Grading was done centrally for over a decade to reduce score manipulation, but state policy is changing again.
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City Hall Blocks Release of Yeshiva Reviews in Court Fight vs. THE CITY
The Department of Education says that releasing documents detailing the findings of a probe into the standards at religious schools would derail an ongoing investigation.
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Huge NYC Special Education Complaint Backlog Targeted by State Officials
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat, a nonprofit news organization covering public education. Sign up for their newsletters here: ckbe.at/newsletters State officials approved changes this week meant to ease the backlog of special education-related complaints in New York City. The Board of Regents-authorized changes — more than a year in the making — will […]
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NY Cancels Most Regents Exams in Response to Biden Administration Refusal to Scrap 2021 Standardized Tests
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat, a nonprofit news organization covering public education. Sign up for their newsletters here: ckbe.at/newsletters New York is cancelling most spring and summer high school Regents exams. State education officials approved the move on Monday along with removing the high school exit tests from this year’s graduation requirements, citing […]
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As Special Ed Complaints Mount, NY Seeks More Presiding Officers
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat, a nonprofit news organization covering public education. Sign up for their newsletters here: ckbe.at/newsletters To ease a massive backlog of special education complaints in New York City, state officials on Monday proposed changes to rules about who can preside over those cases. They included a controversial idea: allowing […]
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What Should It Take to Graduate High School in New York?
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat, a nonprofit news organization covering public education. Sign up for their newsletters here: ckbe.at/newsletters As the state’s Board of Regents reconsiders the requirements to earn a diploma in New York, it kicked off the city’s participation in the two-year process with a meeting Wednesday at Brooklyn’s Fort Hamilton […]
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Nearly 2,000 Students With Special Needs Facing Preschool Lockout This Spring
This is part of an ongoing collaborative series between Chalkbeat and THE CITY investigating learning differences, special education and other education challenges in city schools. As many as 2,000 students with special needs could be left without an appropriate pre-kindergarten seat this spring, as New York City’s education department has not met demand, and private […]
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State Could Ease Requirements for Officers Hearing Special Education Cases
This is part of an ongoing collaborative series between Chalkbeat and THE CITY investigating learning differences, special education and other education challenges in city schools. With a massive backlog of special education complaints deepening the crisis at New York City’s hearing office, state officials are eyeing changes — including eliminating the requirement that those overseeing […]
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State Regents Board Seeks $2 Billion Education Funding Boost
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat, a nonprofit news organization covering public education. Sign up for their newsletters here: ckbe.at/newsletters State education policymakers proposed Monday to boost school spending by $2 billion, for a total budget of $29.9 billion next year, for districts across New York. While the state Board of Regents’ proposal — […]