Schools Chancellor Joel Klein yesterday unveiled a sweeping overhaul of the curriculum for elementary and middle schools, scrapping current reading and math programs. A linchpin of the plan includes ...

Massive school reform will come at a price: more than $200 million, Chancellor Joel Klein told the City Council yesterday. Revealing the cost of the Children First reform plan, Klein said that the big ...

Chancellor Joel Klein wants to give the school system a new lesson in math. A review of how math is taught in the city’s 1,200 public schools – conducted as a part of Klein’s “Children First” ...

Reading and math coaches will be assigned to 1,000 public schools to help teachers master new battle-tested instructional programs and help kids learn, Schools Chancellor Joel Klein announced ...