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[7] Similarly, a study of Baltimore City Public Schools found that chronic absenteeism was the strongest sixth grade predictor of not graduating high school.

NEW YORK — Justin Hudson has become somewhat of a heroic figure at Hunter College High School — a New York City public school founded in 1869 for intellectually gifted students.

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Story Pirates Founded in 2003 by a group of Northwestern grads, this New York City — and Los Angeles — based nonprofit provides after - school writing and drama programs to underserved schools and produces stage shows for the public.

He was also chairman of the board of trustees of Claremont University Center and Graduate School (1984 - 1994), founding chairman of the board of trustees of Southern California Public Radio (1999 - 2004), a trustee of the Mayo Clinic (2004 - 2016), a trustee of the RAND Corporation (1994 - 2016 and formerly chair), a director of Edison International (1995 - 2014), a director of City National Corporation (2001 - 2014) and a director of the Council on Foreign Relations (2002 - 2010).

Later he found himself in a public school in the Italian quarter of the city, having difficulty with the English tongue.

The company then found a location in Culver City, Calif., and it became the first free - standing Public School.

Chicago Public Schools Inspector General James Sullivan recently found more than a dozen instances of falsified lunch applications among city and school employees at one West Side high school.

Last year, the D.C. Health Department found that 43 percent of students enrolled in city public schools were overweight or obese.

CCM was founded in 1982 by a coalition led by the Junior League of Chicago in response to program cutbacks in the city's public schools.

The number of New York City kids eating free breakfasts in public school classrooms is growing, but the obesity rates are not, a new study finds.

There are 307,021 children in the city's public and Catholic school systems in that program, the research found.

Mike Rebell is the man responsible for the Campaign for Fiscal Equity Lawsuit in which courts found the state underfunded New York City public schools.

«If you can find a corrupt mayor of New York City, holy moly, that's a big prize,» said Jennifer Rodgers, a former federal prosecutor who now heads the Center for the Advancement of Public Integrity at Columbia Law School.

The ruling, by the Appellate Division, First Department, in Manhattan, upheld a lower court finding that the city's Education Department did not comply with the 2009 state law on mayoral control of the city schools because it failed to adequately notify the public about the ramifications of the closings.

A new state law passed in April gives the city just two options to meet the demands of the Success Academy network: It can hand over free space in public or private buildings, or give the schools money to find their own space.

New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer called for policies to increase school attendance of homeless children, following an audit that found more than half of students in shelters were chronically absent from public schools.

Sections of Harris Field, a heavily - used park sandwiched between Bronx High School of Science and Lehman College, were found to have four times the federally - established legal limit of lead contamination for public play areas, according to documents obtained by the Norwood News with the help of the nonprofit New York City Park Advocates.

At its founding, AQE provided Nixon a fitting pathway into activism on a cause close to home for the parent of two children currently attending New York City public schools (her eldest child is now out of city schooCity public schools (her eldest child is now out of city schoocity schools).

BEDFORD - STUYVESANT — The borough presidents for Brooklyn and The Bronx are convening a pair of public forums this month to find ways to equalize the opportunities for gifted and talented school programs throughout the city.

More than 700,000 students in more than 1,200 New York City schools — including large high schools in all five boroughs — would face higher class sizes, have fewer teachers and lose after - school academic and enrichment programs if President - elect Trump makes good on a campaign promise to pull billions of federal dollars away from public schools to pay for private vouchers, a UFT analysis has found.

The state budget that Mr. Cuomo and legislative leaders announced later that month prohibited the city from charging charters rent and required it to find public school space for them or pay much of the cost for a private location.

NEW YORK — Public schools in New York City are losing track of thousands of homeless students and thus depriving them of their education, according to a months - long study carried out by the city comptroller, the findings of which were released on ThursCity are losing track of thousands of homeless students and thus depriving them of their education, according to a months - long study carried out by the city comptroller, the findings of which were released on Thurscity comptroller, the findings of which were released on Thursday.

Upper West Success Academy, part of the Success Charter Network group of schools founded by former City Councilwoman Eva Moskowitz, says it will provide high - quality public education options in an overcrowded district.

The UFT will present the fact - finding panel with evidence that New York City public school teachers, in addition to having the largest class sizes and the neediest students, are on average the lowest paid in the region.

A new Quinnipiac poll released on Nov. 19 found that New York City voters are divided on the idea of more charter schools, but many believe those charters should pay rent for using public school buildings.

