New York City Comptroller John Liu: NYC Schools Need More Guidance Counselors
In a report released Thursday, Liu said adding more than 1,600 guidance counselors would help more kids get into college.
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In a report released Thursday, Liu said adding more than 1,600 guidance counselors would help more kids get into college.
The report cards are out for New York City schools and more than 200 of them are flunking. Upset parents are demanding better grades and say it's time for some city schools to get grounded.
A New York City teacher who had been fired for ranting about her students on Facebook will instead be suspended for two years without pay.
The student alleged to be at the center of the Stuyvesant cheating scandal, identified as Nayeem Ahsan, was apparently taking cell phone pictures and texting answers.
On Thursday, it will be very hot and humid with a high near the record of 97, last reached in 1988, according to AccuWeather. RealFeel temperatures are expected to be between 100 and 105 on Thursday.
Police said teacher Rafael Sosa abused an 8-year-old student inside his third grade classroom at P.S 208 repeatedly between December and last week.
Rafael Sosa, 29, allegedly had relations with the student on several occasions. He allegedly kissed her and touched her inappropriately.
English teacher Erin Sayar, 36, was arrested Thursday for rape and other charges for engaging in sexual conduct with the 11th grade student at Brooklyn's James Madison High School, police said.
Because both parties have reached the age of consent, there's nothing illegal about the apparent love affair, but teacher Julie Warning faces possible discipline for breaking Department of Education rules.
Thousands of soccer fans were angered this weekend when a celebrity soccer game was canceled, by the Department Of Education.
The good news is that students are going to get the snow days that weren't used this winter back. The bad news, however, is that they will have to come back to school for a half-day afterward.
The question appeared on the writing portion of some versions of the New Jersey Assessment of Skills and Knowledge, given to third-graders this past week. And it drew criticism from some parents, who thought it was inappropriate.
The guidelines, which stop short of an outright ban, urge teachers to reject friend requests or other contact with students on their personal accounts.
The Independent Budget Office said that if summer school is eliminated, New York City could save $28 million. But Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott doesn't think much of that idea at all.
Under the new social media policy, schools chancellor Dennis Walcott has indicated that teachers may be barred from becoming Facebook friends with students on their personal pages.
The teachers were among 16 instructors the Department of Education identified in recent years as behaving badly with students. The other two teachers were removed after new allegations surfaced.
New York City has given a reprieve to seven of the 33 schools slated to be closed and then reopened with dozens of new teachers, but will go ahead with plans to close the other 26.
Some of the words the DOE wanted left out included: "divorce," "evolution," "poverty," "alcohol" and "abuse."
Dozens of people gathered on Friday outside MS 577 in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, protesting that the school has been plagued by problems for years -- including mold inside the classrooms.
Parents are concerned construction conditions at two Brooklyn schools are putting their children's health at risk.
The New York City Department of Education is waging a war on words of sorts, and is seeking to have words they deem upsetting removed from standardized tests.
"They don't want to be put in a situation that could either compromise them or be misinterpreted," Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott said.
It's used as filler in low-grade ground beef. In fact, it looks like ground beef but comes from slaughterhouse trimmings. You've probably had some if you've ever eaten a bargain burger.
New York City's schools chancellor is speaking out after yet another city teacher was arrested, accused of sexual abuse. 15 school employees have been arrested in just three months.
Authorities said Esran Boothe, a 49-year-old gym teacher at the Brooklyn Academy of Science and the Environment, has been charged with both forcible touching and sexual abuse.
