Many students at elite public New York City high schools write fewer

Many students at elite public New York City high schools write fewer than five research essays a year, according to survey Problem is huge classes, unlike at



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The Learning Network Blog: Five Ways to Plan For the School Year (While We're on Vacation This Week)

We're taking a week-long break on the blog, but here are five ways to use our offerings to plan ahead for the school year.







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TeachersFirstNY

You’ve really got to marvel at just how far New York’s teachers unions will go to block meaningful school reform. Their latest effort: yet another new front group meant to distort debate and gin up opposition to any measure that would subject union members to more accountability. The...



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