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Author: Aleksandra Konstantinovic

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Undocumented Queens High School Kids Work Factory Jobs to Pay the Bills

May 13, 2016March 25, 2020 - by Aleksandra Konstantinovic

Central American immigrant teenagers in Queens work overnight at under-the-table factory jobs to help families pay their bills and debts. Somehow the students make it to school the next morning.

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Profiles / School Choice

Emily Zhang

May 10, 2016May 21, 2016 - by Aleksandra Konstantinovic

Age: 14 Middle School: NYC Lab Middle School High School: Stuyvesant High School A typical student in a specialized high school is probably a lot like Emily Zhang —  an …

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Valerie Cruz

May 10, 2016May 10, 2016 - by Aleksandra Konstantinovic

Valerie Cruz Age: 15 Neighborhood: Far Rockaway High School: Queens High School for Information, Research and Technology On New Year’s Eve in Times Square, Valerie Cruz clutched a cup of …

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Researchers: “Geeky” Stereotype Deters Girls from STEM Classes

April 26, 2016 - by Aleksandra Konstantinovic

Researchers from the University of Washington believe there are two social factors that are keeping girls away from computer science classes. The first is the perception of who belongs in …

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White House: $100 Million Grant for Tuition-Free Community College

April 25, 2016April 25, 2016 - by Aleksandra Konstantinovic

Community colleges will get a boost from the White House in the form of a $100 million grant to expand workforce training programs. In the administration’s latest initiative, grants will …

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With Suspension Rates Down, Discipline May be Down Too

April 25, 2016 - by Aleksandra Konstantinovic

A new approach to school discipline advocated by the de Blasio administration has seen suspension rates drop throughout the city. But some teachers say the success is masking ongoing discipline …

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A Tale of Two Fundraisers

April 9, 2016March 15, 2020 - by Aleksandra Konstantinovic

The city’s inequality gap was on display this week at two public high school fundraisers. Stuyvesant High School parents intended to raise $80,000; students and teachers at Queens High School for Research, Information and Technology were hoping for $2,000.

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Children Fleeing Central America find Safe Haven in a Queens High School

March 24, 2016April 23, 2016 - by Aleksandra Konstantinovic

The Queens High School for Information, Research and Technology, a small, struggling school in Far Rockaway, took in a large percentage of the more than 700 Central American refugee children who flooded into the U.S. in the last two years.

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Book Review: Success Across the Hudson

March 3, 2016March 3, 2016 - by Aleksandra Konstantinovic

A once vital industrial hub in New Jersey remakes its school system by building on its strengths, emphasizing “the ensemble, not the prima donna.”

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Dept. of Education Announces New Anti-Fraud Squad

February 8, 2016 - by Aleksandra Konstantinovic

After allegations of misuse of student funds at Marinello Schools of Beauty, the U.S. Department of Education is creating a new unit to investigate similarly fraudulent spending at colleges. The Department …

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