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Articles by LynNell Hancock | Email the Author

 

  1. Behind the News

    When big data is bad data

    May 22, 2012 03:00 PM

    Disks of never-before-released data from the Department of Education landed with a befuddling thud in New York City’s newsrooms at the end of February. The swarm of spreadsheets had promised to provide a single ranking of 18,000 teachers (by name!)... Continue reading

  2. Cover Story

    Tested

    March 8, 2011 06:00 AM

    Eleven New York City education reporters were huddling on e-mail last October 20, musing over ways to collectively pry a schedule of school closings out of a stubborn press office, when the chatter stopped cold. Word... Continue reading

  3. Critical Eye

    Waiting for Substance

    October 27, 2010 02:55 PM

    I sobbed alongside my graduate students as we watched the ending of Waiting for Superman, the heat-seeking documentary that has garnered rave reviews and generated an uncommon level of discussion about public education in America. We all wept—the young men,... Continue reading

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