New site for our blog

Posted by helen at 1:46 PM

Faithful readers (and intrepid beta-testers) know that Insideschools' long-anticipated website redesign will launch later this week. We're aiming to get everything up and running ahead of the new school year -- eight days and counting!

As a preview, the blog is migrating to the new site today, Monday, August 25th. Here's a quick link to our new e-home, please pay us a visit. And you can always access the blog from the Insideschools home page.

As ever, we welcome your comments and appreciate your support. Thanks and see you on the new site.

Reminder: To comment on posts, please click over to the new site. Comments here are closed but the new blog's comment queues are wide open.

New blog on the block

Posted by helen at 10:11 AM

A new schools blog has launched here in Gotham City, with Philissa Cramer, well-known to all Insideschools faithfuls, and former teacher Kelly Vaughan, at the helm. Welcome to the fray --

Wish list: DOE to answer

Posted by helen at 9:40 AM

Last week, we asked readers for questions they'd like to pose to the Powers That Be at the DOE, and you responded with smart, savvy, provocative ideas, summarized in the recent Insideschools alert.

We have another few days to gather questions. Anything you forgot to ask on the last round? Fire away.

First Week

Posted by helen at 7:00 PM

It's been a full week since Philissa passed along the coordination of the InsideSchools blog -- and like so many other weeks in the world of New York City public education, there's been no shortage of news to report and ponder. But it wouldn't be right to close up shop for the week without a proper thanks to Philissa, whose hard work and astonishing dedication served as the blog's (virtual and actual) foundation. Salut!

As we move forward, we'll continue to hear from familiar voices, like Liz Willen, who'll be writing about high schools, and Jennifer Freeman, who'll be covering Community Education Councils. We'll also welcome a new writer from the nycstudents blog, as our previous contributor, Seth Pearce, heads up to Harvard, and hope to add additional voices to the mix.

It's an honor and a challenge to be part of this thoughtful, provocative community. Thanks to all for their thoughts, inspirations, frustrations and wee-hours obsessions -- for the willingness to take that leap of faith, and connect.