Sentences with phrase «city high needs schools»

She taught in New York City high needs schools for eleven years.

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«Once again, New York City's public charter schools are driving the gains made by the city's highest - need students,» said Families for Excellent Schools CEO Jeremiah KittreCity's public charter schools are driving the gains made by the city's highest - need students,» said Families for Excellent Schools CEO Jeremiah Kitschools are driving the gains made by the city's highest - need students,» said Families for Excellent Schools CEO Jeremiah Kittrecity's highest - need students,» said Families for Excellent Schools CEO Jeremiah KitSchools CEO Jeremiah Kittredge.

The Regents do not specifically mention a decade - old order from the state's highest court that said billions more need to be spent each year on schools in New York City to fulfill the state's constitutional requirement that each child receive a «sound, basic education.»

The candidates» comments also accompanied the release of a new report by the working group that accused the city of concentrating high - needs students in struggling schools.

Mayor de Blasio doesn't seem to want to have that discussion and just wants a rubber stamp renewal, but when 8 out of 10 students who walk across a stage and receive a New York City high school diploma need remediation in college, how can we say that this public school system is doing its job?»

NEW YORK — Twenty city public schools will implement longer school days for thousands of high - need students across the city as part of a pilot program this fall, the Department of Education and City Council Speaker Christine Quinn announced Moncity public schools will implement longer school days for thousands of high - need students across the city as part of a pilot program this fall, the Department of Education and City Council Speaker Christine Quinn announced Moncity as part of a pilot program this fall, the Department of Education and City Council Speaker Christine Quinn announced MonCity Council Speaker Christine Quinn announced Monday.

Schools will be randomly selected «by the end of the school year» from a pool «schools across the city that serve high - needs students,» the departmenSchools will be randomly selected «by the end of the school year» from a pool «schools across the city that serve high - needs students,» the departmenschools across the city that serve high - needs students,» the department said.

In February, 200 public school parents from communities across New York City traveled to the State Capital in Albany for a special panel co-sponsored by State Senator Kevin Parker and StudentsFirstNY on the need for high - quality school options in our communities.

The New York City Community Schools initiative, a central aim of the de Blasio administration, seeks to transform local schools in high - needs areas into central community hubs, in which personalized instruction, family involvement, and community partnerships are priorSchools initiative, a central aim of the de Blasio administration, seeks to transform local schools in high - needs areas into central community hubs, in which personalized instruction, family involvement, and community partnerships are priorschools in high - needs areas into central community hubs, in which personalized instruction, family involvement, and community partnerships are prioritized.

BEDFORD - STUYVESANT — The city is expanding its network of «community» schools, where high - needs students are given extra supports like mental and physical health services, as well as longer school days for expanded learning time and social services for their families, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Thursday.

SEX ED IDEOLOGY VS. THE NEEDS OF CHILDREN AND TEENS Beginning last month, the Bloomberg Administration's new sex education mandate was rolled out across all city public middle and high schools.

And while he and Rumore agreed that the city's high poverty rate creates particular challenges for schools and that increased funding is necessary for a turnaround, Quinn said the district needs to «get its act together» before asking for any more money.

The plan recommends an investment in the first year of $ 225 million statewide with priority to 4 - year - olds in high - needs school districts, including those in New York City.

«Parents want to let legislators know they support the governor's proposal to allow charters to provide high - quality pre-K seats,» he added, referring to Cuomo's recent proposal that much - needed city pre-K space could be found in charter schools.

New York City officials announced an increase in a major funding source for the city's public schools that aims to help high - need studeCity officials announced an increase in a major funding source for the city's public schools that aims to help high - need studecity's public schools that aims to help high - need students.

Calling for an end to the unfair distribution of teacher quality across New York City public schools, StudentsFirstNY organizers and hundreds of New York City public school parents came together today to demand action to address the disproportionate number of unsatisfactory - rated teachers in schools with the highest needs.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and City Council Speaker Corey Johnson Wednesday announced an increase in a major funding source for the city's public schools, with the goal of helping many high - need studeCity Mayor Bill de Blasio and City Council Speaker Corey Johnson Wednesday announced an increase in a major funding source for the city's public schools, with the goal of helping many high - need studeCity Council Speaker Corey Johnson Wednesday announced an increase in a major funding source for the city's public schools, with the goal of helping many high - need studecity's public schools, with the goal of helping many high - need students.

