Sentences with phrase «citywide education»

Explore citywide education progress reports, compare cities, and read our cross-city analysis here.

As you read the Atlanta Citywide Education Progress Report remember the three things that school districts and stakeholders can to do ensure that schools make progress so that students can succeed.

Gloria Corsino, the president of the Citywide Education Council for District 75, said her council was staunchly opposed to Cuomo's proposals.

Jonathan FickiesGloria Corsino, the president of the Citywide Education Council for District 75, said Cuomo's proposals would discourage people from becoming teachers.

Gloria Corsino, the president of the Citywide Education Council for District 75, said Cuomo's proposals would discourage people from becoming teachers.

For the second year in a row, the Office of Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. and PACE (Parents» Alliance for Citywide Education) will co-host a Gifted & Talented Education Open House providing information about New York City's Citywide Gifted & Talented (G&T) elementary schools, Bronx district G&T programs and other accelerated education options.

For more information, interested parents and students are urged to contact Willow Lawson, Parents» Alliance for Citywide Education ([email protected]).

Parents interested in becoming members of a Community or Citywide Education Council (CCEC) can apply starting today through March 11, and should visit NYCParentLeaders.org for more information.

As part of the broader Community and Citywide Education Council selection process, elected officials urged parents to apply.

July 1 — Elected and appointed Community and Citywide Education Council Members for the 2015 - 2017 term take office.

«The Community and Citywide Education Councils help shape education policies and maintain strong relationships with families and the community,» said Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña.

April 19 — May 8 — Presidents, Treasurers, and Recording Secretaries of Parent Associations and Parent - Teacher Associations vote for the new Community and Citywide Education Council Members for the 2015 - 2017 term.

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Following a month of abundant citywide community activism and outreach, City Public Advocate Bill de Blasio has submitted to City Hall more than 10,600 parent petition signatures, dozens of video and audio testimonies and nearly 20 resolutions from Community Education Councils, Community Boards and the Schools Chancellor's Parent Advisory Council, all protesting teacher and day care cuts.

He ticked off a list of school governance reforms the union is pushing for in Albany: don't allow the citywide Panel for Educational Policy to be controlled by one person; give Community Education Councils a real voice, especially concerning co-locations; and require that the schools chancellor be an educator.

She's the president of the Bronx High School Federation and has served as co-president of the Citywide Council on Special Education.

UFT President Michael Mulgrew brought members of the citywide Community Education Councils and parent activists up to date on issues facing educators and schools at a meeting on May 20 at union headquarters.

A number of legislators are concerned that the city's Citywide and Community Education Councils (CECs) do not allow for enough parental participation in policy decisions.

NYC education department officials are tackling segregated schools with a new citywide classroom diversity program.

At 10:30 a.m., the New York Immigration Council and the NYC Education Department hold a joint press conference to announce the addition of new positions, streamlined access to over-the-phone interpreters for schools, and a substantial increase in the translation and interpretation supports for citywide and community education councils, P.S. 126 Jacob August RIIS School, 80 Catherine St., MEducation Department hold a joint press conference to announce the addition of new positions, streamlined access to over-the-phone interpreters for schools, and a substantial increase in the translation and interpretation supports for citywide and community education councils, P.S. 126 Jacob August RIIS School, 80 Catherine St., Meducation councils, P.S. 126 Jacob August RIIS School, 80 Catherine St., Manhattan.

A new report says the NYC Education Department's support networks for public schools fail to boost student achievement, just days ahead of an announcement by city Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña to overhaul the massive, citywide system.

The Citywide Council on Special Education issued its findings in November with a 154 - page report on students with disabilities for the school year which ended in June.

At 7:30 a.m., NYC Councilwoman Helen Rosenthal, NYC Votes, the New York Immigration Coalition, the Department of Education, and the Board of Elections host «Student Voter Registration Day» at over 60 schools citywide.

Citywide Council on High Schools (CCHS) The CCHS advises on education policy and issues involving high school students.

Citywide Council for District 75 (CCD75) The CCD75 advises on education policy and services for students with disabilities who attend D75 programs.

Parents serve two - year terms on 36 Councils throughout the City, which include 32 district councils and four citywide councils, one each for High Schools, English Language Learners, Special Education and District 75.

Citywide Council on English Language Learners (CCELL) The CCELL advises on education policy and issues involving students in bilingual or English as a Second Language (ESL) programs.

Mr. Jeffries could face attacks on certain positions, such as his enthusiasm for charter schools, that might be less popular in a citywide Democratic primary than with political donors who support education reform.

Walcott is also responsible for collaborating with community - based organizations citywide and coordinating policies concerning youth programs and adult education.

A new report says the Education Department's support networks for public schools fail to boost student achievement, just days ahead of an announcement by city Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña to overhaul the massive, citywide system.

Out Councilmember Corey Johnson of Chelsea also voted against it as did Inez Barron of Brooklyn, a staunch advocate for public education, but it passed 43 - 4 with the support of all three citywide elected officials — Mayor Bill de Blasio, Comptroller Scott Stringer, and Public Advocate Letitia James — as well as otherwise liberal officials such as Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer.

