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«Our treasury rifled; our credit shaken; the poor laborer asking vainly for his honest wages day after day; the rich official reveling in disreputable gains; an enormous debt heaped upon us we know not how; our schools decaying, our teachers cowering before their Catholic masters; our press, when it ventures to complain, threatened with violence or insulted by offered bribes; the interests of the city neglected, its honorable reputation gone.»

Rebuffed by school officials, his mother sued the city school board in July 1945 with the help of a Unitarian minister and a group of Jewish businesspeople in Chicago.

Library officials had hoped a third city library to be located near Neuqua Valley High School would be well under construction by this time.

MANHATTAN — The city is ratcheting up its efforts to curb bullying by dedicating $ 8 million for new prevention programs and making it easier for bullied students to transfer out of their schools, Department of Education officials announced Monday.

The meeting will feature a presentation by New York City Department of Education (DOE) officials for parents about how to navigate the high schools admissions process, as well an overview -LSB-...]

«All decisions by the DOE to co-locate schools are viewed by communities as the City giving up on the extant traditional public school,» the elected officials wrote in a joint letter last week to Chancellor Carmen Fariña and PEP Chairperson Vanessa Leung.

Thursday at City Hall, there will be a Student Voter Registration Day press conference held by elected officials, advocacy groups, and school representatives.

NYC city was able to reduce the number of suspensions for school kids by 17 % over the last academic year — about 9,000 fewer suspensions than the year before, education officials said.

Violent incidents are city schools are up by 23 percent, according to principals and state officials.

Despite a precipitous drop in scores — a drop experienced by pretty much every school in the state officials in the Kingston City School District remain optimistic about the future as the adoption of new tougher Common Core standards are implemented this Septschool in the state officials in the Kingston City School District remain optimistic about the future as the adoption of new tougher Common Core standards are implemented this SeptSchool District remain optimistic about the future as the adoption of new tougher Common Core standards are implemented this September.

Though hit hard by the recent federal sequestration numbers, officials in the Kingston City School District are still anticipating crafting an operating budget for the 2013 - 14 school year with a tax levy increase of 2 percent orSchool District are still anticipating crafting an operating budget for the 2013 - 14 school year with a tax levy increase of 2 percent orschool year with a tax levy increase of 2 percent or less.

City officials said chronic absenteeism at community schools has declined by more than 7 percent.

All five are currently designated as renewal schools, identified by the city for their under - performance and given a timeline for improvement with support from the DOE, according to education officials.

City education officials would have to post school - by - school bullying statistics, under a bill proposed by City Councilman Mark Treyger.

State officials also are requiring the city to come up with a backup plan to phase out East High School in case the education commissioner doesn't approve the takeover plan by the U of R.

At 12:30 p.m., Syracuse Democratic mayoral candidate Juanita Perez Williams will be joined by local elected officials to talk about moving the city forward and what is at stake in this election, Delaware Elementary School, 900 S. Geddes St., Syracuse.

NYC education officials would have to post school - by - school bullying statistics, under a bill proposed by City Councilman Mark Treyger.

In a recent op - ed published by the New York Daily News, the father of two Brooklyn public school students gives a first - hand account of just how important it is that the teachers» union and City officials come to an agreement on a new teacher evaluation deal.

D.O.E. officials said the Success school will still open, but will now likely be located in private space paid for by the city, as mandated by state law.

Mayor Bill de Blasio and schools chancellor Carmen Fariña have been accused by advocates and some elected officials of doing too little to integrate the city's schools, which a recent study found are the most segregated in the nation.

In explaining the changes, city officials noted that some plans approved by Mr. Bloomberg would have required elementary school students to attend class inside high school buildings, and others would have required cutting programs for students with disabilities.

In the months since his comment about Stewart - Cousins, Loeb has been excoriated by prominent black politicians and educators, including the Rev. Al Sharpton, former Bloomberg schools chancellor Dennis Walcott and many of the city's black elected officials.

Topics of discussion included the Buffalo Billion scandal, the ramifications of this week's School Board elections, and efforts by City Hall and Erie County officials to deal with Buffalo's lead poisoning problem.

NEW ROCHELLE, NY — The Common Core test results were released last month to little fanfare and no official statement by the City School District of New Rochelle.

Administration officials confirmed the school runs were being withheld because the governor's education reform agenda hasn't been met favorably by the state legislature, a move Kingston City School District Superintendent Paul Padalino called «a little childish.&school runs were being withheld because the governor's education reform agenda hasn't been met favorably by the state legislature, a move Kingston City School District Superintendent Paul Padalino called «a little childish.&School District Superintendent Paul Padalino called «a little childish.»

