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Author: Lisa Herndon

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New rules to help New York students graduate offer ‘false promise,’ school leaders say

May 13, 2016May 13, 2016 - by Lisa Herndon

At South Brooklyn Community High School, teachers work to help struggling students earn the credits they need to graduate. But students at the transfer school in Red Hook often stumble …

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Police to Continue Patrols at Ft. George High School After Brawl, Pols Say

May 13, 2016 - by Lisa Herndon

WASHINGTON HEIGHTS — Police have stepped up patrols at a local high school after a wild brawl involving a pair of teens wielding a wooden stick left several students injured, authorities said. …

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New York City families spend millions of hours choosing high schools, and students from poor neighborhoods finish last: report

May 12, 2016 - by Lisa Herndon

New York City eighth graders and their families are spending up to 5.7 million hours every year navigating a high school admissions process that was in part designed to break …

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New SAT Test, Same Old Problems?

May 12, 2016March 25, 2020 - by Lisa Herndon

Did the redesigned SAT make the grade? SAT critics, test coaches, and college officials speak out.

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Some of Brooklyn’s most sought-after middle schools will no longer see how applicants rank them

May 12, 2016 - by Lisa Herndon

When middle schools in a brownstone Brooklyn district with a hyper-competitive admissions process consider prospective students next year, they will no longer be able to factor in how families ranked …

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Poll of NYC teachers reveals tough conditions, unpaid overtime

May 11, 2016 - by Lisa Herndon

Nearly one-third of city teachers can’t make vital photocopies for students, and one in five work unpaid overtime every week, according to a survey released Tuesday by a teachers union …

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Success Academy documents point to ‘possible cheating’ among challenges

May 10, 2016 - by Lisa Herndon

Success Academy CEO Eva Moskowitz did not approve of the finding — made by an “ethnographer” she hired to study her rapidly expanding charter school network — that some teachers at the …

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Profiles / School Choice

Sen Oglesby

May 10, 2016May 15, 2016 - by Lisa Herndon

Age: 13 Neighborhood: SoHo Current School: Lower Manhattan Community Middle School First Choice: Beacon High School Admitted: Baruch College Campus High School   Sen Oglesby, who loves watching horror movies, …

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Josue Soriano

May 10, 2016May 13, 2016 - by Lisa Herndon

Age: 15 Neighborhood: The Bronx Current School: Broome Street Academy Charter High School Josue Soriano missed the first deadline for submitting his list of preferred high schools to his guidance …

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Victoria Rodriguez

May 10, 2016May 14, 2016 - by Lisa Herndon

Age: 14 Neighborhood: Lower East Side Middle School: University Neighborhood Middle School First Choice: Pace High School Admitted: Pace High School Victoria Rodriguez’s older sister was in a high school she didn’t …

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