Sentences with phrase «for citywide programs»

For Citywide programs, the standard NYC public school curriculum is simply taught a year in advance, so that kindergarteners are doing 1st grade work, 1st graders are doing 2nd grade work, etc..

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Phelps, a board member since 1988, was credited for turning a once - moribund park gymnastics program into a citywide success, with new equipment and coaching.

Officials said the program, estimated to cost as much as $ 23 million over four years, could be paid for through a citywide soda tax.

The citywide pre-K program is a campaign pledge of New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, who wants to hike taxes on those earning $ 500,000 and more a year in order to pay for it.

Speaker Quinn, Councilman Gennaro, in conjunction with CUNY Citizenship Now, is participating in a new collaborative citywide program that offers free help with immigration questions related to naturalization and deferred action for childhood arrivals.

With the tax break coming up for its four - year renewal in Albany, the administration has rolled out a proposal that would end the GEA and require affordable housing in rental buildings in the program citywide, while eliminating the exemption for condominiums.

Among his many initiatives, he created a model for correcting wrongful convictions, instituted a marijuana policy that would later be replicated citywide and started a summons forgiveness program that would also be instituted in several other jurisdictions.

Mr. de Blasio unveiled his own proposal for the tax credit, which would end the exclusion area and require affordable housing in rental buildings in the program citywide, while eliminating the exemption for condominiums.

Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez said the center has been pivotal for the community, serving as a «role model» citywide for its youth and senior programs, and adding that even the mayor held an important meeting there in recent months.

Prevention efforts in his proposal include expansion of a Staten Island school prevention program Citywide, creation of a «Synthetics Task Force» with federal, state and city law enforcement and «develop [ing] clearer standards for prescribing opioids.»

Also at noon, NYC Councilmen Costa Constantinides and Ydanis Rodriguez announce the introduction of a bill to create a pilot program for electric vehicle charging stations on street parking, aiming to encourage the use of electric cars, and help reduce carbon emissions citywide, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

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

Expanding Citi Bike: Council members and transit advocates rallied outside City Hall in January calling on the mayor to provide public funds for a citywide expansion of the Citi Bike program.

De Blasio has heralded the free, full - day preschool for city 3 - year - olds as a «historic» counterpart to his popular Universal Pre-K program and said he wants to take the new initiative citywide.

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

PACE and Bronx Borough President representatives will be on hand, and current parents at Citywide G&T schools and district G&T programs will be available for informal Q&A.

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 optioFor 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 optiofor 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.

The program would make New York City the first city in the U.S. to offer its own retirement savings program for private sector workers who lack access to employer - sponsored retirement plans, de Blasio and other citywide elected officials said Thursday at City Hall.

Mayor Bill de Blasio and City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito announced a $ 82.1 billion budget agreement for Fiscal Year 2017 at City Hall Wednesday afternoon, putting millions of additional dollars towards summer youth jobs, libraries and seniors while securing more money for the city's reserve fund and the citywide savings program.

All these, the mayor stressed, would be paid for through $ 1.25 billion in new savings through fiscal 2017, along with the $ 1 billion already identified in the preliminary budget, under the Citywide Savings Program.

CIVIC CENTER — Gov. Andrew Cuomo is set to unveil a plan to pay for universal pre-kindergarten across the state, in what could spell trouble for Bill de Blasio's plan to hike taxes to fund citywide programs.

«Budget monitors and rating agencies have all applauded this administration's fiscal prudence, with reserves at unprecedented highs, out - year gaps at lows, and a strong $ 1.1 billion citywide savings program for FY15 - 16 that we'll build on this year in collaboration with the Council,» said Amy Spitalnick, spokesperson for the Mayor's Office of Management and Budget, in a statement to Gotham Gazette.

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.

One novel approach is akin to a Fitbit for language, said Caitlin Molina, executive director of Providence Talks, a program that aims to close the word gap citywide.

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.

Spark, the program that has been so lucrative for Krizya and Ashanti, ties cash rewards to ten citywide math and language assessments that occur during the year.

DC and Milwaukee are both citywide programs, but DC is unique in its robust system of public school choice — roughly 35 percent of the control group in our study attended charter schools, for example.

Mapp joined IRE in 1997 as Project Director for the Boston Community Partners for Students» Success initiative, which focused on the development of activities and programs to familiarize parents with the recently established Boston Citywide Learning Standards.

His tenure follows the controversial leadership of former superintendent Cami Anderson, who led a series of unpopular initiatives in quick succession, including a new citywide enrollment plan and lottery that allowed parents to choose any traditional or charter school in the city, closures of underenrolled or poorly performing schools, mass firings of teachers and principals, and a new merit - pay program for teachers.