Elected officials and advocates are calling on Mayor Bill de Blasio and Gov. Andrew Cuomo to uphold their post-election promises to protect at - risk New Yorkers by committing to phase in a $ 2 billion, five - year plan to cover the tuition costs of enrollees at City University of New York schools.

The crowd was sparse but those who did show up for a briefing by New York City Housing Authority officials last night at Bard High School made sure their frustration and anger were readily apparent.

And roughly $ 2.5 billion is needed by 2021 to adequately fund city schools under the city's Fair Student Funding formula, city officials said.

The labor agreements signed by both public officials and labor leaders, governing every aspect of New York City public schools, profoundly inhibit our ability to improve public education.

From Seattle to Baltimore, officials in big - city districts this spring are wrestling with balancing their budgets by shuttering neighborhood schools, a delicate, often controversial, task.

These «findings» by the lower court about the purported benefits of neighborhood schools were based entirely on the claims of Oklahoma City School District officials, claims which are currently echoed across the country by school districts seeking to be released from their desegregation oSchool District officials, claims which are currently echoed across the country by school districts seeking to be released from their desegregation oschool districts seeking to be released from their desegregation orders.

The Board of Education of the City School District of the City of New York, Judge Wood said that because the passage rate for African American and Latino candidates was between 54 and 75 percent, city and state officials had to prove that the skills measured by the test were actually related to the City School District of the City of New York, Judge Wood said that because the passage rate for African American and Latino candidates was between 54 and 75 percent, city and state officials had to prove that the skills measured by the test were actually related to the City of New York, Judge Wood said that because the passage rate for African American and Latino candidates was between 54 and 75 percent, city and state officials had to prove that the skills measured by the test were actually related to the city and state officials had to prove that the skills measured by the test were actually related to the job.

This raise was offered by administration officials «out of determination to treat principals like professional managers and to hold them more strictly accountable for the success and failure of the city's 1.1 million school children.»

New Jersey students who ran up a $ 90 phone bill making calls to pornographic tape recordings in New York City have been ordered by school officials to pay for the calls.

The Board of Education of the City School District of the City of New York, Judge Wood said that because the passage rate for African - American and Latino candidates was between 54 and 75 percent, city and state officials had to prove that the skills measured by the test were actually related to the City School District of the City of New York, Judge Wood said that because the passage rate for African - American and Latino candidates was between 54 and 75 percent, city and state officials had to prove that the skills measured by the test were actually related to the City of New York, Judge Wood said that because the passage rate for African - American and Latino candidates was between 54 and 75 percent, city and state officials had to prove that the skills measured by the test were actually related to the city and state officials had to prove that the skills measured by the test were actually related to the job.

The city school board had sought to appeal the decision by Maryland officials that ordered one elementary and two middle schools to undergo «reconstitution,» or wholesale changes in certain areas of operation.

Kansas City school officials promised Thursday to shut down nearly half the district's schools by the start of classes in the fall without offering details of how they intend to implement the complicated plan in just a matter of months.

D.C. law requires city officials to give charter schools the first option to buy surplus buildings — unless the city can make substantially more money by selling them to others.

The suit, filed in 1989, alleged that district officials intentionally discriminated against black students by building several new schools in predominantly white sections of the Las Vegas Valley while building none on the city's heavily black west side.

Funded by a large donation from a local businessman, Boston's school officials have begun a massive public - relations campaign designed to improve the public image of the city's public schools.

Union members agreed to the pact by a vote of 3,822 to 641 on Nov. 2, four days after their leaders and school district and city officials pounded out the deal.

No doubt there were numerous problems with the way New York City school officials implemented NCLB in the law's first two school years, as indicated by the city's recent decision to limit NCLB transfers in the 2004 - 05 school yCity school officials implemented NCLB in the law's first two school years, as indicated by the city's recent decision to limit NCLB transfers in the 2004 - 05 school ycity's recent decision to limit NCLB transfers in the 2004 - 05 school year.

Schools and districts can not afford to face legal action brought by parents or city officials; it wastes time and money.

The tentative plan would replace Baltimore's superintendent and school board with a team of executives and a new board appointed by both city and state officials, Ronald A. Peiffer, an assistant state superintendent, said last week.

Months after the Winerip columns appeared, after the federal law had been trashed by editorial writers, teachers, and parents, city education officials released transfer tallies showing that kids looking for better schools under NCLB had gotten a bad rap.

A spokesman for the city's board of education confirmed that the Arkansas Governor's staff was informed by school officials that state law prohibits political activity at schools.

The other reform strategy pursued in recent years, by large urban districts from New York to San Diego, is to recruit celebrity superintendents from other professions, such as Joel Klein, the Clinton administration's antitrust official, who is now serving as chancellor of the New York City schools.

The schools, all but a few in New York City, had fought a high - profile battle backed by officials of the New York City district to avoid the English exam.