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Author: Jennifer Luna

Segregation Project

District Guide to New York City Public Schools

May 19, 2015June 10, 2015 - by Jennifer Luna

Editor’s Note: This is part of a series by School-Stories.org staff that explores New York City — home to the most segregated school district in America. For more, click here.  MANHATTAN District 1 …

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Eagle Academy School for Young Men is Less Hispanic, Less Poor than its Surrounding South Bronx Neighborhood

May 19, 2015March 25, 2020 - by Jennifer Luna

Eagle Academy 6th through 12th grade school in the South Bronx has the most skewed population of students in Tremont’s District 9: fewer English Language Learners and fewer children who qualify for free and reduced lunch than the average.

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The Bilingual Advantage

May 7, 2015 - by Jennifer Luna

Some middle class parents look for dual language programs in languages like French and Japanese the way others look for good athletics or strong arts programs.

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KIPP charter network centralizes curriculum across 11 schools

April 8, 2015 - by Jennifer Luna

At the Knowledge is Power Program charter school board meeting on March 30, the board continued to centralize the approach to governance and academics across all 11 of the network’s …

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Farina to add new classes for children with autism next fall

April 4, 2015April 5, 2015 - by Jennifer Luna

The city plans to expand classes for about a 100 children with autism into all five boroughs.

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Alternate method to Regents exams helps English language learners

March 26, 2015March 31, 2015 - by Jennifer Luna

Schools where students present portfolio work instead of take state-wide Regents exams help their immigrant students learn English.

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A Hope in the Unseen explores one student’s journey to an Ivy League

February 17, 2015March 30, 2015 - by Jennifer Luna

Much of Hope in the Unseen’s success could be attributed to the detailed reporting and the access Suskind had in Cedric’s high school, and later, his university.

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KIPP board discusses possibility of merging schools’ non profit status

February 12, 2015February 13, 2015 - by Jennifer Luna

KIPP Board members voted to begin discussing consolidating two of their schools under the same charter umbrella

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Charlie Hebdo attacks brings talks of morality, religion to the classroom

February 12, 2015 - by Jennifer Luna

After the attacks by French jihadists killed 17  people at the Charlie Hebdo office in Paris, leading conversations of citizenship, morality have become a heavy responsibility for school teachers. via …

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City Council members want to educate parents on “opting out”

February 12, 2015 - by Jennifer Luna

Two city council members plan to introduce a bill that would educate parents early in the school year about their rights to opt-out of state tests. via Chalkbeat NY http://ny.chalkbeat.org/2015/02/11/city-council-members-want-city-to-give-parents-opt-out-info/#.VNwLT0Kln-Y

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