College Board Postpones March SAT for Some Registered Test Takers
Test preparation professionals were barred by the College Board at the last minute from taking the new, re-designed SAT exam on March 5.
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Big Gender Gap Persists in Arts Schools, and Math and Science Schools. Why?
Boys still outnumber girls in math and science specialty schools by a wide-margin, despite the city’s programs meant to attract girls. Girls, on the other hand, vastly outnumber boys in arts and culture specialty schools. Why doesn’t this ever change?
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Building a Village to Raise a Student
High School advisories help teachers and students forge relationships valuable to success in school, and in life.
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Brooklyn Schools Struggle to Maintain Racial Balance in Rapidly Gentrifying Neighborhoods
Four schools in Brooklyn’s rapidly gentrifying District 13 enroll significantly more white students than their counterparts. Why is that happening?
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School Athletic Fields are as Segregated as the Classrooms
Civil rights battles have taken to the sports fields in New York City Schools, where black and Hispanic students are twice as likely as their white and Asian classmates to attend high schools with very few, if any, sports opportunities available.
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New Bill in Albany Brings New Attention to Dyslexia
Dyslexia strikes approximately 10 to 15 percent of the student population. A pending bill in the New York State legislature aims to address those children.
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Against the Tide of the Summer Melt
Keeping low-income kids focused on applying to college as the summer beckons.
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The Bilingual Advantage
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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When School Fills a Gap Family Left Behind
Social emotional learning is central at Brooklyn’s Lyons Community School, where suspensions are a very last resort. Intense relationships result between school staff and students.
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The Graduation Gap from High School through College
Low-income students might face greater challenges adjusting to college than their more affluent peers, so some charter networks are paying attention to their high school graduates through college.
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