Monthly Archives: October 2009

Click here to view Lehman transcripts and school records. Multimedia feature by Maura Walz. The Bloomberg administration will investigate the whistleblowing teachers at Herbert Lehman High School who are accusing the school’s principal Janet Saraceno of tampering with students’ grades. The teachers approached GothamSchools with students’ transcripts after some of them had submitted the same … Continue reading

Officials from Bill Thompson’s campaign are pointing to a story about grade tampering at a Bronx high school as evidence that the city’s education data is unsound. Yesterday, I reported that current and former teachers at Herbert Lehman High School are accusing principal Janet Saraceno of transforming the school into a “diploma mill.” Student transcripts … Continue reading

A plan to replace city high schools with charter schools will be part of NYS’s Race to the Top bid. (Post) Teachers at Lehman HS say student grades were changed to boost the school’s stats. (GothamSchools) The Daily News has the story, too — but doesn’t credit GS for our exclusive. Maybe it’s a coincidence? … Continue reading