A new report reveals that many of New York City’s lowest-performing public schools remain the same institutions the state has targeted for improvement for over a decade. Tracing data across six different accountability systems since 2012, the report finds that roughly one-third of the city’s chronically struggling schools have been identified for improvement for more … Read more
Jane Caro, a novelist, feminist and social commentator, is challenging the prevailing belief that private education offers a superior path to success in Australia. Amidst a surge in private school enrolments, Caro argues that the perceived advantages of these institutions are largely mythical and driven by systemic social pressures. The Myth of Private School Superiority … Read more
The ‘Carter Case’ Crisis: NYC’s Billion-Dollar Special Education Legal Battle New York City is grappling with a systemic surge in special-education lawsuits that have created a costly “industrial complex” of private providers and legal specialists. These “due process” claims, known as Carter cases following a 1993 Supreme Court decision, allow parents to sue the Department … Read more