With the beginning of the school year only a little more than a month away, thousands of New York
City public school students remain unsure whether they'll be promoted to the next grade in the fall.
Not exact matches
Even as they promised more help for parents, both de Blasio and
Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña reiterated Tuesday that they felt the
city's
public school system still
remained the best place for most special needs
students.
The Buffalo
Public School District and the District Parent Coordinating Council agree that
student suspensions
remain a problem in
city schools.
Warm results arrived this past winter in New York
City from Stanford University economist Caroline Hoxby, who detailed how
students winning slots via lotteries in over-subscribed charters out - performed applicants who
remained in regular
public schools.
Using unflinching language, Ms. Feldman — who said she would
remain president of the New York
City teachers» union while heading the national union — spoke at a news conference about the importance of creating high standards and denounced using vouchers that channel
students and dollars from
public schools to private
schools.
This analysis assumes that the
students currently in our
public school data set would
remain in
public schools, rather than move to private
schools or leave the
city.