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Author: Mariana Ionova

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Equal Opportunity: Raising the Bar for Students with Disabilities

May 8, 2013May 9, 2013 - by Mariana Ionova

As the city continues to roll out its special education reform, teachers wonder if the elimination of “safety net” graduation provisions will negatively impact students with special needs.

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ACTvF Aims to Avoid Common Post-Founding Principal Struggle

April 4, 2013May 7, 2013 - by Mariana Ionova

As the Academy for Careers in Television and Film experienced a leadership change in January, the school’s new principal hoped to avoid the dip in performance that plagues many new schools after the departure of their founding leader.

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Education Panel Votes to Close 22 Schools

March 12, 2013 - by Mariana Ionova

The Panel for Education Policy approved the city’s plan to phase-out 20 schools and close two others during a meeting on Monday night, the New York Post reported.  Hundreds of …

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A Story of Poverty, Crime and Survival in the Bronx

March 12, 2013May 7, 2013 - by Mariana Ionova

In her book “Random Family,” journalist Adrian Nicole LeBlanc chronicles the lives of two young women and their families as they struggle to navigate poverty, crime, drugs and life in the Bronx.

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Queens Parent Council Opposed to New Charters in District 24

March 11, 2013 - by Mariana Ionova

A Community Education Council in Queens is opposing three new charter schools that are applying to open in District 24, the New York Daily News reports. The council — comprised …

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Teacher Fired for Using School Email for Personal Ads

March 11, 2013 - by Mariana Ionova

A special education teacher at Manhattan’s P.S. 183 was fired after a DOE investigation found he had used his school email account to send sexually explicit emails in response to …

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South Dakota Will Permit Teachers to Carry Firearms

March 11, 2013March 11, 2013 - by Mariana Ionova

South Dakota became the first state to pass a law that explicitly allows teachers to carry guns at school, the New York Times reported on Friday. Some other states already have …

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Senators Call on Cuomo to Restore Funds to NYC Schools

March 10, 2013March 11, 2013 - by Mariana Ionova

Democratic senators are asking New York State Gov. Andrew Cuomo to restore the $260 million in school funding that New York City lost when it failed to reach an agreement with …

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New York Becomes First State to Drop GED

March 10, 2013March 11, 2013 - by Mariana Ionova

This week, New York became the first state to opt out of the GED, the most widely used high-school equivalency test in the country, according to the Wall Street Journal. …

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Armed School Guards Answer to Preventing Gun Violence

March 9, 2013March 11, 2013 - by Mariana Ionova

OP-ED: Growing evidence points to armed guards as the solution to violence in schools.

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