In announcing the postponement in a statement, Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott said, «After reviewing concerns raised by parents and public officials about this year's Citywide and Community Education Council elections, I have concluded that the process could and should have been handled better.»

Citywide schools are gifted and talented schools which accept applicants from any of NYC's five boroughs based on results of the NYC Department of Education's Gifted and Talented testing.

Improving education citywide, preventing regular fare and toll hikes from the MTA and addressing the homeless crisis are all things she plans to address.

However, he has remained one of the most unpopular figures in polling data citywide, especially with a school system that is heavily black and Hispanic and in which many parents never felt totally happy with the Department of Education.

Two - thirds of students are still not receiving an arts education that meets state guidelines, according to a recent audit by State Comptroller diNapoli, and half of our teachers citywide told us in a recent UFT survey that their schools did not have the curriculum and materials they need to teach lessons aligned to the Common Core Learning Standards.

Educational Justice Political Action Committee, which formed to «address the major disparities that exist in education funding and quality» citywide, said it interviewed dozens of Council candidates about their education stances before endorsing 13 of them.

Any views or opinions presented on fliers and web sites are solely those of the author (The Paul Robeson Freedom School) and do not necessarily represent those of the Citywide Coalition for Public Education.

Most of the cash, which goes towards assisting hundreds of nonprofit groups citywide, is earmarked for progressive causes like bilingual education services, legal services for immigrants and aid for gay, bisexual and transgender persons.

The other Green citywide candidates for Councilor - At - Large and Commissioner of Education received votes from between 24 % and 29 % of the voters in those multi-seat races.

«I have also been working closely with the School Construction Authority (SCA) to remove trailers citywide,» added City Council Education Committee Chair DANIEL DROMM in a statement.

Fariña kicks off computer science education week Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña has launched Computer Science Education Week (Dec. 4 - 10), a global effort encouraging computer science education, and she has announced New York City's new CS4All Hack League, a citywide coding comeducation week Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña has launched Computer Science Education Week (Dec. 4 - 10), a global effort encouraging computer science education, and she has announced New York City's new CS4All Hack League, a citywide coding comEducation Week (Dec. 4 - 10), a global effort encouraging computer science education, and she has announced New York City's new CS4All Hack League, a citywide coding comeducation, and she has announced New York City's new CS4All Hack League, a citywide coding competition.

Saying issues like crime, education and affordable housing drove them to the polls Tuesday, Queens residents helped to re-elect Helen Marshall as borough president and Mayor Michael Bloomberg to the city's highest office by a narrow, while sending John Liu (D - Flushing) to the comptroller's office as the first Asian American to win a citywide office.

Jaye Bea Smalley, a longtime disabilities advocate who serves as co-president of the Citywide Council on Special Education, will join the Upper West Side's Community Board 7; the Rev. Keith Fennessy, a fifth - generation New Yorker and pastor of St. Columba Catholic Church in Chelsea, will join Community Board 4; and Sabrina Francis, an opera singer and music teacher at Round the Clock Daycare, will join Harlem's Community Board 9.

Mayor Bill de Blasio's administration announced its first new substantive education policy in over a year and a half on Monday: a pilot program city officials hope will eventually be available citywide for three - year - olds to attend pre-Kindergarten programs, dubbed 3 - K for All.

Since the school opened its doors in 1974, a citywide program funded by the New York City Department of Education has been providing resources for Murrow's blind and visually impaired students.

A citywide teaching shortage had caused the Board of Education to relax the hiring rules, enabling Stuyvesant's principal to hire unlicensed teachers like Simion.

As they have already done with Kindergarten, Gifted & Talented, and Universal pre-K applications, the New York City Department of Education has pushed back their deadline for parents wishing to run for a spot on various education councils, including Citywide Council on High - Schools, English Language Learners, Special Ed, and several DistrictEducation has pushed back their deadline for parents wishing to run for a spot on various education councils, including Citywide Council on High - Schools, English Language Learners, Special Ed, and several Districteducation councils, including Citywide Council on High - Schools, English Language Learners, Special Ed, and several District offices.

The conditions were ideal for this groundbreaking shift: a citywide consensus that the old system had failed; a once - in - a-lifetime opportunity to build a new system from scratch; the availability of federal school start - up funds; and the keen interest of education entrepreneurs, foundations, and support organizations in seeing this bold reform succeed.

Afterward, in 1980, I spent a year at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, steeping myself in research on what seemed to make some urban schools work, and then was hired as the chief architect of a new citywide curriculum.

On October 7, the day of the next school board meeting and with the board still unaware of Moran's plans (she had e-mailed the plan to her colleagues the night before, but according to Education Week, some board members and Acting Superintendent Watson said they hadn't had a chance to read the application before the meeting), New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin announced that he would ask the governor for help in creating a citywide charter school system.