A recent pilot program in New York
City public schools showed that elementary students in schools that used C.K.L.A. outperformed their peers in reading, science and social studies.
Results from the three - year pilot of CKLA in kindergarten through second grade in 10 New York
City public schools show that students in the schools using CKLA outperformed their peers in 10 comparison schools on measures of reading, science, and social studies.
Not exact matches
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.
Since 1999 there have been at least 41 suspected food poisoning incidents at Chicago
schools, in which at least 215 children were sickened,
city Department of
Public Health reports and
school records
show.
The
city park district operates its own radio
show in conjunction with the Detroit
public schools, and it has a 24 - hour telephone hot line about park activities.
Hundreds of upset parents
showed up last night at contentious meeting in Manhattan where a
city panel was going to vote on closing 13
public schools this summer.
New York, NY — Families for Excellent
Schools today released an analysis of the Spring 2017 Grades 3 - 8 ELA and Math test results, showing that public charter schools continue to be the best education option for underserved New York City ch
Schools today released an analysis of the Spring 2017 Grades 3 - 8 ELA and Math test results,
showing that
public charter
schools continue to be the best education option for underserved New York City ch
schools continue to be the best education option for underserved New York
City children.
More
public school teachers are getting tenure under the union - friendly de Blasio administration, statistics released Friday by the
city Education department
show.
City charter
schools in
public school buildings are far more overcrowded than their district - run counterparts, a new analysis of NYC Education Department data
shows.
More
public school teachers are getting tenure under the union - friendly de Blasio administration, statistics released by the
city Education department
show.
As New York
City retests all
public school buildings for lead in the water, 140 have had at least one water sample
showing elevated levels so far.
As a recent IBO post
showed, the number of paraprofessionals, or teaching assistants, in the
city's
public schools has grown considerably over the past decade.
A new study says that on average, New York
City charter
school students
show growth equal to 23 extra days of learning in reading and 63 more days in math each year, compared with similar students in traditional
public schools.
As
city of Buffalo's eighth graders are trying to decide where they will go to high
school, the Buffalo Public School District will be show - casing five new choices Saturday morning in Bennett High S
school, the Buffalo
Public School District will be show - casing five new choices Saturday morning in Bennett High S
School District will be
show - casing five new choices Saturday morning in Bennett High
SchoolSchool.
Hawkins said that a debate focused on education would
show that both Governor Cuomo and Astorino would underfund
public schools, especially in property - poor inner
city and rural communities.
A teachers» union survey of New York
City public schools has shown that in mid-September nearly half of the city's schools had overcrowded classes and the number of overcrowded special education classes in regular schools had more than doub
City public schools has
shown that in mid-September nearly half of the
city's schools had overcrowded classes and the number of overcrowded special education classes in regular schools had more than doub
city's
schools had overcrowded classes and the number of overcrowded special education classes in regular
schools had more than doubled.
For the past two years, Talk of the Sound has been gathering information — photos, videos, invoices, receipts, bank statements, checks, spreadsheets and other
public and internal records — that
show a long - standing pattern where the
City School District of New Rochelle allows the operation of private businesses for personal benefit of select individuals within the
public schools in New Rochelle.
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...
In a country and an era marked by divisiveness, acrimony, and the often incapacitating inability to work together, we strongly encourage the Buffalo
Public Schools and the Buffalo Teachers Federation to set a different example, and to
show the
city and our children what compromise and collaboration look like.
«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.
Now the
city's students have options: they still have a number traditional
public schools, but also magnet and charter
schools that are
showing encouraging results.
It
shows the laws and regulations that a
public high
school in New York
City must comply with each day.
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.
•
Show that
public charter
schools could benefit the students most in need of new opportunities (poor and minority children in big
cities).
The Baltimore Education Resource Consortium tracked a Sixth Grade Cohort in Baltimore
City Public Schools from 1990 - 2000 and
showed that severely chronically absent students (more than forty days) had a 56.3 % rate of withdrawal from
school or likely dropped out.
The authors concede that a number of national and
city - level studies
show relatively strong performance for disadvantaged youth in charters, but come to rest on the familiar refrain that charter students do about the same as those in other
public schools.
