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Court Rules New York City Can't Close 19 Schools

(July 2) -- A state appellate court has ruled that New York City cannot close 19 schools it had deemed as "failing" in December. In its decision, the court agreed with a lower court ruling that the city had failed to provide adequate information to the public about the impacts of the closings on students and communities,...

When a School Year Ends in Purgatory

Part 4 of a four-part series about a small academy at the center of a national battle over the direction of public education in America NEW YORK (June 22) -- As the school year winds down, most of New York City's public school administrations will wrap up this semester with an idea of what they will face next year -- how...

How Education Reform Can Turn Into a Shell Game

Part 3 of a four-part series about a small academy at the center of a national battle over the direction of public education in America NEW YORK (June 22) -- Girl gangs ran rampant through the halls at Metropolitan Corporate Academy when Lennel George became principal of the public high school in Brooklyn in 2006. Two...

Champion Debate Team Rejects City's Verdict

Part 2 of a four-part series about a small academy at the center of a national battle over the direction of public education in America NEW YORK (June 22) -- New York City's Metropolitan Corporate Academy, a small public high school in Brooklyn, doesn't have any sports teams because it doesn't have the money for them, let...

Was 'Failing' New York School Failed by the System?

Part 1 of a four-part series about a small academy at the center of a national battle over the direction of public education in America NEW YORK (June 22) -- The pink building that houses the Metropolitan Corporate Academy is a maze of caged stairwells and blue hallways, like many of the other 1,600 public schools in New...

Background on Metropolitan Corporate Academy

Metropolitan Corporate Academy (MCA) is a public high school in downtown Brooklyn, New York City. It has approximately 400 students, grades 9–12. The principal is Lennel George.

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