Nazimova, Sarah, 99–100
Nelson, Iris, 21
Network, 160–61, 206–8, 224, 229–30, 313, 316
Network, 96
Newfield, Jack, 179
New Left Review, 198
newspaper racks, 5
newspapers, see journalists; specific publications
New York City, 16, 67, 336
blackout in, 95
Bloomberg as mayor of, see Bloomberg, Michael
crime in, 72, 93–96, 122, 147, 236
de Blasio as mayor of, see de Blasio, Bill
decay in, 93–96
Dinkins as mayor of, 122, 147–48
Eva’s grandfather’s poems about, 50
Eva’s 1994 return to, 147–48
financial problems of, 92, 93
Giuliani as mayor of, see Giuliani, Rudy
governance structure for school system in, 209–14
immigrants in, 16, 67, 336
Independent Budget Office of, 309
Jews in, 16, 147, 336
Koch as mayor of, 95–97, 122, 147
Lindsay as mayor of, 91, 95, 209
mayoral control of school system in, 130, 137, 146, 213, 217, 245, 259–60
middle class in, 94, 96, 199, 202
municipal workers laid off in, 93
9/11 and, 181–83, 209
in 1960s and 1970s, 91–97
Son of Sam in, 94–95
subways in, 96–97
teachers’ strike of 1968 in, 209–10
transit workers in, 91, 95
union strikes and demands in, 91–92, 95
upward trajectory of, 97, 122
Wall Street, 67, 93, 122, 183
Westway project in, 129
Whitman on, 336
see also Brooklyn; Harlem; Manhattan
New York City Central Labor Council, 250–51, 333
New York City Charter School Center, 113, 115
New York City Coalition for Educational Justice (CEJ), 197
New York City Council:
charter school co-location hearings of, 85, 86–90
city budget and, 176–77
Davis murdered at meeting of, 244
Government Operations Committee of, 179
Miller on, 179–81, 183, 184, 215–16
Miller’s campaign for, 148–49, 184, 338–39
Miller’s campaign for Speaker position in, 179–81, 183, 184, 339
Moskowitz on, 176–84, 215, 331
Moskowitz elected to, 157
Moskowitz’s 1997 campaign for, 150–54, 184, 339
Moskowitz’s 1999 campaign for, 155–57
Moskowitz’s school governance hearings at, 211–13, 216–18, 220–21
Moskowitz’s union contract hearings at, 221, 244–58, 288–96, 330, 332–35
New York Times on, 180
term limits in, 179
New York City Council Education Committee, 90, 270
and bill requiring quarterly reports on capital projects, 217–18
Jackson as chair of, 86, 333
lack of efficacy in, 179
Moskowitz as chair of, 4, 6–7, 8, 12, 19, 23, 34, 54, 86, 183–84, 211–21, 331, 339
press and, 184
New York City Department of Education (DOE), 162, 217, 240, 285
Blue Book of, on school building occupancy, 138–40, 214–15
Building Utilization Plans and, 145
charter school co-locations scrutinized by, 265
charter school renovations and, 200–201
classroom rugs and, 217
and data on attrition rates and discipline policies, 318
Educational Impact Statements and, 129–30, 169, 265
Eleanor Roosevelt High School and, 178–79
English tests and, 334
Girls Prep and, 169
Harlem 1 and, 30, 45
Harlem 2 and, 126–28
Life Sciences Secondary School textbooks and, 178
light fixtures and, 238, 249
and money wasted on construction and renovation, 219–20
Moskowitz’s press release on “culture of secrecy” at, 178
Moskowitz’s school governance hearings and, 211, 218
Moskowitz’s union contract hearings and, 247, 249, 255, 257
No Child Left Behind Act and, 218–19
pre-K and, 111
principals and, 293, 294
PS 191 and, 324–25
PS 811 and, 265–66, 274
school closures and, 129, 140, 143, 169
and student assault on teacher, 220