In response to a report by the New York
City Board of Education
showing a 16 percent increase in crime in the
public schools, the district's chancellor has expanded a program of weapons checks and both Mayor David N. Dinkins and his rival have called for additional security measures.
When focused on
cities with large numbers of charter
schools, these comparisons reliably
show that African American students are more racially isolated in charter
schools than in the districts as a whole — as are African American students in traditional
public schools in the same neighborhoods.
Fifteen years after the first charter
school opened in Boston, a research team led by Professor Tom Kane released a highly publicized study that
shows that charter
schools outperform other
public schools in the
city, including pilot
schools.
This is the case in Boston, where researchers» careful tracking of six charter high
schools over the last decade has
shown that those charters have a large and positive impacts on MCAS scores as compared to the
city's conventional
public high
schools.
Design a
school that pays more and reaches all with excellence — October 10, 2013 Public Impact Co-Directors Refresh Vision: Opportunity Culture for ALL — September 25, 2013 Report shows promising alternative to closing failing charter schools — August 14, 2013 Rocketship Education: Bringing tech closer to teachers — July 24, 2013 Case study: New charter pays more, extends teachers» reach, gets strong results — July 9, 2013 Case study: How Charlotte zone planned Opportunity Culture schools — June 27, 2013 Case study: How one Leading Educators fellow extends her reach — June 17, 2013 Opportunity Culture district creates paid role for student teachers — May 22, 2013 Reports: City - based organizations» roles in quality digital learning — May 15, 2013 Nation's fifth - largest district explores extending reach of excellent teachers — May 9, 2013 A Better Blend: Combine digital instruction and great teaching to dramatically improve learning — April 30, 2013 Indiana Encourages Dramatically Different Models in New Charter Schools — April 18, 2013 Charlotte Flooded with Teacher Applicants Seeking Roles to Extend Their Reach — April 11, 2013 New charter school study shows the steps to great schools — March 14, 2013 Nashville Joins Sites Extending Excellent Teachers» Reach — March 7, 2013 Opportunity Culture Network to Link Charter School Organizations — February 6, 2013 Share Opportunity Culture with Your Teachers: New Slide Deck and Two - Pager — Dec 13, 2012 Career Paths That Respect Teachers» Time and Talent — Nov 15, 2012 You Know Who Your Great Teachers Are — Now
school that pays more and reaches all with excellence — October 10, 2013
Public Impact Co-Directors Refresh Vision: Opportunity Culture for ALL — September 25, 2013 Report
shows promising alternative to closing failing charter
schools — August 14, 2013 Rocketship Education: Bringing tech closer to teachers — July 24, 2013 Case study: New charter pays more, extends teachers» reach, gets strong results — July 9, 2013 Case study: How Charlotte zone planned Opportunity Culture schools — June 27, 2013 Case study: How one Leading Educators fellow extends her reach — June 17, 2013 Opportunity Culture district creates paid role for student teachers — May 22, 2013 Reports: City - based organizations» roles in quality digital learning — May 15, 2013 Nation's fifth - largest district explores extending reach of excellent teachers — May 9, 2013 A Better Blend: Combine digital instruction and great teaching to dramatically improve learning — April 30, 2013 Indiana Encourages Dramatically Different Models in New Charter Schools — April 18, 2013 Charlotte Flooded with Teacher Applicants Seeking Roles to Extend Their Reach — April 11, 2013 New charter school study shows the steps to great schools — March 14, 2013 Nashville Joins Sites Extending Excellent Teachers» Reach — March 7, 2013 Opportunity Culture Network to Link Charter School Organizations — February 6, 2013 Share Opportunity Culture with Your Teachers: New Slide Deck and Two - Pager — Dec 13, 2012 Career Paths That Respect Teachers» Time and Talent — Nov 15, 2012 You Know Who Your Great Teachers Are — No
