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 David Paterson This year, CUNY and SUNY colleges have both raised tuition, cut classes, stopped hiring adjuncts, and in general have tried to cut costs everywhere they can. Well, the Daily News is reporting that while students are paying tons more in fees and tuition, SUNY has spent $29.9 paying overtime through November of this …  School kids everywhere can get up and cheer; it was finally proven that homework is harmful to one’s health. Research shows that homework is making kids nearsighted. Kids these days have way too much homework! Students in first to sixth who attend rigorous schools are much more prone to developing myopia, or near-sightedness. Even children who …  City Councilman Charles Barron Today was a special day for CUNY, when Mayor Michael Bloomberg and other officials came to the Borough of Manhattan Community College to celebrate the rebuilding of their Fiterman Hall, which was badly damaged on September 11, 2001. However, during the first part, City Councilman Charles Barron and CUNY Trustee Jeffery Wiesenfeld …  An average kindergarten class While all class sizes rose this year, high school students and kindergartners are particularly feeling the increase in class size. Supposedly, in 2008, the average size of an English class was 24.7 students, although most high schools have at least 30 students in each class. The average number is up to 26.4 …  NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg announced in a statement on Wednesday that, starting immediately, New York City public schools would begin to use test scores to gauge which teachers should or should not receive tenure. This move has been bitterly opposed by the teachers union, which claims that this is putting too much … 
Mayor Mike Bloomberg While New York Governor David Paterson tries to convince the state legislature to cut $3.2 billion from the state budget, New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg wants to cut an additional $1.7 billion from the city budget. Mayor Mike has said that he wants to cut $500 million from … 
NYC Chancellor Joel Klein In the third year of the A-F grade system, the Education Department has handed down plenty of As but numerous C’s and D’s as well. In total, 40 schools received better grades than they did last year but 67 schools received lower grades and six schools received an … 
Last week we discussed the record numbers of people that were applying to Community Colleges and City University of New York schools in general but a new study suggests that the colleges have their work cut out for them. According to a report done by CUNY itself, 90% of students who graduated … |
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