
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 …
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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