john dewey high school
NYC kids don't have to go to school to get diplomas
š Going to class is not required to receive a city diploma. Itās not widely advertised, but under Department of Education rules, students cannot be denied credit or graduation ābased on...
The city doesn't care how many kids get robbed of an education
š ā± Three years after The Post first exposed the massive āEasy Passā grade-fixing scam at Brooklynās John Dewey HS, the city Department of Education has declared that it doesnāt really care....
Teen threateā±ns to shoot up high school on Facebook
A 16-year-old student was arrested Tuesday for posting a Facebook threat to shoot up his Brooklyn high school, ź§authorities said. A tipsterš told cops about the teenās social-media threat against...
ź§ Grade-fixing ex-principal lands $157K job as DOE administrator
The city will not appeal a decision to dismiss cheating charges against former Dewey HS Principal Kathleenš ŗ Elvin, and will keep her on as a six-figure admiš¦nistrator, officials told The...
DOE 'whitewashed' wrongdoing at grade-fixing high school
š Despite evidence that hundreds of high-school students were put in sham āProject Graduationā classes in which they received no instruction, the city Department of Education rubber-stamped all the credits and...
Grade-fixing principal reinstated thanks to DOE blundš¼ers
An arbitrator reversed the firing of the principal of John Dewey HS in Brooklyn despite findings that she had run an easy-pass scheme that awarded students withą² bogus course credits....
New principal ready to rid grade-fixing HS of 'Easy Pass' culture
The new head of a Brooklyn high school that was engulfed in a grade-fixing scandal last year vowed Tuesday to ban the shady shortcuts used to boost tšhe graduationā rate....
DšOE to change low teacher ratings after gršade-fixing scam
The Department of Education is moving to upgrade thź§e ratings of teachers at Brooklynās Dewey HS who were rated as āineffectiveā after they challenged grade-fixing by then-principal Kathleen Elvin, Tš§he...
State officials eye crackdown on 'grade fixing' at city schools
The ācredit recoveryā sāystem Āunder which administrators at John Dewey HS in Brooklyn fixed grades to boost graduation rates should be scaled back, if not scrapped, a top state education... ā¦
Ousting one principal won't remedy city schools' grade-fixing
š± Now itās official: John Dewey HS in Brooklyį£n passed kids who didnāt deserve it. And it may be just the tip of the iceberg for a problem that plagues the...
Principal behind grade-fixiļæ½ļæ½ng scheme šfired
City investigators dropped the hammer on a Brooklyn high-school principal who masterminded a massive grade-fixing scandal designed to boost graduation rates. The sham ācredit recoveryā program at John Dewey š³HS... šø
Principal ordered to stop giving teachers 'unnecessary paperwork'
Teachers at John Dewey High School say they are being buried in papš½erwork. A state arbitrator ordered Principal Kathleen Elvin āto cease and desist requiring educators to do unnecessary paperwork.ā...
NYC HS teachers: Principal gave us bą¼ad ratings as retaliation
Teachers at Brooklynās scandal-plagued John Dewey HS say they are being punished with bad performance evš²aluations for standing up to the principal, who they say lets students slide with a...
High school handingź¦ out stress balls to misbehaving students ā
This is how they deal witš¶h school troublemakers in the de Blasio era ā just have āem squeeze some balls. Brooklynās John Dewey High Schš¼oolĀ has resorted to giving misbehaving students...
Hą²igh school accused of massive grade-fixing scāheme
Teaching kidš¼s takes so much effort, staffers at John Dewey High School in Brooklyn have found a quicker way to fix persistent failure rates, sources said: Just let them pass....
Student snaš¼ps āup-skirtā photo of teacher after phone ban is lifteź¦d
A Brooklyn high school freshman took advantage of the newly lifted ceāllphone ban by snapping an up-skirt shotā of a teacher ā and the photo was shared by his classmates...