MAP ALERT: School Closures, 2003 - Present
As summer approaches, I’ve decide to tackle some big projects - one of which is to look at the effects that school closures have had on the remaining schools in the surrounding area. To get started, I’ve created a map that plots all 111 schools that Chancellor Joel Klein has closed since 2002, including the 19 schools whose fate is still up in the air. Take a look and let me know how you think it can be improved. I’d also love to hear your thoughts on how to best approach this issue!
Retirements are often related to the stock market as well as to retirement incentives offered by governmental employers including school districts. Might be interesting to compare principal retirements in the past few years w/those the last time the market tanked as well as the retirement incentive packages.
Posted by: Dee Alpert | June 18, 2010 at 05:57 PM
"When I [author Clara Hemphill] visited 30 schools in District 7 in the South Bronx as a reporter for the Insideschools.org website early in Mayor Bloomberg's first term, the schools, with a few noteworthy exceptions, were in a sorry state. I met principals who routinely called for an ambulance to take an out-of-control child to the nearest psychiatric emergenc
Posted by: Tory Burch Outlet | November 01, 2011 at 02:26 AM