Most significantly, the legislation would require the city to find space for charter schools inside public school buildings or pay much of the cost to house them in private space.

Last year, after Mr. de Blasio briefly blocked three Success schools from public space and threatened to charge the network rent, Mr. Cuomo pushed through a law guaranteeing all new or expanding charter schools in the city free space or money to find their own.

A study by scientists at the Center for Infection and Immunity (CII) at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health finds New York City house mice carry bacteria responsible for mild to life - threatening gastroenteritis in people, and some of these bacteria may be resistant to antibiotics.

«Our findings showed that restoration of vacant land helps to deter crime and violence and represents a pragmatic upstream infrastructural investment strategy to address complex social issues in cities,» said Charles Branas, PhD, Mailman School of Public Health chair and professor of Epidemiology, and lead author.

Attending public preschool is linked to an increase in students taking the admissions test for gifted and talented programs, reducing the disparity in test taking between disadvantaged students and their peers, finds a study of New York City students by NYU's Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development.

«Our research found that illegal cigarettes are regularly available over the counter in New York City,» said study author Diana Silver, associate professor of public health at NYU's Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development and College of Global Public Hpublic health at NYU's Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development and College of Global Public HPublic Health.

We find at least one piece of evidence of competition awareness in all 12 cities, indicating that traditional public - school leaders generally acknowledge students» alternative schooling option of attending a charter school.

CREDO had done a national study that found more charters doing badly compared to their feeder schools from the traditional public sector, and an NBER study in New York City found substantially better performance of charters versus traditional public schools.

We also find that the students applying to charter schools in New York City are more likely to be black and eligible for a free or reduced - price lunch program than students in the public schools in the district.

Under a law passed last year in Albany, the city will have to either find space for the new schools in public school buildings or pay a portion of their rent.

Using the best available unit of comparison, we find that 63 percent of charter students in these central cities attend school in intensely segregated minority schools, as do 53 percent of traditional public school students (see Figure 1).

Arana is part of the founding team of school designers that opened the Institute's flagship project, Quest to Learn, a New York City public school which focuses on integrating games and game like learning into middle and high school classrooms, where she served as Co-Director of School for 4 school designers that opened the Institute's flagship project, Quest to Learn, a New York City public school which focuses on integrating games and game like learning into middle and high school classrooms, where she served as Co-Director of School for 4 school which focuses on integrating games and game like learning into middle and high school classrooms, where she served as Co-Director of School for 4 school classrooms, where she served as Co-Director of School for 4 School for 4 years.

Indeed, we find the majority of students in the central cities of metropolitan areas, in both charter and traditional public schools, attend school in intensely segregated settings.

Sara Mead, a member of the District of Columbia Public Charter School Board and a principal at Bellwether Education Partners, adds that charters find it easier to fend off critics by operating in the inner cities rather than in the suburbs.

She completed her course requirements last spring and set out to find a job in New York City's public schools.

«The studies that I'm familiar with say that the inner - city parochial schools, which spend much less per child on education, do a better job than the public schools that spend much more,» said Scalia, adding «so I just don't think it follows that... more money [will] solve the difficulty that the people of Cleveland found with their public schools.»

Now, with diploma in hand, Sanders is heading back to Greenville, where he accepted a position as associate director of Public Education Partners, a local education foundation that partners with city schools to find solutions to problems.

Those pictures, created between 1904 and 1943 to enrich the lives of Chicago's schoolchildren, are found throughout the city's public schools, sometimes more than 60 in a single building.

The survey tested public views on the education system in London and found that just two - thirds of Londoners confirmed there were «very satisfied» or «rather satisfied» with schools in the city.

Rockoff and Lockwood also examined survey data on New York City parents whose children attended both types of schools and found that parents whose children attend K - 8 public schools rated their schools higher on education quality, academic rigor and school safety compared to parents whose children attend stand - alone middle schools.

There are proposals for new approaches to public governance, research findings on the efficacy of decentralized systems, comparisons of cities that are expanding choice, ideas for accountability and school supply, and disagreements about who should have ultimate authority.

WNYC public radio recently conducted a comprehensive analysis of student attrition at New York City charter schools and found that attrition rates are generally lower at charters than at nearby district schools.

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A study of test scores in each of the city's public elementary schools finds that diversity does not erase achievement gaps between white and minority students.

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