A tablet for every kid: Quinn

City schools should ditch textbooks and replace them with tablets, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn proposed Tuesday.



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Schools playing kick the can

The Issue: A city policy of offering to adjust a poor teacher’s records if he or she agrees to resign. *** Fudging teacher records is a disgrace (“Passing the Trash,” Editorial, Jan. 13). How about the fact that student records are also conveniently changed? I knew of schools where teachers...



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National Briefing | Midwest: Ohio: Child-Phobic Teacher Sues School District

A former teacher is suing the Cincinnati school district, saying she was discriminated against because of her rare phobia: a fear of young children.



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Christine C. Quinn Presents Her Vision for Improving N.Y.C. Schools

Among her proposals, Christine C. Quinn, the Council speaker, said she would replace textbooks with computer tablets and reduce the emphasis on testing.



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