Success Academy co-locations and, 126–28, 140, 145, 166, 167
Success Academy schools and, 30, 45, 54, 56–57, 59, 81–84
teacher payrolls and, 220
teacher terminations and, 63–64, 255, 289
teacher training by, 19, 64
New York Civic Participation Project, 197
New York Civil Liberties Union, 84
New York Communities for Change, 167
New York Daily News, 58–59, 63, 93, 132, 137, 157, 165, 172, 178, 196, 268, 269, 300, 339
González’s articles in, see González, Juan
and Harlem Central/PS 811 colocation, 266
Moskowitz’s op-ed in, 215
Son of Sam’s letter to, 94–95
New Yorker, 63
New-York Historical Society, 216
New York Hotel and Motel Trades Council, 5
New York Observer, 157, 295
New York Open Meetings Law, 166, 299
New York Post, 6, 12, 90, 157, 179, 268, 269, 339
New York Public Library, 29, 30, 118
New York State Education Department, 275
New York Sun, 215, 217–18
New York Times, 3–4, 6, 13, 141, 142, 167, 178, 184, 199, 216, 239, 241, 333
charter school rally and, 273
on de Blasio, 241–42, 277
and de Blasio’s revoking of Success co-locations, 276
Harlem Central/PS 811 co-location and, 266
Internet home page of, 326
on Moskowitz as mayoral candidate, 304
Moskowitz’s borough president campaign and, 8–12, 339
Moskowitz’s city council campaigns and, 152–53, 157
Moskowitz’s contract hearings and, 247
and Moskowitz’s founding of Harlem Success Academy, 20
New York City Council and, 180
9/11 and, 182
profile on Moskowitz in, 217
Taylor’s articles in, 311–19, 329–29
New York Times Magazine, 97
New York University, 68
9/11 attacks, 181–83, 209
Nixon, Richard, 70
No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act, 218–19
Nolan, Catherine, 275
Norman Thomas High School, 220
North, Oliver, 120
Norvell, Wiley, 267
Number Stories, 79
NYCC, 197
Obama, Barack, 10, 132–35
Damon and, 194
views on education, 132
Obama administration:
financial crisis and, 134
Race to the Top program of, 134, 141, 145–46
Obey, David, 134
O’Connor, Flannery, 101
Oestreicher, Martin, 247–50
O’Hanlon, Sean, 204, 207, 232, 344
Orwell, George, 128, 210
Osgood, Charles, 43
Paige, Rod, 218, 219
painters’ union, 65, 250
Panel on Educational Priorities, 263
Paper Bag Players, 162
parents:
charter school hearings and, 86
children’s behavioral issues and, 34–36
disputes between, 55
educational philosophies and, 346
educators attacked by, 203–4
investment in children’s education, 77–78
poor, 77
school choice and,
335
teachers’ calling of, 55, 78, 79
Paris, 73–75
Parker, Rosemarie, 292
passing the lemon, 256
Pataki, George, 136, 243
Paterson, David, 83, 136, 141, 144, 243
Paul, Weiss, 173, 199
Paulson, John, 339
PBS, 309, 310
PCBs, 238, 239
Peiser, Brett, 261
Pelé, 230
Perelman, Ron, 1–4
Perkins, Bill, 130, 137, 141–43, 165, 172
Petry, John, 9–10, 19, 20, 22, 29, 30, 43–44, 46, 53, 54, 59, 65, 132, 339
Phipps, Henry, 151
Plato, 235
Poindexter, John, 120
political advertising, 5
poverty, 77, 81, 100, 196, 241, 331
standardized tests and, 105, 298, 325
Powell, Ann, 267, 316
Powell, Michael, 239
pre-K, 111, 113, 241, 242
charter schools and, 111, 113, 303
de Blasio and, 270, 273, 275, 278, 303
DOE and, 111
in Harlem district schools, 111
Prep for Prep, 154, 195
press, see journalists
“Pretty Good” (Osgood), 43
Princeton Review, 160
principals, 258, 295, 345
assistant, 293–95
culture data and, 78–79
experience of, 186, 345
leadership of, 186, 91, 345
