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August 24, 2010 New York Wins Round Two of "Race to the Top"
Jennifer Medina and the New York Times reports that New York State has won as much as $700 million in competitive federal education grants through the "Race to the Top" Program. The Federal Government alloted $4.35 billion to give out in this competition, which is enough money to fund all 10 of the winners for the full amount requested. Award amounts will be released at a later date.The other winners were, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Ohio, Rhode Island, and the District of Columbia. The surprising losers in this contest were Colorado and Louisiana, both states have passed substantial reform minded legislation over the last year. We will release a more detailed blog post on this very soon. -
August 21, 2010 NYC Chancellor Klein Discusses the Test Scores and the Achievement Gap
Chancellor Klein authored an op-ed in the New York Post to clear up the debate surrounding New York City's academic improvement over the last eight years based on test scores, graduation rates, and college attendance. The Chancellor argues that New York city has made significant progress since 2002 in raising student scores and closing the achievement gap especially when compared with the rest of the rest of New York State and the Nation.He says, "on both state and national tests, as well as with respect to high school graduation and college attendance, the Bloomberg administration has made undeniable progress in closing these (achievement) gaps in our schools. Our entire student body has made major gains, but African-American and Hispanic students in particular have outpaced the progress of their white peers in the city and nationwide."Read more... -
August 20, 2010 Plans to Help Teachers with Chronically Absent Students
The Daily News reports that New York City is piloting a 25-school program that pares chronically absent (missing more than 20 days of school) students with mentors and other incentives to encourage them to come to school. Although the citywide attendance rate is around 91%, about 20% of students are chronically absent. Research has shown that 75% of students who are chronically absent in 6th grade never graduate from high school.