Mapp joined IRE as project director for the Boston Community Partners for Students» Success initiative, which focused on the development of activities and programs to familiarize parents with the recently established Boston Citywide Learning Standards.

As a result of the Year of the Arts program in partnership with Cre8MKE, a citywide collaborative of community partners and institutions, schools will offer opportunities for dance, visual arts, and theater.

Even if that's the case, this remains larger than the citywide gifted and talented programs - we haven't adjusted for their own huge selection issues - and places an average third grade student nearly on par with fifth grade students at schools with similar economic needs.

The need for richer data constitutes a primary reason why fellow researchers and I support the creation of a citywide program that offers vouchers set at the amount of per - pupil funding in area public schools.

Canada wanted to calculate how much the program was improving the reading ability of these students, so he asked to see their scores on the previous year's citywide fourth - grade reading test for comparison.

In the meantime, NYC charter schools cumulatively report over 40,000 students on their waiting lists, with the Success Academy network, which regularly outscores even some citywide and district Gifted & Talented programs, desperately seeking permission to expand after receiving more than 17,000 applications for only 3,000 + available seats.

The My School DC application is a single, online application families must use to apply for participating public charter schools (PK3 — 12); DCPS schools outside your boundary or feeder pattern for any grade (PK3 - 12), including citywide schools; all DCPS PK3 and PK4 programs, including programs at in - boundary schools; and DCPS selective citywide high schools (9 — 12).

In Beer - Sheva, Israel, the citywide Improving Learning and Motivation program helped students develop new attitudes for succeeding academically and socially.

Through the Inspired Teacher Certification Program to train aspiring teachers, partnerships for standards - aligned, inquiry - based trainings for inservice teachers, and the citywide Real World History course, Inspired Teaching is building a better school experience for students.

Carmen Fariña, the city's schools chancellor, announced the plan on Wednesday, saying that citywide, 40 dual - language programs for elementary, middle and high school levels would be created or expanded for the 2015 - 16 school year.

Donna Taylor, the principal of the Brooklyn School of Inquiry, a citywide gifted program, said that despite a plethora of «smart, well - intentioned folks» helping teachers and principals understand the system, there were still «many unanswered questions, which make for an extremely bumpy launch.»

In October, nearly four years on, and following what can only be described as four years of tragedy for L.A. community cats and caregivers, the city has completed the work to comply with the court findings, and the city's engineering department has issued a «Notice of Intent to Adopt a Mitigated Negative Declaration for the Citywide Cat Program.»

Findings: From small groups of volunteers to citywide TNR programs, TNR is the only effective method for stabilizing and reducing community cat colonies.

Sgt. Mike Hill, coordinator for Houston Police Department's citywide Differential Response Team, explained procedures put in place to enforce yard parking prohibitions, which apply only to neighborhoods that have registered to participate in the program.

Since jumping into the no - kill movement as a volunteer for Best Friends in 1994, I have been involved in just about all aspects of our work to end shelter killing, including pulling together a statewide coalition in Utah, a citywide coalition in Los Angeles, a mobile spay / neuter program that roamed the rural reaches of Utah, super adoptions, local and national fundraising efforts, legislative campaigns, a national conference and, of course, shelter rescue.

The off - site public program engages the city's long legacy with public art, including IN / SITU Outside, siting works by major contemporary artists throughout Chicago Park District locations for up to one year, and OVERRIDE A Billboard Project, presenting a curated selection of digital art on the citywide network.

Among the listing of programs on this website, you will find photos from Director's Circle trips, including our whirlwind journey to New Orleans last fall for the grand opening of Prospect.4, the citywide exhibition organized by Chief Curator Trevor Schoonmaker, three years in the making.

Boston, MA - Boston Design Week, a 12 - day citywide design festival, returns for its third year March 30 — April 10, 2016, and will feature an array of more than 80 programs and events across the...

With a robust schedule of public programming, Art AIDS America serves as a catalyst for a citywide dialogue on the cultural impact of HIV / AIDS.

More than a groundbreaking visual art exhibition, Art AIDS America Chicago will serve as the catalyst for a citywide dialogue on the cultural impact of HIV / AIDS through robust public programming at the newly constructed Alphawood Gallery

First, cities around the country can take inspiration from New York's Seniors Partnering with Artists Citywide (SPARC) program, where participating artists receive a stipend and access to senior center workspaces in exchange for providing arts programming and classes for the elderly.