planning sessions of, 189–90
salaries of, 247
at Success, 33, 45, 64, 78–79, 161–63, 185–92, 203–4, 232, 311–18, 345
teachers’ contracts and, 245, 246, 257–58, 292–93
teachers guided and coached by, 189–90, 346–47
teachers hired by, 252–53, 290
and teachers’ needs vs. students, 162–63, 187
teachers observed by, 189–90, 343
teacher terminations and, 162–63, 252–57, 289
tenure for, 153, 156, 293
private schools, 100, 326–27, 345
PS 6, 70–71, 177, 263
PS 7, 59
PS 15, 196
PS 24, 219
PS 29, 196
PS 36, 68, 70, 98, 331
PS 55, 298
PS 58, 196
PS 65, 10, 21, 25
PS 87, 58, 166, 167
PS 101, 59, 326
PS 123, 57–59, 65–66, 82, 84, 125–28, 140, 239
protests at, 125, 128–29, 137
PS 145, 165, 166
PS 149, 26, 28–33, 54
PS 154, 23–26
PS 165, 167
PS 186, 219
PS 191, 324–25
PS 194, 81, 83, 84, 86, 89, 325
PS 241, 54, 81, 83, 84, 86, 87, 138–40, 333
PS 261, 199, 202, 219–20
PS 290, 217
PS 811, 265–67, 274, 279–80, 312
psychological thinking in American culture, 148
Quimby, Phineas, 148
Quinn, Christine, 179–80, 212, 237, 241, 242
Race to the Top program, 134, 141, 145–46
Rangel, Charlie, 83, 120, 155, 246
Rashid, Karim, 5
Ravitch, Diane, 266–67, 286
reading, 29–31, 37, 331
book selection and, 204–6
English tests, 110, 163, 188, 192, 193, 207–8, 297–99, 324, 325, 333, 334
literacy curriculum designed by Moskowitz and Lavinia, 188–90, 192
Success for All program, 9–10, 23, 37–41
tests on, 87, 105–7, 110
text-to-self connections in, 106
Reagan, Ronald, 95
real estate industry, 152
Recchia, Domenic, 257, 292
regulations, 25, 299–300, 303, 345
responsibility and accountability, 332, 334–35, 343
Reyna, Diana, 199
Rivers, Joan, 2
Robertson, Julian, 339
Robin Hood Foundation, 32
Rodriguez, Angel, 183
Roosevelt, Eleanor, 166
Roosevelt, Franklin, 96
Rosenbaum, Yankel, 147
Rosenblum, Ian, 285–86
Rosenfeld, Lucinda, 199, 202
Rossi, Ralph, 115
Rubber Room, 63, 64
Rubin, Judy, 156
Rubin, Robert, 156
Rushdie, Salman, 303
Russo, Alexander, 318
sanitation workers, 91, 92
SAT, 104
Scarborough, Joe, 274
Schiff, Drew, 148, 149
Schnur, Jon, 132–34
School Construction Authority, 285
School of Art and Design, 177
schools:
accountability in, 332, 334–35, 343
Blue Book on capacity and occupancy of, 138–40, 214–15
charter, see charter schools
class size in, 59, 90, 140, 144, 332–33, 335, 344–45
closures of, 81, 129, 130, 134, 140, 143, 169–70
community, 77
construction and renovation of, 219–20
content and curriculum in, 343
custodians in, see custodians
evolution of Moskowitz’s views on, 177, 330–31, 334–35
failing, 83, 87, 89, 100, 111, 129, 134, 141–42, 164, 169–70, 172, 208, 269, 293–94, 331
failing, student transfers out of, 218
firsthand experiences of, vs. reading about, 331
funding for, 87
highly segregated, 196
inequality in, 335
innovation lacking in, 331–32
joyfulness in, 161–62, 344
low expectations created in, 76
in New York City, occupancy data on, 138–40
No Child Left Behind Act and, 218–19
pedagogical philosophies in, 62, 192
in poor communities, 203, 331; see also poverty
private, 100, 326–27, 345
providing resources to, 32
problems with getting in touch with, 219
regulations and, 25, 299–300
rent and, 240
rugs in, 217, 295, 296
safety in, 344
textbooks in, 178, 331, 332, 343, 345
theoretical ideal vs. reality of, 335
union-political-educational complex and, 87
vouchers for, 100, 132, 177
