KIPP board discusses possibility of merging schools’ non profit status
KIPP Board members voted to begin discussing consolidating two of their schools under the same charter umbrella
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Baez counsels parents, principals on 40 dual language programs
Milady Baez, senior executive director of the Department of English Language Learners and Student Support, addressed principals, teachers and parents at the Citywide Council of English Language Learners monthly meeting …
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Dozens voice opinions as PEP delays school space-sharing vote
Under the recommendation of Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña, panel members voted to table four co-location issues.
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Tensions still simmering around two co-locations set for vote
Tensions over space are still running high in some city school buildings. In public hearings last week Bedford-Stuyvesant Success Academy charter parents openly clashed with those in three district schools. And a new charter proposed for a Mott Haven public school caused protests.
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Brownsville Youth Court and the Teens Who Run it
Brownsville is often called the highest crime neighborhood in New York City. But one youth justice program is having a positive effect on the teens that come through it and those that run it.
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Just Say Nay to the ELA
Yesterday, critics of the state-mandated English Language Arts exam marched in front of nearly 40 schools in Manhattan.
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Author Visit from Holocaust Survivor Makes Memoir Come Alive
Inge Auerbacher visits Ditmas Junior High School as part of multi-disciplinary unit on writers’ childhood war diaries and memoirs.
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College Board Attempts to Rescue the SAT by Changing the Exam
The SAT college admission test will no longer require a timed essay and will dwell less on fancy vocabulary. This also means changes in how test prep companies prepare students.| AP Photo
Read MoreEducating Prisoners
This week New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced his intentions establish financing for prisoners in New York. Back in 1994 the US Congress voted to cut grants for college …
Read MoreLiberals Attack Common Core
Common Core standards have had their fair share of detractors but rarely has it faced opposition from the left – no less New York state. A recent New York Times …
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