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Two New York City public students received the Wangari Maathai Award for Civic Participation in Sustainability.

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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.

Within the next decade, all public schools in New York City will be required to offer computer - science classes to all students as part of Computer Science For All, a new initiative by Mayor Bill de Blasio.

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

As part of his inquiry, Paulsen helped create a public event, bringing together a container company manager, architects, art students, city planners and regulatory officials to brainstorm solutions in a design charette that drew wider media coverage.

In contrast, Public Banks empower small businesses, students, homeowners, city and state governments, and community banks to prosper and thrive by banking for the common good over the long term, and making low - cost credit available where it is needed in the real economy.

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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.

Brinig and Garnett argue that, given their demonstrably positive impact across society, these schools should be given a fighting chance through mechanisms like tuition tax credits or vouchers, with public funds going to the child to enable students to attend an inner - city Catholic school.

In the remedial education case, New York City provided remedial teachers to parochial (as well as public) school students.

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Another issue is that Khalid Latif points out that «About 12 percent of New York City students are Muslim,» and that should be a reason why New York public schools should celebrate the Muslim holidays.

At the public charter school where she used to teach, she said, «I had a lot of students comment, «I can't really feel bad for this rich kid with a weekend free in New York City.»»

Indeed, most students feel that Union's location in New York city is in itself a visible symbol of a public sense of pastoral care.»

Noting that more than 10 percent of New York City school students are Muslim, he suggests that the public school calendar grant the Islamic community the same holiday leisure as it already gives to Christian and Jewish students.

The Principal of Public School 244 in Queens, New York City, has revealed that his pupils now have longer attention spans, are getting better academic scores, and the number of overweight and obese students has dropped by two percent — all since the school went «Meat Free» back in January.

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.

What's more, these students were among the most disadvantaged in the New York City public school system.

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.

Last year, 76 percent of public school students in the city received free lunches and another 6 percent did not pay full price for their meals, according to CPS records.

Classes for the city «s 430,000 public school students were canceled for Friday, the 14th day lost to the strike.

In our city, where three - fourths of public school students qualify for free and reduced - priced lunches, we have a special responsibility to make sure that each and every child receives the nutritious, delicious meals that will propel them to academic success.

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

These eight districts joined our original five districts — Dallas ISD (Dallas, TX), Little Rock (AR), Memphis City Schools (TN), Orange County Public Schools (FL), and Prince George's County Public Schools (MD)-- in the work of increasing access to, and participation in, the federally - funded School Breakfast Program, with the goal of reducing childhood hunger, and improving health and educational outcome for students.

I received a media advisory yesterday from my friends at School Food FOCUS indicating that Chicago Public Schools and its food service provider Chartwells will announce today a first - of - its - kind initiative to serve only * chicken raised without antibiotics to the city's K - 12 students.

NEW YORK — Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña, City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito and Public Advocate Leticia James today announced that lunch is now free for every student at every public school across New YorkPublic Advocate Leticia James today announced that lunch is now free for every student at every public school across New Yorkpublic school across New York City.

NEW YORK — Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña, City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito and Public Advocate Letitia James today announced that lunch is now free for every student at every public school across New YorkPublic Advocate Letitia James today announced that lunch is now free for every student at every public school across New Yorkpublic school across New York City.

Yesterday, the New York City department of education announced that all 1.1 million of the city's public school students will be offered free lunch starting this school year, regardless of their family's income leCity department of education announced that all 1.1 million of the city's public school students will be offered free lunch starting this school year, regardless of their family's income lecity's public school students will be offered free lunch starting this school year, regardless of their family's income level.

«When students come to school hungry, it's really hard for them to pay attention and learn,» said Jill Kidd, the director of nutrition services at Pueblo City Public Schools in Colorado.

In Virginia's Alexandria City Public Schools, the switch to whole grain sandwich buns cost the 12,000 student district nearly $ 75,000.

«Those rallying in Albany next week should stand together with the city and advocate — side by side — for our children, particularly the most underserved, and all of whom are public school students.»

At 7 p.m., de Blasio will appear on a special edition of NY1's «Inside City Hall» — a town hall on Trump's impact on New York, featuring CUNY students, NYC Public Advocate Letitia James and Staten Island Councilman Joseph Borelli.

«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 Kittrecity's highest - need students,» said Families for Excellent Schools 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.

News 12 Brooklyn story on BP Adams leading City University of New York (CUNY) students in a rally calling for greater affordability and investment in public higher education by the State.

The New York City Department of Education announced Wednesday that all public school students, regardless of family income, will receive free lunch.

On Thursday, September 7, the city rolled out a new program that will provide free lunch to all 1.1 million public - school students in the five boroughs.

Since 2011, Keith has worked for City Council Speaker Peter Vallone, Sr. helping to advocate for after school funding, expanded Advanced Placement, prevent bullying of LGBT students in public schools, secure funding for employment and workforce programs, create new affordable housing, and preserve the quality of life on the Upper East Side, In 2006, Keith was the tenant organizer for the «Preserve Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village» campaign during the sale of the neighborhood to Tishman Speyer.

Models of city neighborhoods created by Buffalo public school students are currently on display at the CEPA Gallery.

Public Advocate Bill de Blasio and City Councilwoman Julissa Ferreras (D - East Elmhurst) visited Corona's PS 19 last week and collected about 100 signatures from parents and students within an hour imploring Mayor Michael Bloomberg not to fire 4,100 teachers from city schoCity Councilwoman Julissa Ferreras (D - East Elmhurst) visited Corona's PS 19 last week and collected about 100 signatures from parents and students within an hour imploring Mayor Michael Bloomberg not to fire 4,100 teachers from city schocity schools.

But that number includes students who will not end up going to SUNY, or the City University of New York, or the community colleges that, together, make up the state's public higher education system.

Lunch at New York City public schools will be available free of charge to all 1.1 million students beginning this school year, Carmen Fariña, the schools chancellor, said on Wednesday in the basement cafeteria of a Hell's Kitchen elementary school.

Two students with disabilities and their mothers, along with a Bronx nonprofit organization, sued the New York City Education Department in Federal District Court, saying that it had violated their right to a «free appropriate public education.»

Anne Spadone, Superintendent of the Lackawanna City school district, added, «Lackawanna Public Schools is very excited to be part of this pilot program, having a CPS worker housed within our district will add a new dimension as we directly link our students with the very critical services needed.»

The city Department of Education is failing miserably at caring for homeless students in public schools, according to an audit released on Thursday.

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 Art.

She also said that there are 72,000 homeless students in the city's public school system.

There are currently 216 charter schools in the city serving 106,600 students, or 10 percent of the public - school population.

All told, 45,000 students eligible for the Excelsior Scholarship are attending state or city public universities without paying tuition costs.