schools — August 14, 2013 Rocketship Education: Bringing tech closer to teachers — July 24, 2013 Case study: New charter pays more, extends teachers» reach, gets strong results — July 9, 2013 Case study: How Charlotte zone planned Opportunity Culture
schools — June 27, 2013 Case study: How one Leading Educators fellow extends her reach — June 17, 2013 Opportunity Culture district creates paid role for student teachers — May 22, 2013 Reports: City - based organizations» roles in quality digital learning — May 15, 2013 Nation's fifth - largest district explores extending reach of excellent teachers — May 9, 2013 A Better Blend: Combine digital instruction and great teaching to dramatically improve learning — April 30, 2013 Indiana Encourages Dramatically Different Models in New Charter Schools — April 18, 2013 Charlotte Flooded with Teacher Applicants Seeking Roles to Extend Their Reach — April 11, 2013 New charter school study shows the steps to great schools — March 14, 2013 Nashville Joins Sites Extending Excellent Teachers» Reach — March 7, 2013 Opportunity Culture Network to Link Charter School Organizations — February 6, 2013 Share Opportunity Culture with Your Teachers: New Slide Deck and Two - Pager — Dec 13, 2012 Career Paths That Respect Teachers» Time and Talent — Nov 15, 2012 You Know Who Your Great Teachers Are — No
schools — June 27, 2013 Case study: How one Leading Educators fellow extends her reach — June 17, 2013 Opportunity Culture district creates paid role for student teachers — May 22, 2013 Reports:
City - based organizations» roles in quality digital learning — May 15, 2013 Nation's fifth - largest district explores extending reach of excellent teachers — May 9, 2013 A Better Blend: Combine digital instruction and great teaching to dramatically improve learning — April 30, 2013 Indiana Encourages Dramatically Different Models in New Charter
Schools — April 18, 2013 Charlotte Flooded with Teacher Applicants Seeking Roles to Extend Their Reach — April 11, 2013 New charter school study shows the steps to great schools — March 14, 2013 Nashville Joins Sites Extending Excellent Teachers» Reach — March 7, 2013 Opportunity Culture Network to Link Charter School Organizations — February 6, 2013 Share Opportunity Culture with Your Teachers: New Slide Deck and Two - Pager — Dec 13, 2012 Career Paths That Respect Teachers» Time and Talent — Nov 15, 2012 You Know Who Your Great Teachers Are — No
Schools — April 18, 2013 Charlotte Flooded with Teacher Applicants Seeking Roles to Extend Their Reach — April 11, 2013 New charter
school study shows the steps to great schools — March 14, 2013 Nashville Joins Sites Extending Excellent Teachers» Reach — March 7, 2013 Opportunity Culture Network to Link Charter School Organizations — February 6, 2013 Share Opportunity Culture with Your Teachers: New Slide Deck and Two - Pager — Dec 13, 2012 Career Paths That Respect Teachers» Time and Talent — Nov 15, 2012 You Know Who Your Great Teachers Are — Now
school study
shows the steps to great
schools — March 14, 2013 Nashville Joins Sites Extending Excellent Teachers» Reach — March 7, 2013 Opportunity Culture Network to Link Charter School Organizations — February 6, 2013 Share Opportunity Culture with Your Teachers: New Slide Deck and Two - Pager — Dec 13, 2012 Career Paths That Respect Teachers» Time and Talent — Nov 15, 2012 You Know Who Your Great Teachers Are — No
schools — March 14, 2013 Nashville Joins Sites Extending Excellent Teachers» Reach — March 7, 2013 Opportunity Culture Network to Link Charter
School Organizations — February 6, 2013 Share Opportunity Culture with Your Teachers: New Slide Deck and Two - Pager — Dec 13, 2012 Career Paths That Respect Teachers» Time and Talent — Nov 15, 2012 You Know Who Your Great Teachers Are — Now
School Organizations — February 6, 2013 Share Opportunity Culture with Your Teachers: New Slide Deck and Two - Pager — Dec 13, 2012 Career Paths That Respect Teachers» Time and Talent — Nov 15, 2012 You Know Who Your Great Teachers Are — Now What?
The continuing battle for control of the New York
City schools shows why
school boards are a valuable part of public education (see «The Future of School Boards,» Forum, Summer
school boards are a valuable part of
public education (see «The Future of
School Boards,» Forum, Summer
School Boards,» Forum, Summer 2004).
