Posted on 18 May 2018. Tags: college, conservatories, conservatory, higher ed, higher education, liberal arts
As a first-year at Pace University in New York, 18-year-old Ammarie Grassle discovered liberal arts education was not for her. Like thousands of students every year who opt to spend much of their high school experiences toiling in endless rehearsals, poorly staged Broadway revivals and summertime theater camps, she wanted to spend more time on […]
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Posted on 28 April 2016.
U.S. 12th graders’ average mathematics score in 2015 was lower than two years before, and reading performance had stagnated, the Education Department said in releasing the “nation’s report card” on Wednesday. The data also showed a higher percentage of high school seniors failed to reach basic levels in the two subjects, while the lowest-performing students […]
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Posted on 05 April 2016. Tags: charter school, Harlem, Harlem Children's Zone, poverty, standardized testing, testing
When the Harlem Children’s Zone opened a charter school in a housing project, it set out to raise test scores. While grades haven’t improved dramatically, the school has helped to create a community and is slowly changing the culture of the neighborhood.
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Posted on 11 February 2016. Tags: Brooklyn, languages
A new course offered by a Brooklyn cultural learning center is hoping to help build a “cultural foundation” for children by teaching toddlers Swahili and languages of the African Diaspora. Crayons & Culture, which opened at 188 Madison St. near Nostrand Avenue in October, is launching Swahili classes this spring to “immerse children in a […]
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Posted on 18 May 2015. Tags: David Garcia-Rosen, International Community High School, Protest, PSAL, public high school, segregation
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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Posted on 18 May 2015. Tags: STEM
Bringing more girls into science and technology fields begins in the high school classroom. P-TECH early college high school in Brooklyn is pointing the way.
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Posted on 08 May 2015.
Counselor Vincent Lumetta at World Journalism Preparatory School in Flushing has guided more than 800 students through the ever complex college application process.
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Posted on 08 May 2015. Tags: college, college admission, lyons community school, summer melt
Keeping low-income kids focused on applying to college as the summer beckons.
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Posted on 30 April 2015. Tags: education, high school, New York City, restorative justice, social emotional learning
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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Posted on 25 April 2015. Tags: charter schools, college, first generation, graduation gap, 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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