see also education; principals; students; teachers
Schumer, Chuck, 152, 190–91
Schurz, Margarethe Meyer, 112
Schwartz, Arthur, 198–200
Schwartz, Larry, 281, 282
Scorsese, Martin, 2
Scully, John, 339
SED, see State Education Department
Sedlis, Jenny, 21, 24, 167, 193
Seeger, Pete, 70
Seigler, Richard, 185–92, 283, 287
September 11 attacks, 181–83, 209
Serpico, Frank, 247
Seuss, Dr., 99, 204–5
Shabazz, Khari, 45, 54–55, 77, 108–9, 232
Brown shooting and, 232–33
Shakespeare, William, 245
Shanker, Albert, 332
Shannon, Natasha, 25
Shorris, Tony, 280–84
sidewalk cafés, 1–4, 335
Silver, Sheldon, 145, 210–11, 213
Singapore, 22
Sizer, Theodore, 198
Slam the Exam rally, 206
Slate, 269
SMART Board, 345
soccer, 230–31
Socratic method, 40
Songs of a Refugee (Fiderer-Margolis), 14, 49–52
Son of Sam, 94–95
Sotheby’s, 178
special education, 265–67, 298, 317
Speliotis, Ismene, 196
Spitzer, Eliot, 2, 136, 243
start-up, parable of, 223
State Education Department (SED), 145
Harlem Success Academy nam
e change and, 24–25, 46, 65
standardized tests and, 163
Success Academy co-location negotiations and, 280, 284
Success Academy developmental kindergarten program and, 113–16, 299
Success Academy school openings and, 53, 56, 65
State University of New York (SUNY), 141, 198–99
Harlem Success Academy and, 53–54, 56
Network fee increase and, 206–8
and pre-K and developmental kindergarten programs, 113–15, 303
Steiner, David, 113, 114
Stephanopoulos, George, 303
Stern, Henry, 176
Sternberg, Marc, 167
Strauch, Chuck, 226
Strauss, Valerie, 267
Stringer, Scott, 9–12, 42, 129
student activism, 69
students:
active listening in, 40, 61
American, achievement gap between students in other countries and, 22
behavioral issues in, 34–36, 312–16
careful and precise work and, 107
and caring about academic work as much as other things, 108
classroom routines and, 161
discipline policies for, 311, 318, 342, 344
effort of, 38–39
gifted, 231
hand signals for, 62
medical needs of, 77
parents of, see parents
physical interactions between teachers and, 159–60
poverty and, 77, 105, 196
special education, 265–67, 298
suspension of, 308, 309, 311, 343–44
teachers assaulted by, 220
teachers making things easy for, 231–32, 347
teaching styles and, 62
testing of, see tests, standardized
“turn and talk” technique and, 61–62
violent, 308, 311
see also education; schools
Stuyvesant High School, 252
Eva at, 97–99, 117
Eva’s father at, 48
Lasher at, 140–41
Success Academy Bed-Stuy 1, 298, 318
Success Academy Bronx 2, 298
Success Academy Charter Schools, 46, 76–80, 217, 273
accusations and predictions about, 143–44, 163, 202
attrition rates at, 318
book selection at, 204–6
business operations managers at, 188
Candido Brown at, 311–18, 329
challenges faced by students at, 44–45, 77, 110, 327
Charlotte Dial at, 320–22, 325, 328, 329
chess program of, 204, 207, 232
children of color in, 165
classroom routines in, 161
class sizes and, 59, 90, 140, 144
co-locations of, see Success Academy co-locations
crises and, 223
cultural and professional opportunities for students of, 302–3
culture of, 76
culture data tracked at, 78–79
“cupid policy” on romances between employees of, 159
developmental kindergarten and, 112–16, 299, 303
documentary about, 163
DOE and, 30, 45, 54, 56–57, 59, 81–84
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