Sentences with phrase «in failing city schools»

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The reality is that if your theology does not allow you to call men to act like men, your theology will fail in inner cities, high schools, bars, and, well, everywhere there are men.

In his testimony, de Blasio made clear that he opposes an effort to have the state inject itself in an effort to turn around failing schools in his citIn his testimony, de Blasio made clear that he opposes an effort to have the state inject itself in an effort to turn around failing schools in his citin an effort to turn around failing schools in his citin his city.

«There are 91 failing schools in New York City right now and that's why I'm personally a strong proponent of charter schools and the education tax credit.»

The primary purpose of today's extraordinary session in Albany is to address the looming lapse of mayoral control of New York City's public schools, an issue that failed to gain consensus before the Legislature's scheduled session ended last week.

The New York native and longtime education activist said Cuomo has failed to fight corruption, fix New York City's subways or address inequalities in schools.

Flanagan's statement was a scathing, if unsurprising, reminder that de Blasio's control over 1,800 New York City schools is largely dependent on a group of Senate Republicans that have seemed to encourage his political failure at every turn after the mayor tried and failed to unseat the Senate's Republican majority in the 2014 elections.

The city Department of Education is failing miserably at caring for homeless students in public schools, according to an audit released on Thursday.

Glick argued that the state didn't try to take over schools in New York City during the 12 - year Bloomberg administration, even though some of the same schools that the governor calls «failing» now were struggling under the former mayor's leadership, as well.

The BOE states that the City of Mount Vernon and the Mayor of the City of Mount Vernon, Richard W. Thomas have failed to respond to the District's request in any manner and continued to negotiate PILOT agreements which adversely affect the educational services offered to students of the Mount Vernon City School District.

Mayor Bill de Blasio today said the tentative state budget deal will bring additional millions in school aid to New York City and allow him first crack at fixing failing schools — but lamented the absence of an extension of mayoral control and legislation to fund tuition assistance for undocumented immigrants.

In 2003, a proposal to exempt small city school districts from constitutional debt limits failed, despite support from the influential teachers union.

We look forward to meeting Michael Grimm in our scheduled future debates, where Domenic will proudly match his record of fighting for middle class families to improve our schools and protect our city against Michael Grimm's embarrassing and failed leadership,» Weinstein wrote.

He said negotiations failed around three major issues, including raising the age of criminal responsibility from 16 to 18, a potential cost shift from public schools to charter schools and a real estate tax abatement program in New York City.

Parents Urge Governor and State Legislature to Place All Priority Schools Under Receivership this Fall, Providing Bold, Structural Change for Chronically Failing Schools Includes 91 Priority Schools in New York City New York, NY — On Wednesday, Families for Excellent Schools (FES)-LSB-...]

Jackson was the lead plaintiff in a lawsuit against New York State for failing to properly fund the city's public schools.

«It's pretty shocking that the Mayor did not include a single real solution to New York City's failing schools crisis in his budget presentation.

As the city school district grapples with failing schools, a powerful Buffalo stakeholder will lead a discussion on «The State of Public Education in Buffalo» Wednesday evening.

Thousands of city charter school kids got a day off school to take part in a huge rally on the steps of the Capitol that called for an end to the «failing schools crisis.»

In this Focus on Education report, WBFO's Eileen Buckley explores how this effort is aiding one of the city's six failing schools.

Cuomo should invite him to tag along — and then drop by a few of the 371 New York City public schools where 90 % or more of the pupils fail to meet minimal state standards in reading and math.

State lawmakers where able to agree on $ 52 million in pork - barrel grants, but failed to renew mayoral control of city schools.

Testifying on the fiscal 2016 budget in the state capital Wednesday, de Blasio pushed for making mayoral control of city schools permanent, rather than just extending it for three years, as sought by Cuomo — a move he argued would make state takeover of failing schools unnecessary.

And Cuomo's feud with Mayor de Blasio stalled the city's receipt of nearly $ 2 billion in new housing funds, failed to revive an affordable - housing tax break and limited de Blasio's control over city schools to one year.

Shortly after F.E.S. released its «forgotten fourth» report, StudentsFirstNY released its own study showing zero percent pass rates on math and English exams in 75 of the city's district schools, along with a call to de Blasio to «fix» the failing schools.

ALBANY — State lawmakers failed to renew mayoral control of city schools this week but they did find time to dole out $ 52 million in pork - barrel grants before they left the Capitol.

