Education

SchoolBook: City Panel Approves Special Education Inclusion Plan

24 May 2012

A plan to restructure the city’s special education program by funneling thousands of learning disabled children into mainstream classrooms -- an increasingly popular practice around the country -- was given the go-ahead Wednesday night when the Panel for Education Policy voted to finance it. Said Chancellor Dennis M. Walcott after the vote: “We’re pure, at least with regards to the goals we are ...

City Panel Approves Special Education Inclusion Plan

24 May 2012

A plan to restructure the city’s special education program by funneling thousands of learning disabled children into mainstream classrooms -- an increasingly popular practice around the country -- was given the go-ahead Wednesday night when the Panel for Education Policy voted to finance it. Said Chancellor Dennis M. Walcott after the vote: “We’re pure, at least with regards to the goals we are ...

Romney’s education vision

24 May 2012

Anybody who thinks President Obama’s education policies have been unfriendly to public education should pay close attention to Mitt Romney’s newly announced school reform vision. Because what you don’t like about Obama’s, you may like even less about Romney’s. Read full article >>