And a push for more oversight of per - school spending is seen as an effort to highlight school funding issues in New York City, silencing critics of the governor that he is not doing enough to help high - needs schools and students.

We need someone who's going to go down there and not be part of the Republican agenda that is anti-New York City,» he told the Observer after casting a ballot for himself at his alma mater, Fort Hamilton High School in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn.

«Gov. Cuomo's proposed budget reflects his deep understanding and appreciation of public schools and the important role charter schools play in the public education system, particularly for the highest needs students,» said James Merriman, CEO of the New York City Charter School Center.

The speaker said he wants to create a timetable to «fully» phase in foundation aid, the current funding formula that most helps high - needs school districts such as New York City.

Four of the five top Democratic candidates for mayor joined parents, students and education advocates on Jan. 31 in calling on the city's Department of Education to provide critical data: What happens to high - needs students when their schools are shuttered?

The city, though, plans to expand Millennium in Brooklyn rather than lower Manhattan, because Brooklyn has a greater need for selective high school seats.

Across the city, zoned schools in heavily chartered neighborhoods have higher percentages of high - needs children than a decade ago; far higher, in fact, than the surrounding charter schools.

His $ 82.1 billion budget proposal, released on Jan. 21, puts money behind the education agenda he mapped out for city schools in the fall, including more Advanced Placement courses, additional guidance counselors in high - need schools and more literacy coaches to work with 2nd - graders.

Savino and Flanagan both point to the fact that 77 percent of city high school students entering CUNY need remedial math or English.

New test scores show that public charter schools are the best public schools in the city for high - need students, but Mayor de Blasio continues to drag his feet in giving...

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In D.C., officials also need to level the playing field for the city's neighborhood high schools.

The new school, backed by Trinity High School and Manchester Metropolitan University, will have an open admissions policy and provide much - needed additional places for the City's fast - growing high school populschool, backed by Trinity High School and Manchester Metropolitan University, will have an open admissions policy and provide much - needed additional places for the City's fast - growing high school populatHigh School and Manchester Metropolitan University, will have an open admissions policy and provide much - needed additional places for the City's fast - growing high school populSchool and Manchester Metropolitan University, will have an open admissions policy and provide much - needed additional places for the City's fast - growing high school populathigh school populschool population.

Serving as a think - tank intermediary to devise such a strategy, PASA developed a plan called Learning in Communities / Providence, led by Rhode Island Kids Count (RIKC) and funded by the Wallace Foundation, which had taken an interest in the needs of the city's after - school programs in April 2003 after several studies reported that high - quality after - school programs are an affordable and effective way to improve school attendance and success.

(One of them featured an XQ «astronaut,» played by The Daily Show correspondent Jessica Williams, striding toward the camera, Right Stuff — style, then talking to viewers from the middle of a busy New York City sidewalk, reminding them of the 1960s moon race and asserting, «We need to talk about high school.»)

In November 2007, the New York City DOE launched the School - Wide Performance Bonus Program, randomly selecting 181 schools serving kindergarten through 8th grade to participate from a group of 309 high - need schools.

Parthenon began gathering data on every student who entered New York City's high schools in 1999, nearly a quarter million of them, and by 2005, as education journalist Sarah Garland reported in a 2010 Washington Monthly story, had accumulated data that were «shocking»: «Nearly 140,000 high - school - age youth in the city were at least two years behind where they needed to be to graduate on tCity's high schools in 1999, nearly a quarter million of them, and by 2005, as education journalist Sarah Garland reported in a 2010 Washington Monthly story, had accumulated data that were «shocking»: «Nearly 140,000 high - school - age youth in the city were at least two years behind where they needed to be to graduate on tcity were at least two years behind where they needed to be to graduate on time.

