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Beth Fertig

  • US
    Teacher Tenure Fight Spills Into N.Y., Where A New Lawsuit Brews
    Beth Fertig
    A new salvo has been fired in the fight over teacher tenure. A group led by former TV anchor Campbell Brown filed a complaint in New York state court, arguing that tenure laws are preventing the state from providing every child with the "sound, basic education" its constitution guarantees.
  • Campbell Brown of the Partnership for Educational Justice, with plaintiffs in their New York teacher tenure lawsuit.
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    Teacher Tenure Lawsuits Spread From California To New York
    Anya Kamenetz
    Why are so many low-income and minority kids getting second-class educations in the U.S.? That question is at the center of the heated debate about tenure protections and who gets them.
  • In New York, three-quarters of all students qualify for free or reduced-price meals, but a third of those simply don't participate.
    US
    Why NYC Is Afraid Of Free Lunch For All
    Beth Fertig
    A federal program to extend free lunch to all kids has the city worried it could lose federal dollars to pay for other things.
  • Students from CUNY's AstroCom NYC program meet for a weekly class at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. Dennis Robbins, an associate professor of science education at CUNY's Hunter College, teaches Betsy Hernandez (from left), Jaquelin Erazo, Ariel Diaz and Mario Martin.
    US
    Changing The Face Of Astronomy Research
    Beth Fertig
    An apprenticeship program in New York City helps lower-income and minority students break into advanced sciences. For one, the love of the stars was motivation to tackle the tough field of astronomy.
  • New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg at Washington Irving High School in 2012, announcing the closures of several underperforming schools and the opening of 54 new ones. Washington Irving is set to close in 2015.
    US
    In One NYC School, A Snapshot Of Bloomberg's Education Legacy
    Beth Fertig
    Since he took office, Mayor Michael Bloomberg has closed and consolidated schools, created hundreds of new ones and championed the use of data to measure performance. Washington Irving High School, scheduled to close in 2015, offers a window on the changes he's brought to the city's vast school system.
  • The New York City skyline is mostly dark in this photo of the 2003 blackout that hit U.S. and Canadian cities.
    US
    How A Massive Power Outage Sent People Out In The Street
    Beth Fertig
    Ten years ago, a tree on a power line in Ohio touched off the largest outage in U.S. history. In New York City, many people were so relieved it wasn't another terrorism attack that in some places, a carnival atmosphere prevailed.
  • N.Y. Schools Scramble To Relocate Storm Victims
    Beth Fertig
    Most of New York City's one million public school students went back to class on Monday, a week after Hurricane Sandy struck. But dozens were flooded, damaged or without power and had to relocate to other schools.
  • Transport Workers Union Leader Roger Toussaint
    Beth Fertig
    Beth Fertig of member station WNYC discusses the Transport Workers Union, its pugnacious leader, Roger Toussaint, and the various pension, pay and health care issues that are at the center of the New York City transit labor dispute.
  • Transit Strike Hobbles New York City
    Beth Fertig
    New York City's transit union called a strike Tuesday after failing to reach a deal with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. The strike left more than 7 million people in and around the city looking for alternative ways to get around. Beth Fertig of member station WNYC reports.
  • Rescue crews were working to help survivors even as the storm was coming ashore Saturday.
    Copters, Boats Rescue Survivors in Vermilion
    Beth Fertig
    Boats and helicopters are being used to search for people stranded by floodwaters in southwestern Louisiana. Sunday in low-lying areas of Vermilion Parish, less than 100 miles from the Texas border, rescue workers are hoping to remove the last of those who stayed behind. Beth Fertig of member station KRVS reports.
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