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Author: Jamie Martines

Profiles / School Choice

Peihua Huang

May 10, 2016May 26, 2016 - by Jamie Martines

Neighborhood: Dyker Heights, Brooklyn Current School: I.S. 187, Borough Park, Brooklyn First Choice High Schools: Stuyvesant High School, Beacon High School, Edward R. Murrow High School Admitted: Stuyvesant High School, Tribeca, Manhattan Friday, March 4 …

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Profiles / School Choice

Carla Hamilton

May 10, 2016May 11, 2016 - by Jamie Martines

Neighborhood: Crown Heights, Brooklyn Current School: M.S. 51, Park Slope, Brooklyn First Choice: Brooklyn Technical High School, Beacon High School Admitted: Admitted to Brooklyn Technical High School, Fort Greene, Brooklyn For the last …

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Ready for School, Nowhere to Go

May 5, 2016March 25, 2020 - by Jamie Martines

The benefits of good after-school programs are well known for those kids whose parents aren’t yet home from work. But at many schools like Brownsville’s P.S. 446, before-school programs are needed too.

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A Class That Loops Together, Learns Together

March 31, 2016March 15, 2020 - by Jamie Martines

Looping is when teachers stay with the same class of students for more than one year. At Brownsville’s P.S. 446, teachers say it works well for maintaining discipline, and it’s even better for helping them improve as teachers.

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Book Review: Stories of Survival Along the City’s Margins

March 16, 2016March 25, 2020 - by Jamie Martines

Adrian Nicole LeBlanc’s Random Family explores a range of themes: cyclical poverty, failure of the social services system, the value of education and inequality of women and girls, just to …

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Two education stories win Polk Awards

February 15, 2016 - by Jamie Martines

Long Island University Announces 67th Annual George Polk Awards In Journalism Coverage of Heroin Addiction, Human Rights, and Sexual Assault Among 17 Winners in 16 Categories BROOKLYN, N.Y., Feb. 14, …

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Supreme Court’s Scalia Brought Conservative Outlook to Education Cases

February 14, 2016 - by Jamie Martines

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, who was found dead Saturday at age 79, brought his conservative and originalist outlook to scores of education cases during his nearly three decades …

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What Antonin Scalia’s Death May Mean for the ‘Fisher’ Affirmative-Action Case

February 14, 2016 - by Jamie Martines

The death of the longtime Supreme Court justice and conservative stalwart Antonin Scalia has widespread ramifications for American politics and policy. For higher education, the most immediately apparent consequence is …

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Success Academy and the NYT viral video: News roundup from around the web

February 13, 2016February 15, 2016 - by Jamie Martines

To be updated throughout the weekend: a roundup of reports and commentary around the web about the Success Academy video leaked by the New York Times this week. Here’s the …

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In their search for Tisch’s replacement, lawmakers ask, Did you teach?

February 12, 2016 - by Jamie Martines

Asher Mansdorf is the son of an immigrant restaurant worker, attended New York City public schools, and today serves on a Long Island school board. But his bid to join …

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