Sentences with phrase «city public high school students»

The Center for Urban Pedagogy (CUP) reused materials from the warehouse for for «Making the Grade ``, one of their Urban Investigations with New York City public high school students.

The third protest on 4/13 had more than 100 participants, including 70 inner city public high school students.

Funds raised from Miscast help MCC Theater produce new works Off - Broadway and support their Youth Company and partnerships that serve New York City public high school students.

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The piece draws a comparison to Virginia's Fairfax County, which is similar in many ways to Westchester: They're both suburbs of big cities (New York and Washington, D.C.), they have similarly high home values, and they educate about the same number of students in public schools, which in both places have a good reputation.

Rashon Nelson and Donte Robinson worked with the city of Philadelphia on a grant for public high school students interested in entrepreneurship.

There are long waiting lists for apprenticeships and trade programs belied by some of the highest per - capita spending in the state for city public school students.

The school was famous in 1995 when a movie called «Dangerous Minds» featuring actress Michelle Pfeiffer was based on a true story about Carlmont HS during a time when East Palo Alto was the murder capital city in the nation and there were 4 regions that segregated each students to attend (4) public high schools in the Sequoia District: Menlo - Atherton, Woodside, Sequoia and Carlmont.

Upon graduation, our 8th Grade students routinely attend the most competitive independent and public high schools in New York City and beyond.

Roland Fryer, a celebrated young professor of economics at Harvard University, has spent the past decade testing out a variety of incentive schemes in experiments with public school students in Houston, New York, Chicago, and other American cities that have school systems with high poverty rates.

«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.

«Maintaining mayoral control of city schools is critical to students, parents and employers who all depend on high quality public schools,» said Kathryn Wylde, President & CEO of the Partnership for New York Ccity schools is critical to students, parents and employers who all depend on high quality public schools,» said Kathryn Wylde, President & CEO of the Partnership for New York CityCity.

The United Federation of Teachers (UFT) has argued that nearly half of the city's college - ready students come from only ten percent of the city's public high schools, including Bronx High School of Science, Stuyvesant High School, Brooklyn Tech High School, and Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music and high schools, including Bronx High School of Science, Stuyvesant High School, Brooklyn Tech High School, and Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music and High School of Science, Stuyvesant High School, Brooklyn Tech High School, and Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music and High School, Brooklyn Tech High School, and Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music and High School, and Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music and High School of Music and Art.

He's attending a student walkout at Leadership and Public Service High School in New York City, protesting mass shootings and gun violence.

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.

«Maintaining mayoral control of city schools is critical to students, parents and employers who all depend on high quality public schools,» said Kathryn Wylde, the president of the Partnership for New York Ccity schools is critical to students, parents and employers who all depend on high quality public schools,» said Kathryn Wylde, the president of the Partnership for New York CityCity.

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.

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.

Here in the Ctiy of Buffalo this year a report from the Council on Great City Schools on Improving the Academic Achievement of English Language Learners in the Buffalo Public Schools System cited that only 21 % of these students graduate from high school and the academic achievement programs ignored them as a group as though they don't exist with as many as 100 never recieving their mandated language instruction.

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.

«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.

In response to the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, young people nationwide, including many New York City public school students, are planning to walk out of school for 17 minutes — one for every person killed — at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, March 14 to protest the U.S. Congress» inaSchool in Parkland, Florida, young people nationwide, including many New York City public school students, are planning to walk out of school for 17 minutes — one for every person killed — at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, March 14 to protest the U.S. Congress» inaschool students, are planning to walk out of school for 17 minutes — one for every person killed — at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, March 14 to protest the U.S. Congress» inaschool for 17 minutes — one for every person killed — at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, March 14 to protest the U.S. Congress» inaction.

A new mandate from the city requires students in public middle and high schools to take sex education classes.

Over 2,000 NYC Students Visit Computer Science Fair at The Armory The NYC Computer Science Opportunity Fair is New York City's largest annual college and career inspiration event for public high school students studying computer Students Visit Computer Science Fair at The Armory The NYC Computer Science Opportunity Fair is New York City's largest annual college and career inspiration event for public high school students studying computer students studying computer science.

The Buffalo Public School District and SUNY Buffalo State have launched the city's first - ever Urban Teacher Academy for high school stuSchool District and SUNY Buffalo State have launched the city's first - ever Urban Teacher Academy for high school stuschool students.

WBFO's Eileen Buckley says the Buffalo Public School District and Buffalo State have launched the city's first - ever Urban Teachers Academy for high school stuSchool District and Buffalo State have launched the city's first - ever Urban Teachers Academy for high school stuschool students.

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...

Formed as a public / private partnership, Teachers Who Code will use the Girls Who Code model to equip New York City public school teachers with the computer science skills to educate students for high tech jobs of today and tomorrow.

WBFO's senior reporter Eileen Buckley reports a new nation - wide study says there is a high rate of students arriving at school hungry, but the Buffalo Public School District is serving thousands of free meals to cityschool hungry, but the Buffalo Public School District is serving thousands of free meals to citySchool District is serving thousands of free meals to city kids.

(In English and Russian with subtitles) Frontrunners (Unrated) Egghead documentary chronicles the campaign for student body president at Stuyvesant High School, the most competitive public high school, academically, in New York CHigh School, the most competitive public high school, academically, in New YorkSchool, the most competitive public high school, academically, in New York Chigh school, academically, in New Yorkschool, academically, in New York City.

Pressure Cooker (Unrated) Uplifting documentary chronicles the efforts of Wilma Stephenson, a demanding Culinary Arts teacher at an inner city, Philadelphia public high school, as she inspires underprivileged students to apply themselves in her class in order to earn college scholarships to some of the most prestigious cooking institutes around the country.

