21 May 2012 07:00:16
Focus on Better Education Instead
Focus on Better Education Instead New York Times Take, for example, charter schools, the autonomous deregulated public schools which first appeared in the 1990s. A 2009 study of New York City's charter schools by researchers from Stanford, the University of Pennsylvania and the National Bureau of ...
21 May 2012 07:00:14
Draw Out Diversity With Unique Offerings
Draw Out Diversity With Unique Offerings New York Times A recent report by the Schott Foundation showed that in New York City most of the schools that the Department of Education has deemed â failingâ are in the poorest neighborhoods, and that children in these neighborhoods are least likely to have access ...
21 May 2012 02:19:23
Urbanite Mitchell Moss on sidewalks, subways and gentrification
Urbanite Mitchell Moss on sidewalks, subways and gentrification amNY Mitchell Moss, 63, the Henry Hart Rice Professor of Urban Policy & Planning at NYU's Wagner School of Public Service, is also the director of the Rudin Center for Transportation Policy. A member of the NYU faculty since 1973, he was raised in Forest ...
20 May 2012 18:20:46
For the Record: May 21, 2012
For the Record: May 21, 2012 Crain's New York Business A weekly listing of information from the public record that can help businesspeople in the New York area find opportunities, potential new clients and updates on competitors. The following listings are selected from the most recent available filings by ...
20 May 2012 17:10:43
Saving schools by attacking poverty
Saving schools by attacking poverty Crain's New York Business But the fact is, as many schools have been saved over the past decade as have been closed, if not more. It's in these schools that are failingâ but haven't yet failedâ that organizations like mine are working. Turnaround for Children has partnered with ...
19 May 2012 23:11:38
Pinoy software developer bags top spot in New York apps contest
Pinoy software developer bags top spot in New York apps contest GMA News (Eric Brelsford and Paula Segal) Sage: Pre-K and Elementary Schools Search - a mobile application that enables parents to search by location for nearby NYC public Pre-K and elementary schools . (Edward Yau) TestFlip.com Personal Safety App (Lite) for ...
18 May 2012 07:27:13
NYC Public School Students Present SHOW UP! 2012, 6/24
NYC Public School Students Present SHOW UP! 2012, 6 24 Broadway World New York City public school students are set to present SHOW UP! 2012 for ENACT Dropout Prevention Programs on Thursday, May 24, at 6:30 pm at the High School of Hospitality Management. Nearly 100 NYC public school students and their teaching artists ...
17 May 2012 09:14:43
New York School Budgets Are Approved at High Rate
New York School Budgets Are Approved at High Rate New York Times Voters around New York State overwhelmingly approved their school districts' annual budgets on Tuesday, the first to be delivered under a new cap on property taxes for schools . Roughly 92 percent of school boards produced budgets that kept tax ...
16 May 2012 22:52:55
Bronx Parents and Community Members Protest Harsh Disciplinary Procedures
Bronx Parents and Community Members Protest Harsh Disciplinary Procedures Huffington Post (blog) In the last school year, there were over 73000 suspensions, with black students receiving over 50% of all suspensions, a rate nearly double their enrollment figures within New York City public schools . Similarly, in just three months of the current ... Bronx community members march to decrease the number of school suspensions
16 May 2012 01:03:56
Former New York State Judges Join Experts in Calling for Juvenile Justice ...
Former New York State Judges Join Experts in Calling for Juvenile Justice ... Albany Times Union Several authors contributing to this Law Review issue take a critical view of New York's system, including aggressive policing both on NYC streets and in NYC public schools and stop-and-frisk policies directed at minority youth, while others offer ...
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