A 'D' For Details: Should The City Release Teachers' Ratings?
Photo by: Marc Fader Principal Ben Shuldiner of the High School for Public Service: Heroes of Tomorrow school in Crown Heights says the public should know how teachers are graded. When publishing exec...
View ArticleQ&A With An 'Unsatisfactory' Teacher
Photo by: Marc Fader Computer science teacher Peter Lamphere says he received a U-rating after challenging an administrator over school policy. The computer programming assignment that New York City...
View ArticleCan Private Advice Save A Threatened Public Realm?
Photo by: Marc Fader Just this summer, Chancellor Dennis Walcott nixed a contract with Future Technology Associates (FTA) after serious questions arose about the firm. The Bloomberg administration...
View ArticleBackground Briefing: Teacher Ratings
Photo by: Alice Proujansky The release of New York City's teacher data reports has triggered a flurry of coverage on the numbers, the teachers singled out as ranking high or low and the limitations of...
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