Results tagged “childrenfirst”

Other education news: The good - more kids are passing the Regents exams. The bad - the results show a gap between white and minority children. The Times reports that Chancellor Klein finds the news "troubling" and will use it as why social promotions had to end.

The NY Department of Education has created ten new positions to answer parents' complaints and organize parent involvement for upward of 100 schools, and most interestingly, the Daily News is awed that this "parent pyramid"'s leaders do not have be to parents themselves: "Team leaders will earn up to $85,000 a year but don't have to be public school parents or have a college degree. A high school diploma and two years' advocacy experience is the minimum requirement."