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City’s Schools Share Their Space, and Bitterness by Jennifer Medina - NYTimes.com

... — already a way of life — will become even more common. He and his schools chancellor, Joel I. Klein , have allowed nearly two-thirds of the city’s 99 charter schools to move into public school buildings, officials expect two dozen charter schools to open next fall, and the mayor has said he will push the Legislature to allow him to add 100 more in the next four...

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Growth in Charter Schools Leads to Tensions Over Space

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg has made charter schools one of his third-term priorities, and that means that in New York, battles and resentment over space — already a way of life — will become even more common. He and his schools chancellor, Joel I. Klein, have allowed nearly two-thirds of the city’s 99 charter schools to , officials expect two dozen charter schools to open next fall, and...

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In the penal colony

... boils down to, at the end of the day, is the executioner's axe: The New York schools chancellor, Joel I. Klein, said the administration had improved the rules dealing with failing schools. The draft rules left states free to choose frequently ineffective halfway measures, like replacing a school’s principal, in outlining their main turnaround strategies. The final rules, he said,...

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Upgrade Teaching ?

... Michelle A. Rhee, who served as a vice chair of the panel, and New York City Schools Chancellor Joel I. Klein. The ‘People Side’ In its recommendations to states, the task force calls for several sweeping changes in teacher policy. It said raising the bar for who can enter undergraduate-level teacher education programs—perhaps by requiring a minimum score on the...

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Schools Begin Swine Flu Vaccination Campaign

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Schools Chancellor Joel I. Klein appeared at one of the schools, Public School 157 in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn, to encourage parents to participate and to assuage skepticism about the vaccinations.

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Bloomberg makes plea for students to get free H1N1 vaccine

Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Schools Chancellor Joel I. Klein address concerns on the consent forms that allow children to take advantage of the free H1N1 flu vaccination.