«There's no denying that charter schools have become a fundamental part of the overall success of New York City public schools, especially in those areas where moms and dads are looking to get their kids out of a failing school so they can have a fresh start on the future of their dreams,» Flanagan said in the statement.

The ruling, by the Appellate Division, First Department, in Manhattan, upheld a lower court finding that the city's Education Department did not comply with the 2009 state law on mayoral control of the city schools because it failed to adequately notify the public about the ramifications of the closings.

He tells WBFO News now is the time to review every possibility in an effort to turn around failing city schools and refresh education for Buffalo's public school children.

Failing schools in the inner city are a major problem and frankly, I'd quite like someone who had direct experience of the issues in the system developing policy.

That agenda fails to pay the city the $ 2.5 billion in state aid that schools are owed from the 2006 settlement of the Campaign for Fiscal Equity lawsuit, despite a $ 5 billion state budget surplus.

Some lawmakers believe a lawsuit could claim that the higher number of failing city schools is in breach of state and federal law which denies each student a «sound basic education.»

A new analysis from StudentsFirstNY found that at 75 city schools this year, all the students in at least one grade failed the state math or reading test.

By contrast, Moskowitz kept her schools open for one reason: In a city where the overwhelming number of black and Latino students are failing their proficiency tests, she believes students can not afford to miss the precious education they get.

The one policy that has arguably done more to improve education outcomes for kids in New York City over the past decade has been the systematic effort to close the City's giant failing high schools (i.e. drop out factories) and replace them with new, smaller high schools.

«Our city school system in Syracuse is failing,» she said.

And City Council Speaker Christine Quinn said in her first year of office she would stop «vilifying» teachers, reduce the amount of time spent on test prep and figure out another way to address failing schools.

There is nothing in the receivership law that acknowledges the state has failed to provide more than $ 37 million in funding owed to Albany city schools.

Cuomo recently released a report showing that New York City has 91 failing schools and Syracuse has 18 despite significant aid increases in recent years and per pupil spending way above the national average.

The Senate's inclusion of a «district inspector» for the city's public school system comes after de Blasio tried and failed to unseat the Republican majority in the Senate in the 2014 elections.

Off topic questions included: the ISIS in Iraq and potential threats to New York, his hair color in a World Cup themed picture, the City's negotiations with CW Capital concerning Stuyvesant Town, whether he concerned that religion - affiliated CBO's pre-K programs will involve some religious instruction or indoctrination, the Rent Guidelines Board and a possible rent increase, rating his administration on it's FOIL responsiveness, whether subway dancers are a «sign of urban decay», whether he is contemplating a special district for failing schools and whether there is symbolism is seeking to bring the Democratic National Convention to Brooklyn rather than Manhattan and whether he has coordinated that effort with Hillary Clinton.

Other issues on Carranza's agenda will be what to do about dozens of failing schools in New York City, the debate over testing, the question of how to attract the best teachers and what teachers are lacking in their current contracts.

In 2015, the New York City Department of Education said it would investigate allegations that 39 Orthodox yeshivas failed to meet state law requiring them to provide an education equivalent to their public school counterparts.

An Albany County state supreme court justice has ruled against plaintiffs from eight «small city school districts» who contended that the state has failed to adequately fund them in light of the Campaign for Fiscal Equity lawsuit that almost a decade ago found that New York City schools had been systemically shortchanged when it came to state city school districts» who contended that the state has failed to adequately fund them in light of the Campaign for Fiscal Equity lawsuit that almost a decade ago found that New York City schools had been systemically shortchanged when it came to state City schools had been systemically shortchanged when it came to state aid.

Almost half of city residents polled said the mayor «failed in his goal» to turn the city's public schools around.

The city school system — the largest of its kind in the country — is on the verge of dramatic change, and Gov. Cuomo has bet his second term on an aggressive campaign to transform a system he claims has failed more than 250,000 students over the past decade while state bureaucrats twiddled their thumbs.

In the remaining nine months of 2014, pro-charter groups focused more on strengthening accountability measures for teachers and pushing the state and city to take immediate action to fix failing schools.

Interestingly, parents of children in the often maligned New York City public school system gave Mayor Bloomberg a more positive rating, with 46 percent saying he'd succeeded and 48 percent saying he'd failed, according to the paper.

One third of all kids taking state tests in NYC are scoring at Level 1 As a parent in New York City, I know that some schools here are failing.

The city could be on the hook for the cash after failing to place 2,500 special needs kindergarten kids in public schools.

Current legislation guarantees new or growing charters co-located space in public school buildings or, failing that, private space funded by the city.