Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks to reporters at City Hall in Manhattan after Miami - Dade County Public Schools Superintendent Alberto M. Carvalho announced abruptly that he will not accept the job of running the New York
City school system on Thursday, March 1, 2018.
Not exact matches
On Monday, just hours before a scheduled press event about GE's move, the industrial giant pledged to invest $ 25 million in the
city's underfunded public
school system by creating a career lab and other resources.
I was too grateful for the traffic lights the «
system» had installed
on the corners of the busy streets my son had to navigate
on his way to
school, and for the
school crossing guards the
city government had hired to make his daily journey less dangerous, and for the fire inspectors who regularly visited his
school to check for hazards, and so
on.
The
city's and
school system's Muslim population has mushroomed to a level that is similar to the Jewish population, and it's unfair to make such a large number of Muslim students take a «sick day»
on these important holidays.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel began pushing for a longer
school day while he was
on the campaign trail, saying Chicago's
school day is the shortest in the nation when compared to public
school systems in nine other large
cities.
An emerging initiative has been implementing a classroom breakfast program in all of the
city's
schools, and 50 have signed
on so far; the
system also has grab - and - go breakfast kiosks in six
schools.
At 11 a.m., NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio will deliver remarks at a rally
on the
City Hall steps in Lower Manhattan, urging the extension of mayoral control of the New York
City school system immediately.
NYC
Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña was in Albany for two days this week, updating the Legislature
on the progress of the
city's public
school system.
It was announced today that Kerrey, the former president of the New
School in New York
City, had signed
on to the effort to tighten campaign finance laws by introducing a voluntary public matching
system similar to New York
City and lower contribution limits.
Shimon Waronker, the embattled superintendent of the Hempstead
school district, was placed
on administrative leave by the district's
school board majority — an action, which if it holds up, will ban the former New York
City educator from intervening in the operations of Long Island's most troubled
school system.
Off topic questions included his speech tomorrow to Britain's Labour Party, Chirlane McCray's attendance at an NYPD CompStat meeting, whether ISIS and the recent U.S. military strikes will cause a ramped - up security / counter-terrorism effort by the
City, Governor Cuomo's efforts at supporting a Democratic state senate, Congressional approval of military strikes ordered by President Obama, the
City school system's policy
on student cell phones and continuing problems at Rikers Island.
Mayor Bill de Blasio dug in his heels
on charter
schools Monday, as the fierce debate threatened to cost him control of the
city's
school system and bring back the bad old days of the Board of Ed.
Mayor Bill de Blasio
on Wednesday picked a new
schools chancellor to oversee New York
City's 1.1 million - student
system: Miami superintendent Alberto Carvalho.
Bloomberg has closed 140 struggling
schools since taking charge of the education
system in 2003, drawing the ire of critics including mayoral candidate Bill Thompson, the former
City Comptroller, who called for a legal moratorium
on closures this year.
Stuyvesant, one of the
city's most academically prestigious high
schools, was
on lockdown for hours after the attack, said de Blasio, who praised the
school system and police for following established protocol and acting swiftly to shelter students in place.
«We spend $ 22 billion
on the New York
City public
school system, so to say we aren't devoting resources is ridiculous,» Bloomberg said at a press conference at Washington Irving High School later Tuesday, where he celebrated the opening of 54 new schools in the coming school year, 19 of which will replace schools that have been c
school system, so to say we aren't devoting resources is ridiculous,» Bloomberg said at a press conference at Washington Irving High
School later Tuesday, where he celebrated the opening of 54 new schools in the coming school year, 19 of which will replace schools that have been c
School later Tuesday, where he celebrated the opening of 54 new
schools in the coming
school year, 19 of which will replace schools that have been c
school year, 19 of which will replace
schools that have been closed.
Legislation aimed at repealing mayoral control of the
city's
school system was dead
on arrival in the Republican - led state Senate.
She has reported
on controversies around discipline in charter
schools, racial segregation in the New York
City school system, and flaws in the city's method of testing for lead in water in scho
City school system, and flaws in the
city's method of testing for lead in water in scho
city's method of testing for lead in water in
schools.
Richard Condon, the
school system's special commissioner of investigation, found that Verizon was in
on an alleged overbilling scheme that cost the
city's
schools $ 3.6 million.
The state Senate returned to session
on Aug. 6 and passed a bill to renew mayoral control of the
city's public
schools, along with other related bills to increase parental input in the
school system and address some of the other flaws in the original legislation.
Calling it a «pivotal time in the history of our
school system,» UFT President Michael Mulgrew focused
on the need to rebuild public education in New York
City after Mayor Bloomberg in his speech at the union's annual Spring Education Conference at the New York Hilton
on May 11.
First
on the governors agenda is the extension of the New York
City mayor's control over the city's school sys
City mayor's control over the
city's school sys
city's
school system.
But many of his proposals — such as toughening up evaluation
systems teachers barely agreed to in the first place, firing teachers with bad ratings, tying tenure to evaluations, and increasing the cap
on charter
schools — are sure to be met with ire from politically powerful state and
city teachers union.