Data from charter
schools and traditional
public schools in New York
City shows that a lower percentage of students transfer out of charter
schools than traditional
public schools.
The history books will
show that New York
City mayor Michael Bloomberg seized control of the city's sprawling public school bureaucracy and its 1.1 million students on July 1, 2
City mayor Michael Bloomberg seized control of the
city's sprawling public school bureaucracy and its 1.1 million students on July 1, 2
city's sprawling
public school bureaucracy and its 1.1 million students on July 1, 2002.
Our Children Our
Schools: A Blueprint for Creating Partnerships Between Immigrant Families and New York City Public Schools Over 60 % of children in New York City public schools are immigrants or the children of immigrants, but this report by Advocates for Children of New York (AFC) shows that immigrant families face significant obstacles to participating in their children's edu
Schools: A Blueprint for Creating Partnerships Between Immigrant Families and New York
City Public Schools Over 60 % of children in New York City public schools are immigrants or the children of immigrants, but this report by Advocates for Children of New York (AFC) shows that immigrant families face significant obstacles to participating in their children's educ
Public Schools Over 60 % of children in New York City public schools are immigrants or the children of immigrants, but this report by Advocates for Children of New York (AFC) shows that immigrant families face significant obstacles to participating in their children's edu
Schools Over 60 % of children in New York
City public schools are immigrants or the children of immigrants, but this report by Advocates for Children of New York (AFC) shows that immigrant families face significant obstacles to participating in their children's educ
public schools are immigrants or the children of immigrants, but this report by Advocates for Children of New York (AFC) shows that immigrant families face significant obstacles to participating in their children's edu
schools are immigrants or the children of immigrants, but this report by Advocates for Children of New York (AFC)
shows that immigrant families face significant obstacles to participating in their children's education.
District
school records
show that charters also have better attendance and graduation rates than the regular
public schools and that their teachers are more likely to fit the
city's definition of «highly qualified,» meaning that they have expertise in what they are teaching.
This comes just days after The New York Times / Siena College Poll released last week
showed a resounding majority (See NECSN's release here) of New York
City likely voters favor creating more
public charter
schools.
Chalkbeat New study
shows just how hard it is to find a decent
public school in Detroit — especially in 10
city neighborhoods
New York Times / Siena Poll
Shows Resounding Majority of New York
City Voters Want More
Public Charter
Schools
This report followed the release of new data
showing that Success Academy suspends elementary
school students at seven times the rate of New York
City's
public elementary
schools including many children in kindergarten.
After just one full year, charter
schools already make up nearly 10 percent of Jackson's
public school enrollment in the three grades that charter
schools currently serve
showing the high demand from parents in the
city.
Unfortunately, though, the main premise of the equity argument has not been fulfilled — inner -
city poor students attending private
schools with vouchers in general
show no greater gains in academic achievement than comparable students in
public schools.
Charter
schools have created high - performing options for millions of families across the country, and initiatives such as New York
City's small high
schools of choice have
shown that
public -
school choice in large districts can significantly improve graduation rates.
Last week, the Illinois political newsletter Capitol Fax commissioned a poll of Chicago voters that
showed that fully 66 percent of parents with children in the
city's
public schools supported the strike, as did 56 percent of voters citywide.
Research
shows that black teachers connect more deeply, hold higher expectations, and provide stronger role models for black children, who make up nearly 90 percent of the
city's
public school students.
And
public support has come along; polls
show that about two - thirds of New York
City residents support charter
schools.
The task force, chaired by Joel Klein, former head of New York
City public schools, and Condoleezza Rice, former U.S. secretary of state, cites mediocre U.S.
showings on international assessments; high dropout rates, particularly among black and Hispanic students; poor civics performance; limited study of foreign languages; and lack of college preparedness as evidence that the nation's security is at risk.
This year the NAEP results
showed that
public schools in New York and New York
City only prepares one - third of
school children adequately.
The results, released in September,
show that only one - third of LA students in traditional
public schools performed up to their grade level in English and one - fourth did so in math but that the
city's charter
school students did much better.
There's a rare opportunity in New Orleans to
show local and national arenas that constant community engagement matters, as the
city's new
public schools superintendent revisits the facilities master plan for education.