Urban in the News
SUCCESS OF THE PERFORMANCE BASED ASSESSMENT SCHOOLS COMPARED TO OTHER NYC SCHOOLS
Jay Matthews, Washington Post, January 2022
There are better ways to assess students than with high-stakes standardized tests. These schools are using them with success.
Valerie Strauss, Washington Post, April 2018
NYC schools that skip standardized tests have higher graduation rates
Gail Robinson, Hechinger Report, October 2015
The Test, by Anya Kamenetz
Dana Goldstein, Sunday Book Review, New York Times, February 2015
25 Typed Pages: How One School and One Teacher Changed My Life
Elizabeth Regen, Feminine Collective, February 2015
Moving from “Test and Punish” to “Support and Improve”
Randi Weingarten, President, AFT, June 2014
At a Few City Schools, an Old Course Speaks to New Standards
Emma Sokoloff-Rubin, Chalkbeat, New York, April 2014
Alternative High: Raising the Bar on Public Education
Eleanor J. Bader, Truthout, July 2014
Regents Asked To Exempt More Schools
Lisa Fleisher, The Wall Street Journal, August 2012
Report From Lockdown High: Fear Vs. Facts On School Safety
Annette Fuentes, City Limits, March 2011
A Student's Experience at Urban Academy
American Youth Policy Forum, June 2010
Inquiry-Based Teaching: Discussing Fiction Texts
TeachingChannel.org
Be Sure to Read the Handwriting on the Wall
Randy Kennedy, NewYork Times, November 2005
Forging Habits of Inquiry at Urban Academy
What Kids Can Do, March 2003
Testing Is Anything But Standard at the Urban Academy
Roberta Furger, Edutopia, February 2002