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A Brooklyn High School with a History of Chronic Absenteeism Adapts to New Attendance Issues

May 15, 2020May 22, 2020 - by Kyra Senese

While teachers and students scrambled to adjust to virtual learning in the immediate aftermath of the coronavirus all-school shut down, long-term goals — like corralling runaway attendance rates — for …

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The College Board Enlists High School Students to Lobby Albany for Advanced Placement Funding

March 24, 2020May 15, 2020 - by Kara Grant

Busloads of high school students across New York State lobbied state legislators last February to subsidize the cost of AP exams, courtesy of the College Board, the company that owns them.

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Newly Arrived Immigrant Teens Learning Math Through Language

May 4, 2016March 25, 2020 - by Anjali Tsui

“In the Dominican Republic, two plus two equals four,” said a sophomore in the Bronx’s International Community High School for brand new immigrant kids. “Here, you have to explain why it’s four.”

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When School Fills a Gap Family Left Behind

April 30, 2015May 15, 2015 - by Lou Marillier

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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Ambitious Bronx Teen Ignores Obstacles, ‘Strives for the Skies’

April 10, 2015April 25, 2015 - by Stephanie Ortigoza

The stress of poverty can cause some teens and children to have to grow up too fast, taking on very adult-style responsibilities. Here is one high-flying graduate’s story from DeWitt Clinton High School in the Bronx

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Test-driving the Future at P-TECH

May 11, 2014May 13, 2014 - by Peggy Barmore

The state and federal governments are pouring millions into expanding early college high schools like Brooklyn’s P-TECH which hasn’t even graduated its first class. They’re pinning their hopes on the success of a small cadre of student trailblazers.

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Sub-Featured / Teacher Project

From Broadway, With Love

April 7, 2014May 2, 2014 - by Jose Luis Munoz

Dan Pettrota is a math teacher at World Journalism Prep, who stepped down from the Broadway stage to enter the classroom through the New York City Teaching Fellows.

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Sub-Featured / Teacher Project

Clown Turned Teacher Finds He Needs a New Bag of Tricks

March 31, 2014April 8, 2014 - by Peggy Barmore

A neatly trimmed beard and pocket full of pens and pencils are now the workday toolkit for Dan Berkley, a former circus clown turned physics teacher thanks to the NYC Teaching Fellows program.

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Advanced Placement Participation on the Rise

February 11, 2014 - by Dartunorro Clark

A newly-released report by The College Board shows that student AP participation has risen considerably.

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Josh Penafiel hopes to graduate this summer.
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Before and After Aspirations: The Legacy of a School Closing

May 7, 2013May 24, 2013 - by Gould Jessica

Josh Penafiel dropped out of his East New York high school after it was closed by the New York City Department of Education several years ago. Now he’s trying to get his diploma, but time is running out.

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