The Choice Channel

“The Department of Education has begun a citywide survey of more than 1.8 million parents, students and teachers concerning their attitudes about the public schools, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Chancellor Joel I. Klein announced yesterday. The $2 million effort is part of the Children First initiative, in which each school will receive a report card with a standard school grade, A through F. Data from the surveys will account for 10 percent of each school’s grade. The Learning Environment Surveys are being mailed with postage-paid return envelopes to parents of middle school and high school students and are being sent home with elementary school children for their parents to fill out.” (05/01/07)