Sentences with phrase «city education officials»

Some of the schools are expecting incoming classes of around 30 students, far below the levels city education officials have generally cited as necessary for a viable school.

New York City education officials on Wednesday announced they will now provide free lunch for all city students.

City Controller Scott Stringer is demanding answers from city education officials on nearly 2,000 computers that have gone missing — and threatening to hit them with subpoenas if they don't cooperate.

City education officials Wednesday announced they will now provide free lunch for all city public school students.

New York City education officials said suspensions would be significantly reduced, but not eliminated as an option, for children in kindergarten through second grade under new draft rules released Friday.

The sign was paid for by the Young Advocates for Fair Education, which has pushed city education officials to investigate yeshivas for allegedly failing to educate their students in nonsecular subjects like science, math and English.

DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN — A tidal wave of school overcrowding could be headed to Downtown Brooklyn unless city education officials act now to start building new elementary schools, local leaders are warning.

A spokesman for the city law department said the settlement expands on anti-violence initiatives already undertaken by city education officials.

When New York City education officials originally announced Spark, they set it up so that 40 schools could participate.

Despite long waiting lists and well - documented academic gains for Success students, leaders are in a near - constant battle with city education officials for the space in under - utilized public - school buildings that will allow their programs to continue to grow.

Negotiations between city education officials and the United Federation of Teachers fell apart Friday.

City education officials insist they never recommend the school and fight requests by parents to place children there.

City education officials acknowledged how hard the transition to a new system had been, but said they hoped over time it would sink in.

On Monday, New York City education officials clarified goals for schools that are part of Mayor Bill de Blasio's $ 400 million School Renewal Program; Board of...

New York City education officials have rarely been eager to provide information about the Absent Teacher Reserve, a pool of fully paid, tenured teachers who haven't found new positions after losing their old ones because of school closings, budget cuts, or disciplinary problems.

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

It claims the state and city Education officials have ignored a 2007 law called the Contract for Excellence that required the city to lower class sizes.

Although many educators and officials admit the tests aren't perfect, in New York, state and city education officials have urged families like the Rosenbergs and the Wheelers not to opt out.

Interviews with three dozen current and former New York state and city education officials, charter school leaders, teachers» union brass and education researchers revealed how inconsistent policies, poor implementation and shifting national politics compromised reform efforts here.

New York City education officials have rarely been eager to provide information about the Absent Teacher...

Under the agreement, city education officials, with the consent of union leaders, will contract with a company to provide observers, who are to be licensed educators — former teachers, principals or administrators.

Consider the 68 - page manual recently published by New York City education officials to guide kindergarten teachers through a math unit aligned to the new Common Core academic standards rolling out nationally.

New York City education officials are developing more than a dozen new standardized tests, but in a sign of the times, their main purpose will be to grade teachers, not the students who take them.

City education officials are sending out waves of «talent coaches» to help principals with the assessments.

Jennifer Bell - Ellwanger, a senior New York City education official, defended the use of that benchmark, saying students who reached Level 2 had a better chance of academic success than those who scored worse on the test.