Should the Rutgers University president resign?
Rutgers University President Robert Barchi has appointed an outside investigator to look into how the school responded to revelations of abuse by its basketball coach, Mike Rice. The school initially...
View ArticleWas NYU wrong to give a sweet second-home loan to its president?
New York University President John Sexton received a $1 million loan to purchase a Fire Island vacation home, The New York Times reported Tuesday. The loan was reportedly modified to lower the interest...
View ArticleWho is to blame for city students’ massive drop in test scores?
The number of New York City students passing reading and math exams dropped dramatically this year, with just 26% of students in third through eighth grade passing the state exams in English, and 30%...
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Should funding for pre-K come from a tax hike or existing revenue?
Gov. Andrew Cuomo today will announce a plan to fund universal prekindergarten with $1.5 billion over five years from state coffers. The governor would also set aside $720 million over five years from...
View ArticleShould the Chinese New Year and other ethnic holidays be added to the school...
Many Asians on Friday are celebrating the first day of the lunar new year with their families. Given that in many schools across New York, attendance typically slips to barely 50% on this holiday, some...
View ArticleIs New York’s charter-school movement doomed?
Mayor Bill de Blasio is putting the squeeze on charter schools. On Monday, he told WNYC’s Brian Lehrer that he would put a moratorium on co-locating charter schools with traditional public schools, and...
View ArticleShould Mayor Bill de Blasio have closed schools on Thursday?
Mayor Bill de Blasio defended his decision to keep schools open Thursday after almost a foot of snow fell on the city, snarling traffic and creating hazardous conditions for drivers. The mayor noted...
View ArticleShould the state provide free college courses to inmates?
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced a plan Sunday to fund college courses for inmates, something the state has not done since then-Gov. George Pataki ended the practice in 1995. Mr. Cuomo said,...
View ArticleWas Eva Moskowitz wrong to have sent her charter-school students to protest...
Eva Moskowitz, a former city councilwoman and the founder of Success Academy, closed her schools Tuesday and bused her students to Albany, where they took part in a protest against a decision by Mayor...
View ArticleShould Albany be tinkering with mayoral control of schools to aid charters?
The state budget agreement would require New York City to find rent-free space in traditional public schools for charter schools or to pay charters’ rent in private space. It’s a response to the...
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