Responding to Kane's accusations, a DfE spokesperson said: «In some cases, particularly in cities where property prices are at a premium, it can take time to secure a permanent, high - quality site that meets the needs of the school and provides value for the taxpayer.

KKJ: We are proud that our graduation rate of 80 percent is significantly higher than New York City's overall rate of 73 percent, despite our students coming into our schools with lower levels of academic proficiency and higher levels of academic need.

Though vague on how the city's choice system had contributed to the problem, the report implied that because a small number of schools were serving a disproportionate share of «high need» students, their likelihood of failure had increased.

A 2009 report by Parthenon Group, a private consulting firm commissioned by the NYC Department of Education, showed that the city's «failing schools» had enrolled a disproportionate number of «high need» students.

The study found that after multimedia technology was used to support project - based learning, eighth graders in Union City, New Jersey, scored 27 percentage points higher than students from other urban and special needs school districts on statewide tests in reading, math, and writing achievement.

The city randomly selected 181 schools out of a group of 309 high - need schools serving kindergarten through 8th grade to participate in the program, the remaining 128 schools serving as the control group for the purposes of the evaluation.

As in cities throughout the country, high schools are far less responsive to the needs of students, especially the disadvantaged, and more resistant to change than elementary schools.

Notably, we found that the schools identified for closure served similar proportions of low - income and special - needs students compared to other high schools across the city (Figure 2).

Like Florida's schools, New York City's serve a high - needs population.

Rosa Fernandez, an immigrant from the Dominican Republic who graduated from New York City's Manhattan International High School, put it this way in The Schools We Need, a publication by and for high school students produced by the nonprofit organization What Kids Can Do: «Small schools are perfect for teenagers, because we need people to be warm and care about us, to be after us — otherwise, we might take the wrong road.&raHigh School, put it this way in The Schools We Need, a publication by and for high school students produced by the nonprofit organization What Kids Can Do: «Small schools are perfect for teenagers, because we need people to be warm and care about us, to be after us — otherwise, we might take the wrong road.&School, put it this way in The Schools We Need, a publication by and for high school students produced by the nonprofit organization What Kids Can Do: «Small schools are perfect for teenagers, because we need people to be warm and care about us, to be after us — otherwise, we might take the wrong road.Schools We Need, a publication by and for high school students produced by the nonprofit organization What Kids Can Do: «Small schools are perfect for teenagers, because we need people to be warm and care about us, to be after us — otherwise, we might take the wrong road.&raNeed, a publication by and for high school students produced by the nonprofit organization What Kids Can Do: «Small schools are perfect for teenagers, because we need people to be warm and care about us, to be after us — otherwise, we might take the wrong road.&rahigh school students produced by the nonprofit organization What Kids Can Do: «Small schools are perfect for teenagers, because we need people to be warm and care about us, to be after us — otherwise, we might take the wrong road.&school students produced by the nonprofit organization What Kids Can Do: «Small schools are perfect for teenagers, because we need people to be warm and care about us, to be after us — otherwise, we might take the wrong road.schools are perfect for teenagers, because we need people to be warm and care about us, to be after us — otherwise, we might take the wrong road.&raneed people to be warm and care about us, to be after us — otherwise, we might take the wrong road.»

The point is that sizable populations in need of close supervision for a host of problems that often have nothing to do with education are simply left adrift in large city high schools.

So the 10th grade honors student at Ocean City High School in New Jersey did what she normally does when she needs help with an assignment and doesn't have time to consult with teachers or classmates: She logged on to the Internet and linked to an online tutor.

Reporter Kathleen Cushman teamed up with 40 teenagers from four urban areas (New York City, Providence, Rhode Island, and San Francisco) to write a book about what high school students say they need from their teachers in order to succeed.

We are pleased that the City is allocating an additional $ 125 million to 854 high - needs schools through Fair Student Funding.

The Washington - based group and the MetLife Foundation awarded $ 50,000 grants to each of the programs, which prepare teachers to staff high - need city schools.

New York City will offer housing subsidies of up to $ 14,600 to math, science, and special education teachers willing to work in some of its highest - needs schools.