Sentences with phrase «education issues facing the city»

With an eye on Albany, it was time Thursday morning for New York City schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña to again testify in front of the City Council about her agency's proposed fiscal year 2016 budget and key education issues facing the city.

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In the end, however, the mayor's testimony and exchanges with lawmakers from both parties was largely cordial and amounted to a lengthy discussion on education policy issues facing New York City.

State Senator Joseph P. Addabbo, Jr. recently had the opportunity to meet face - to - face in Albany with Richard A. Carranza, the newly appointed Chancellor of New York City Schools, to discuss a variety of critical education issues.

At 8 a.m., NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks at the ABNY breakfast where he will address «critical issues» facing education in the city, Hilton New York, 1335 Ave. of the Americas, Manhattan.

Candidates will have to face issues related to poverty, crime, education, Interstate 81, the city - county merger and immigration.

WBFO Senior Reporter Eileen Buckley talks with Buffalo News Education Reporter Tiffany Lankes, who for months has been tracking city school children facing the tragic issue of living in violent neighborhoods.

Indeed, in many large cities during the 1960s and 1970s, the problems facing minority high - school students actually worsened, as their schools became battlegrounds for such issues as busing and identity politics, issues that overwhelmed more routine efforts to improve the quality of education.

Out of Eden Walk Photography Exhibition Project: Introduction Pulitzer Center Education This project outline uses Paul Salopek's Out of Eden Walk to engage students in reflections and analysis of how a «slow approach» to journalism in their own communities can enlighten larger issues facing their cities.

Michael Petrilli of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, a Washington - based education advocacy group, said the family will face a tough choice among public, private and charter schools in a city where attempts at education reform have become symbolic of the issue nationwide.

Our city's educators and education advocates have worked tirelessly in years past to address the issues faced by our urban communities, yet teacher burn - out persists, and public schools stand vacant as teachers and families leave our city in droves.

Some city school parents and experts say that while the Sullivans put a public face on the issue of bullying, other special - education students have endured similar battles.

Los Angeles Voters Strongly Support Public School Choice for Families; Cite Education as Most Important Issue the City Faces

Realistically, however, the «New» Renewal Schools Program can not address the housing, food insecurity, and discrimination (which impact education) that students at Renewal Schools face, indicating that the city must also address larger institutional issues when truly reforming education policy.