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Now that city graduation rates are at an all-time high, will tougher requirements change that? A teacher suggests how to help students finish school with a diploma that means something.

Recent Education Articles from the Gotham Gazette:

Helping All Students Get a Meaningful Diploma | Charter Schools Enter Uncharted Waters | Latest Round of School Closings Sparks Heated Opposition | School Holiday Issue Sends Muslims to City Hall

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Graduation Rate Rises
The city announced last week that graduation rates had hit an all-time high with almost 63 percent of students who should have graduated in 2009 meeting that goal. The city has compiled a number of reports and statistics on graduation and drop out rate. (March 14, 2010)

Public Spending Per-Student at Charter Schools
Per-student public spending on children in charter schools is similar to that spent on public school children, according to this new report by the Independent Budget Office. Per-student general education spending at traditional public schools totaled $16,678, the study found, while children attending charter schools housed within public schools got only $305 less per student. Over two-thirds of charters are located in public school buildings. However, charter schools located in private space received only $13,661 per student, the IBO noted. (February 25, 2010)

Mayor's Management Report
Mayor Michael Bloomberg Friday issued his preliminary Management Report for the current fiscal year, a mass of numbers that purport to measure city government's performance in a number of keys areas. This year's found an increase in homelessness, a rise in the number of people seeking welfare and food stamps, an increase in the amount of time it takes to fill a pothole and a rise in average class size, as well as cleaner streets and a decrease in school crime. (February 16, 2010)

Bias-Based Bullying
An audit of bullying incidents that took place in New York's public schools during the 2008-2009 school year shows that 4.7 percent of those incidents were bias based. There were 6,207 bias-based incidents out of 130,837 disciplinary incidents. The audit will be used as a baseline number in an effort to reduce the number of bias-based bullying incidents. According to the report 55 percent of the incidents were based on gender, 21 percent on race, and 13 percent were based on sexual preference or gender identity. (January 31, 2010)

Comparing Schools for Closure
A report from the Independent Budget Office that compares schools slated for closure to those staying open found 12 of the 15 high schools set to shutter were in the lowest decile for overall performance. All middle schools and kindergarten through 8th grade schools slated for closure were in the lowest category for general performance. High schools slated for closure also had higher rates of low-income students, students in temporary housing and high need students. The report was done at the request of Councilmember Robert Jackson, the chair of the Education Committee. (January 26, 2010)

Education Week on the Web
Great site for national coverage of education issues. Includes daily digest of education articles from newspapers around the country. "In Context" section decodes jargon and provides background for the week's education news.
The Big Idea: Factory Town
As high-priced housing squeezes out jobs, businesses push a plan to stake out their own space.
TeachNet
A resource-filled web site from Teachers Network, an organization that connects innovative teachers nationwide and works to help teachers become policymakers in their schools.
Educational Priorities Panel
EPP, Educational Priorities Panel, The goal of the Educational Priorities Panel is to improve the quality of education for New York City's children so that there is no longer a performance gap between city school and those in the rest of the state
Institute for Education and Social Policy
Investigates urban education issues and studies the impact of public policy on students from poor, disadvantaged, urban communities.

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