Several groups, led by the Campaign for Fiscal Equity (CFE), a nonprofit legal advocacy organization, filed suit in 1993 claiming that New York State was depriving New York City public school students of their constitutional rights to a «sound basic education,» a standard that had been prescribed in 1982 by the state's highest court (in New York, the Court of Appeals).

New York's court of appeals, the state's highest court, decided 4 to 2 that $ 1.93 billion in additional annual spending was sufficient to provide an adequate education for New York City public school students.

The latest study — coming from Milwaukee — shows that the 9th graders from low income families who used vouchers to go to Catholic schools were much more likely to complete high school within four years than similar students who were in the city's public schools.

Shelby County, TN, which includes the city of Memphis, is the only metropolitan area in the study that funded students in public charter schools at a higher level than TPS.

Mr. Kerr, 47, the new communications director for city Schools Chancellor Joel I. Klein, has taken on one of the highest - profile school public relations jobs in the country, just as the 1.1 million - student system is working through a number of...

During Alonso's tenure, students in the Baltimore City Public Schools reached their highest outcomes in state exams, across all categories of students.

To more fully explore the range of Chinese - American experiences in higher education, Louie conducted interviews with students from two very different four - year institutions along the private / public and residential / commuter spectrum: Columbia University, an Ivy League school; and Hunter College of the City University of New York.

Natasha Patterson School Leadership Program Current City: Chicago Current job: Assistant principal, Chicago Public Schools Career highlights: Serving as school director / principal of UCSN — Rogers Park for the 2013 - 2014 academic year and earning a Level 1 + on the SQRP; securing a partnership with the David Lynch Foundation and the University of Chicago Crime Lab to bring Transcendental Meditation and the Quiet Time program to the students and staff of Gage Park High School, a valuable tool in helping teachers and staff deal with stress and trauma; increased the number of 2016 Gage Park High School graduates earning early college and career credenSchool Leadership Program Current City: Chicago Current job: Assistant principal, Chicago Public Schools Career highlights: Serving as school director / principal of UCSN — Rogers Park for the 2013 - 2014 academic year and earning a Level 1 + on the SQRP; securing a partnership with the David Lynch Foundation and the University of Chicago Crime Lab to bring Transcendental Meditation and the Quiet Time program to the students and staff of Gage Park High School, a valuable tool in helping teachers and staff deal with stress and trauma; increased the number of 2016 Gage Park High School graduates earning early college and career credenschool director / principal of UCSN — Rogers Park for the 2013 - 2014 academic year and earning a Level 1 + on the SQRP; securing a partnership with the David Lynch Foundation and the University of Chicago Crime Lab to bring Transcendental Meditation and the Quiet Time program to the students and staff of Gage Park High School, a valuable tool in helping teachers and staff deal with stress and trauma; increased the number of 2016 Gage Park High School graduates earning early college and career credenSchool, a valuable tool in helping teachers and staff deal with stress and trauma; increased the number of 2016 Gage Park High School graduates earning early college and career credenSchool graduates earning early college and career credentials.

Public high school students in large U.S. cities are more likely to drop out than ever before.

So, to review: Hunter is not accountable to the DOE, has its own admissions process that it declines to reveal or justify, doesn't backfill, can not objectively prove it adds value to a given student's education, regularly expels those who can't keep up academically, is not ethnically or economically diverse, diverts resources from the needy to the already advantaged, and culls the top students from the city's other public elementary and high schools.

The study, which was financed in part by the College Board, the New York City - based nonprofit that sponsors the AP program, followed students who graduated from high school from 1998 to 2002 and enrolled at any public college or university in Texas.

New York City will open three new specialized public high schools for top students in the fall, the first expansion in more than three decades of the city's competitive - admission school progCity will open three new specialized public high schools for top students in the fall, the first expansion in more than three decades of the city's competitive - admission school progcity's competitive - admission school program.

We also confirm that we obtain similar results when we control for student characteristics measured at or before the PSAT / NMSQT, including sex, parental education, family income level, whether a student took the PSAT / NMSQT in 10th grade and his or her previous score, indicators for ethnic background (for example, Mexican, Cuban), and controls for the type of high school attended, including affiliation (public or private), urbanicity (that is, city, suburban, rural), size, and concentration of Hispanic students.

On average in the three cities, African - American students who switched from public to private schools scored 6.3 percentile points higher than their peers in the control group on the reading portion of the test and 6.2 points higher on the math portion.

These higher rates of educational attainment due to the Milwaukee voucher program represent improvements of 15 — 20 percent over the rates obtained by the comparison group of public - school students — nearly as large as those for the African American students in the New York City study.

Students at three New York public high schools designed for immigrants have just collaborated on a compelling book of photographs and first - person accounts called Forty - Cent Tip: Stories of Immigrant Workers in New York City, to be published by Next Generation Press in February 2006.

With about 400 public high schools in New York City, students have a bewildering array of choices.

It is relatively large — enrolling nearly half of the city's public school students — and high performing.

Tenth - grade world history students interview Chinese immigrants and record their stories; ninth - grade physical science students design and strength - test mock airplane wings; junior English students research, write, and illustrate children's nonfiction picture books; algebra students of all grades investigate a public - transit problem and propose solutions to city officials; sophomore geometry students build scale models of museums they've designed; students across the grades in an environmental - stewardship class raise public awareness of a polluted river — all are examples of academically challenging projects that also manage to engage the minds, hands, and hearts of most high school students across a wide range of abilities and interests.