Queens Councilwoman Julissa Ferreras - Copeland, who chairs the powerful Committee
on Finance, suggested the
city could lose precious monies for the NYPD for its non-cooperation
on immigration issues, while the public hospital network could suffer if the president repeals the Obama - era Affordable Care Act and the
school system might lose funding under the policies of U.S. Secretary of Education - designate Betsy DeVos.
Other Westchester Municipalities having
School Board And 2018 - 2019 Votes include The Peekskill City School District (2 seats up), Greenburgh Central School District, New Rochelle Public Schools (One (1) full Five - year term and one (1) Two - year term [unexpired portion of a vacant term]-RRB-, Scarsdale Public School District, the Mamaroneck Union Free School District (which includes public school system for Village of Larchmont residents), Port Chester Public Schools, Tuckahoe Union Free School District (one (1) board seat), Pelham Public School District (Eligible Pelham voters may vote on a two - proposition bond proposal to fund facilities / infrastructure projects and athletic facilities / fields upgrades), Rye City School District (There is only one Polling Place: The Rye Middle School Gymnasium at 3 Parsons St
School Board And 2018 - 2019 Votes include The Peekskill
City School District (2 seats up), Greenburgh Central School District, New Rochelle Public Schools (One (1) full Five - year term and one (1) Two - year term [unexpired portion of a vacant term]-RRB-, Scarsdale Public School District, the Mamaroneck Union Free School District (which includes public school system for Village of Larchmont residents), Port Chester Public Schools, Tuckahoe Union Free School District (one (1) board seat), Pelham Public School District (Eligible Pelham voters may vote on a two - proposition bond proposal to fund facilities / infrastructure projects and athletic facilities / fields upgrades), Rye City School District (There is only one Polling Place: The Rye Middle School Gymnasium at 3 Parsons St
School District (2 seats up), Greenburgh Central
School District, New Rochelle Public Schools (One (1) full Five - year term and one (1) Two - year term [unexpired portion of a vacant term]-RRB-, Scarsdale Public School District, the Mamaroneck Union Free School District (which includes public school system for Village of Larchmont residents), Port Chester Public Schools, Tuckahoe Union Free School District (one (1) board seat), Pelham Public School District (Eligible Pelham voters may vote on a two - proposition bond proposal to fund facilities / infrastructure projects and athletic facilities / fields upgrades), Rye City School District (There is only one Polling Place: The Rye Middle School Gymnasium at 3 Parsons St
School District, New Rochelle Public
Schools (One (1) full Five - year term and one (1) Two - year term [unexpired portion of a vacant term]-RRB-, Scarsdale Public
School District, the Mamaroneck Union Free School District (which includes public school system for Village of Larchmont residents), Port Chester Public Schools, Tuckahoe Union Free School District (one (1) board seat), Pelham Public School District (Eligible Pelham voters may vote on a two - proposition bond proposal to fund facilities / infrastructure projects and athletic facilities / fields upgrades), Rye City School District (There is only one Polling Place: The Rye Middle School Gymnasium at 3 Parsons St
School District, the Mamaroneck Union Free
School District (which includes public school system for Village of Larchmont residents), Port Chester Public Schools, Tuckahoe Union Free School District (one (1) board seat), Pelham Public School District (Eligible Pelham voters may vote on a two - proposition bond proposal to fund facilities / infrastructure projects and athletic facilities / fields upgrades), Rye City School District (There is only one Polling Place: The Rye Middle School Gymnasium at 3 Parsons St
School District (which includes public
school system for Village of Larchmont residents), Port Chester Public Schools, Tuckahoe Union Free School District (one (1) board seat), Pelham Public School District (Eligible Pelham voters may vote on a two - proposition bond proposal to fund facilities / infrastructure projects and athletic facilities / fields upgrades), Rye City School District (There is only one Polling Place: The Rye Middle School Gymnasium at 3 Parsons St
school system for Village of Larchmont residents), Port Chester Public
Schools, Tuckahoe Union Free
School District (one (1) board seat), Pelham Public School District (Eligible Pelham voters may vote on a two - proposition bond proposal to fund facilities / infrastructure projects and athletic facilities / fields upgrades), Rye City School District (There is only one Polling Place: The Rye Middle School Gymnasium at 3 Parsons St
School District (one (1) board seat), Pelham Public
School District (Eligible Pelham voters may vote on a two - proposition bond proposal to fund facilities / infrastructure projects and athletic facilities / fields upgrades), Rye City School District (There is only one Polling Place: The Rye Middle School Gymnasium at 3 Parsons St
School District (Eligible Pelham voters may vote
on a two - proposition bond proposal to fund facilities / infrastructure projects and athletic facilities / fields upgrades), Rye
City School District (There is only one Polling Place: The Rye Middle School Gymnasium at 3 Parsons St
School District (There is only one Polling Place: The Rye Middle
School Gymnasium at 3 Parsons St
School Gymnasium at 3 Parsons Street.)
The only current Senate proposal
on mayoral control would extend the
system just a year, with the new condition that
city school budgets would have to be approved by the Legislature.
