Mayor Michael Bloomberg is aggressively pushing for the city to link test scores to tenure decisions this year, but state education officials are less confident that the tests are a reliable measure of progress and are proceeding with caution.
Using test scores as a factor in teacher evaluations is one of [...]
Mayor Michael Bloomberg said today that he expects congestion pricing will be back on legislator’s radars thanks to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s budget shortfall.
In an interview with CNBC Bloomberg mentioned the measure had previously failed to make it out of the legislature. “But next time, come March, they’re going [...]
Mayor Michael Bloomberg said today that he expects congestion pricing will be back on legislator’s radars thanks to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s budget shortfall.
In an interview with CNBC Bloomberg mentioned the measure had previously failed to make it out of the legislature. “But next time, come March, they’re going [...]
During the mayoral campaign both Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Christopher Cerf, a former Education Department official who had moved over to the campaign, predicted that the city’s scores on a national math test would show an increase. Yesterday the figures for the National Assessment of Educational [...]
During the mayoral campaign both Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Christopher Cerf, a former Education Department official who had moved over to the campaign, predicted that the city’s scores on a national math test would show an increase. Yesterday the figures for the National Assessment of Educational [...]
Mayor Michael Bloomberg on the defeat of same sex marriage in the State Senate:
Ive been urging the State Senate to stand up and be counted on an issue of importance to me and millions of other New Yorkers: marriage equality. Although Im deeply disappointed with todays result, and know [...]
Mayor Michael Bloomberg on the defeat of same sex marriage in the State Senate:
Ive been urging the State Senate to stand up and be counted on an issue of importance to me and millions of other New Yorkers: marriage equality. Although Im deeply disappointed with todays result, and know [...]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The United Federation of Teachers is indicating it will resist Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s effort to judge city teachers based on their students’ test scores beginning this year.
“When we see an actual proposal in writing we will take appropriate action,” Mulgrew said in an emailed statement. “The [...]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The city’s Department of Education will use student test scores in teacher tenure decisions this year, Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced this morning.
Speaking at the Center for American Progress, Bloomberg asked Schools Chancellor Joel Klein to follow a new interpretation of the state law that bans the use [...]
