A Washington Post analysis of homeschooling trends revealed that families in New York have flocked to home education at rates Read More
Tag: public education
Months after lowering the scores to pass state assessment exams, New York education officials are considering eliminating the Regents diploma. Read More
Changes to New York’s charter-school law championed by Governor Hochul yielded their first results yesterday as five charter schools, which together plan to serve more than 2,300 New York City students, got the green light to open. Read More
The New York State Education Department (SED) was proud to announce this week that they have lifted the embargo on last year’s state test scores in reading and math. Does this mean the public gets to see them now? Read More
Class is in session across the state, and things are messy (especially in New York City). Read More
For the second year in a row, New York parents will receive their back-to-school shopping lists before their students' results on state assessments. and Read More
Flawed science not needed to make judgements about school choice. A new study out of Stanford University indicates that charter schools are outperforming traditional public schools (Editorial Board, June 15). School choice supporters touting the s Read More
The school choice revolution continues. Six states now allow each child’s education funding to be used for the school or educational expenses of his choice. More states are soon to follow. What seemed impossible only five years ago became per Read More