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As a College Option, the Broadway Bound Aren’t Just Opting for Conservatories

May 18, 2018March 15, 2020 - by Nicole Zelniker

As a first-year at Pace University in New York, 18-year-old Ammarie Grassle discovered liberal arts education was not for her. Like thousands of students every year who opt to spend …

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U.S. 12th graders’ math scores fall, reading stalls: Education Dept

April 28, 2016 - by Lisa Herndon

U.S. 12th graders’ average mathematics score in 2015 was lower than two years before, and reading performance had stagnated, the Education Department said in releasing the “nation’s report card” on …

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Beyond the Test Scores at the Harlem Children’s Zone

April 5, 2016May 24, 2016 - by Anjali Tsui

When the Harlem Children’s Zone opened a charter school in a housing project, it set out to raise test scores. While grades haven’t improved dramatically, the school has helped to create a community and is slowly changing the culture of the neighborhood.

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New Language Classes for Kids Teach Swahili and Culture of African Diaspora

February 11, 2016February 11, 2016 - by Jamie Martines

A new course offered by a Brooklyn cultural learning center is hoping to help build a “cultural foundation” for children by teaching toddlers Swahili and languages of the African Diaspora. …

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School Athletic Fields are as Segregated as the Classrooms

May 18, 2015May 19, 2015 - by Diana Asatryan

Civil rights battles have taken to the sports fields in New York City Schools, where black and Hispanic students are twice as likely as their white and Asian classmates to attend high schools with very few, if any, sports opportunities available.

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Schools, Nonprofits Urge Girls to Reach for STEM

May 18, 2015May 18, 2015 - by Christian Gollayan

Bringing more girls into science and technology fields begins in the high school classroom. P-TECH early college high school in Brooklyn is pointing the way.

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The work of a school counselor, guiding students from high school through life

May 8, 2015May 13, 2015 - by Pola Lem

Counselor Vincent Lumetta at World Journalism Preparatory School in Flushing has guided more than 800 students through the ever complex college application process.

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Against the Tide of the Summer Melt

May 8, 2015May 11, 2015 - by Lou Marillier

Keeping low-income kids focused on applying to college as the summer beckons.

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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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The Graduation Gap from High School through College

April 25, 2015May 11, 2015 - by Pola Lem

Low-income students might face greater challenges adjusting to college than their more affluent peers, so some charter networks are paying attention to their high school graduates through college.

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