New York
City was stunned Thursday when the person who Mayor Bill de Blasio picked to lead the city's school system turned down the job on live televis
City was stunned Thursday when the person who Mayor Bill de Blasio picked to lead the
city's school system turned down the job on live televis
city's
school system turned down the job
on live television.
In a shot directly at Mayor Bill de Blasio, the state Senate Republicans
on Friday quietly introduced a bill that would extend New York
city mayoral control over the
schools for just a year while at the same time giving the governor a role in how the
city system is run.
In Albany, where a number of New York
City Mayor Bill de Blasio's policy priorities have succumbed to resistance from Gov. Andrew Cuomo and state Senate Republicans, documents suggest that de Blasio has turned to the real estate industry's chief lobbying group in New York as an intermediary to press politicians on a matter beyond its traditional scope: the city's public school sys
City Mayor Bill de Blasio's policy priorities have succumbed to resistance from Gov. Andrew Cuomo and state Senate Republicans, documents suggest that de Blasio has turned to the real estate industry's chief lobbying group in New York as an intermediary to press politicians
on a matter beyond its traditional scope: the
city's public school sys
city's public
school system.
Schenectady Democratic Assemblyman Angelo Santabarbara noted that his
city's
school system was setting its budget plan
on Wednesday night, and others in the Capitol Region would soon follow.
A state appellate court ruled unanimously
on Thursday that New York
City must keep open 19
schools it wanted to close for poor performance, blocking one of the Bloomberg administration's signature efforts to improve the educational
system.
ALBANY — The State Legislature has adjourned for the year without coming to an agreement
on mayoral control of New York
City's
schools, leaving a looming question mark over the chain of command for the nation's largest public
school system and its 1.1 million students.
Before taking
on the New York
City school system, Klein was an executive with German media conglomerate Bertelsmann, and before that a longtime Justice Department official.
Today marks the third day of StudentsFirstNY's effort to stress the urgency of a deal
on a new evaluation
system for New York
City public
school teachers.
Today marks the fourth day of StudentsFirstNY's effort to stress the urgency of a deal
on a new evaluation
system for New York
City public
school teachers.
Today marks the fifth day of StudentsFirstNY's effort to stress the urgency of a deal
on a new evaluation
system for New York
City public
school teachers.
In an effort to jumpstart all - but - stalled negotiations
on a new evaluation
system for New York
City public
school teachers, StudentsFirstNY today launched a «10 Days of $ 300 Million» campaign to highlight the negative impact of losing these funds.
Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza, who joined the city school system this month, fanned the flames Friday by retweeting a news story on the meeting headlined: «Watch: Wealthy white Manhattan parents angrily rant against plan to bring more black kids to their schools.
Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza, who joined the
city school system this month, fanned the flames Friday by retweeting a news story
on the meeting headlined: «Watch: Wealthy white Manhattan parents angrily rant against plan to bring more black kids to their
schools.
schools.»
Mayor Bill de Blasio has suggested that if the Legislature leaves Albany
on Wednesday without renewing mayoral control of
schools, which is set to lapse
on July 1, the
city's education
system will immediately descend into chaos.
De Blasio's aides
on Monday warned of chaos in the
school system if the mayoral control law is allowed to expire and the
city goes back to the old Board of Education
system where the mayor appoints two members and the five borough presidents one each.
«I don't ask upstate Republican county executives to tell me what they'll spend the 1 % sales tax extender
on before I agree to pass a bill,» Heastie said, contrasting the Senate GOP's demand for information
on the
school system from the
city.
Mayor Bill de Blasio said that the recently - passed New York State budget is a mixture of «simple pros and cons» and vowed that he will lobby Albany
on his proposal to impose a new tax
on sales of properties worth $ 2 million and to see his administration's power over the
city's
school system extended at least another year.
On Feb. 28, 2018, news reports indicated that Mayor Bill de Blasio intends to name Alberto Carvalho, the superintendent of the Miami - Dade
school system, as the new chancellor of New York
City public
schools, replacing outgoing Chancellor Carmen Fariña.
On the pressing topic of an extension of mayoral control of the
City's
school system, Massey ignored my question of whether he supports any of the bills currently being considered in Albany.
Hartford's Equity 2020 committee, the advisory panel that
city school leaders formed months ago to consider
school consolidation, got its first glimpse of what the district's consultants have been working
on in recent weeks — three possible scenarios to help shrink the
school system starting in the 2017 - 18
school year.
Mayoral candidates have focused
on certain aspects of Albany control, particularly around the MTA and the
city school system.
Speaking from a packed high
school auditorium in the South Bronx, Mark - Viverito proposed a far - reaching overhaul of Rikers Island to bring it to the point of closing down and a plan to scrap old warrants from New Yorker's records — policies that could put her ahead of Mayor Bill de Blasio's administration
on justice reform and in direct conflict with the
city's powerful correction officers» union, the court
system and the police department.
Hartford
school board Vice Chairwoman Tiffany Glanville, right, tells
city school officials
on Sept. 11 that she believes the
system is discriminating against Isiah Rivera.
Documents suggest that NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio has turned to the real estate industry's chief lobbying group, REBNY, as an intermediary to press Albany politicians
on a matter beyond its traditional scope: the
city's public
school system.
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.