
Albany Times-Union by Rick Karlin
April 22, 2014
InBloom calling it quits, and CEO cites New York’s “misunderstandings”
Chalkbeat by Sarah Darville
April 21, 2014
Sun Set son Controversial Student Data Project inBloom
WNYC Schoolbook by Yasmeen Khan
April 21, 2014
What inBloom’s Shutdown Means for the Industry
EdSurge by Mary Jo Madda
April 21, 2014
Parental Opposition Fells inBloom Education-Software Firm
The Wall Street Journal by Elizabeth Dwoskin and Lisa Fleisher
April 21, 2014
Data service inBloom calls it quits
Long Island Newsday by Jo Napolitano
April 21, 2014
$100 million Gates-funded student data project ends in failure
The Washington Post by Valerie Strauss
April 21, 2014
After NY’s withdrawal, inBloom to shut down
LoHud.com by Joseph Spector
April 21, 2014
inBloom to Shut Down Amid Growing Data-Privacy Concerns
Education Week by Benjamin Herold
April 21, 2014
NYC Parents, Teachers Protest New Charter Schools Law
Epoch Times by Petr Svab
April 12, 2014
33,000 New York Children Skip Standardized Tests
Epoch Times by Petr Svab
April 6, 2014
Student privacy activists win a big one
Washington Post by Valerie Strauss
April 4, 2014
Riled parents seek education answers
Queens Chronicle by Michael Gannon
April 3, 2014
State Nixes Controversial Plan to Share Student Data With inBloom
DNA Info by Amy Zimmer
April 3, 2014
What Will Happen to ‘Big Data’ in Education?
KQED MindShift by Anya Kamenetz
April 3, 2014
An uncertain future for big data in education
NPR Marketplace by Amy Scott
April 2, 2014
An uncertain future for big data in education
NPR Marketplace by Amy Scott
April 2, 2014
State Education Department abandons inBloom data-sharing plan
LoHud/The Journal News by Gary Stern
April 2, 2014
Case study: How politicians ignore parents on school reform
Washington Post by Carol Burris
April 1, 2014
De Blasio sued by own allies to overturn charter school openings
New York Post by Carl Campanile
March 26, 2014
Mayor de Blasio promises charter schools can share district space – with ‘ground rules’
New York Daily News by Ben Chapman and Erin Durkin
March 25, 2014
Rivalry between Mayor de Blasio and Eva Moskowitz stretches beyond charter schools
New York Daily News by Annie Karni
March 16, 2014
Forum Updates Public on Common Core (Radio & Print)
WAMC by Pat Bradley
March 14, 2014
Avella compromises on charter schools to sign off on Senate budgeting bill
Chalkbeat New York by Geoff Decker
March 14, 2014
State Education Panel Says inBloom Controversy a Distraction
Epoch Times by Peter Svab
March 11, 2014
Money’s big role in the Charter School fight (VIDEO)
The Ed Show, MSNBC
March 10, 2014
Student privacy debate continues
Queens Chronicle by Tess McRae
March 6, 2014
Ed. Dept. Makes Protecting Student Data a High Priority
Education Week by Benjamin Herold
March 5, 2014
States Lag in Linking Data on Early Childhood Programs
Government Technology by Julie Blair, McClatchy News Service
February 27, 2014
U.S. Education Department Issues Guidance on Student Data Privacy
Education Week by Benjamin Herold
February 25, 2014
DOE Pledges to Involve Parents in School Co-Locations and Other Decisions
DNA Info by Amy Zimmer
February 24, 2014
Mayor de Blasio’s pre-K plan needs thousands of qualified classrooms, teachers in short time
New York Daily News by Ben Chapman
February 23, 2014
Student data to Be Given to Controversial inBloom in Summer, State Says
DNA Info by Amy Zimmer
February 20, 2014
School Plan Would Cram 46 Kids Into Single Queens Classroom
DNA Info by Amy Zimmer
February 19, 2014
De Blasio v. Cuomo I: The Altercation in Albany
Huffington Post by Alan Singer
February 13, 2014
‘My grades went from a D to an A’: How Flipped Learning lets kids do homework in class time and have school lessons at home
Daily Mail (UK)
February 10, 2014
Judge Dismisses New York Parents’ Lawsuit Against inBloom
Education Week by Benjamin Herold
February 10, 2014
Blame the Policy Makers for Poor Schools
The New York Times by Leonie Haimson
February 9, 2014
Here’s How to Guard Your Child’s Privacy Amid NYC’s Student-Data Sharing
DNAInfo by Amy Zimmer
February 6, 2014
Where inBloom Wilted
EdSurge by Mary Jo Madda
February 5, 2014
The School District’s Budget Problem is In Bloom
Sloatsburg Village
February 4, 2014
4 education overhauls to watch for in 2014
Salon.com/Alternet.org by Owen Davis
February 4, 2014
De Blasio Aims to Cut Charter School Funds
Wall Street Journal by Lisa Fleisher
January 31, 2014
Send Arne Duncan to Mars!: A State of the Union wish list for liberals
Salon.com by Josh Eidelson
January 28, 2014
Plan would track students from preschool to workforce
USAToday by Gary Stern
January 26, 2014
Common Core critics decry school reforms in forum at Ardsley Middle School
LoHud.com by Gary Stern
January 24, 2014
Class Size Matters executive: Funds drained for NYC public schools thanks to charters
New York Daily News by Leonie Haimson
January 14, 2014
Cantor picks schoolyard fight with de Blasio
Melissa Harris-Perry Show, MSNBC
January 11, 2014
New annex planned for overcrowded Intermediate School 125 Thom J. McCann Woodside School
New York Daily News by Tobias Salinger
January 10, 2014
N.Y. postpones release of student data to inBloom; legislators see chance to address privacy
LoHud by Gary Stern
January 9, 2014
New York State Delays Uploading Private Student Data to Cloud
Education Week by Michele Molnar
January 9, 2014
inBloom Sputters Amid Concerns About Privacy of Student Data
Education Week by Ben Kamisar
January 7, 2014
Student privacy concerns grow in over data ‘in a cloud’
The Washington Post by Carol Burris
January 3, 2014
Poll: Stop Data-Share
Ridgewood Times by Max Jaeger
January 2, 2014
