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A flood of data is re-shaping American public education, nowhere more than in New York City. Yet there are still key topics in NYC education

In a guest post for Democrats for Education Reform, James Merriman remembers the man known by many as The Chancellor. “Frank fought hard for schools

Yesterday, the NYC Department of Education released its 2011-12 progress reports for high schools. (See our breakdown of the K-8 progress reports.) The reports assign

That’s how many students have enrolled in public charter schools nationwide, according to a new report from the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools. In

In Monday’s New York Post, James Merriman highlights several additional findings from the 2011-12 New York City Progress Reports, based on the full data set

Today, the NYC Department of Education (NYC DOE) released its 2011-12 Progress Reports for public schools serving grades K-8, including charter schools. Overall, charter schools’

Creating a charter school often starts as an exhilarating project, filled with breakthrough curriculum ideas, ways to serve families where there are low-performing schools, and

The results are out from the NYC Department of Education’s Learning Environment Surveys, a rich source of information on how parents, students, and teachers view

Nobody does scientific caution like Matt Di Carlo, blogger for the union-affiliated Albert Shanker Institute. Though “not so fast” isn’t the sexiest message in education

UPDATE: We posted our in-depth analysis of charter school test scores. View it here. The results are out from the 2011-12 state tests for Math