About one - third of children in rural districts and about 37 percent in New York City were considered proficient in the skills they need in English and math, while just an average of 16 percent of students
in upstate city schools performed well on the tests.
About one - third of children in rural districts and about 37 percent in New York City were considered proficient in the skills they need in English and math, while just an average of 16 percent of students
in upstate city schools performed well on the tests.
Not exact matches
Heastie, meanwhile, insisted lawmakers were working to conclude the session on a productive note, with a number of outstanding issues on the table ranging from expanding ride - hailing apps like Uber and Lyft to
upstate New York as well as mayoral control of
schools in New York
City.
King recently expressed extreme frustration with the teachers union and
school administrators
in several large
cities downstate and
upstate, over what he said was a failure to come up with a teacher evaluation plan by a December 31 deadline, to meet requirements for the federal Race to the Top grant awards.
In late December, the state's education commissioner froze some of the state's $ 700 million dollars in Race to the Top grants, saying some schools, including in New York City and several upstate cities, had not complied with the teacher evaluation requirement
In late December, the state's education commissioner froze some of the state's $ 700 million dollars
in Race to the Top grants, saying some schools, including in New York City and several upstate cities, had not complied with the teacher evaluation requirement
in Race to the Top grants, saying some
schools, including
in New York City and several upstate cities, had not complied with the teacher evaluation requirement
in New York
City and several
upstate cities, had not complied with the teacher evaluation requirements.
Public
schools in the
city of Yonkers will get an additional $ 25 million dollars
in aid, but Cuomo had to abandon a last minute proposal to give an additional $ 75 million dollars to struggling
upstate schools.
Other Democrats took shots at the education portion of the bill, which shifted the regional tallies for charter
schools between
upstate and New York
City, and offered up $ 250 million for private
schools in prior - year reimbursements.
It renewed rent regulations for over a million apartments
in New York
City, authorized property tax rebates for 2.5 million homeowners on Long Island and upstate, restructured and extended a tax subsidy for the real estate industry — the biggest source of state campaign contributions — and authorized New York City mayor Bill de Blasio's control of city schools for another y
City, authorized property tax rebates for 2.5 million homeowners on Long Island and
upstate, restructured and extended a tax subsidy for the real estate industry — the biggest source of state campaign contributions — and authorized New York
City mayor Bill de Blasio's control of city schools for another y
City mayor Bill de Blasio's control of
city schools for another y
city schools for another year.
The Plattsburgh
City School District, located on beautiful Lake Champlain
in upstate New York, serves 2,000 students
in 5
schools.
It also includes dairy farms and university
cities, and
in nonpresidential elections it leans Republican: 43 of 51
upstate counties voted for the Republican challenger to Gov. Andrew Cuomo two years ago, driven partly by opposition to tough new state gun restrictions he championed after the Sandy Hook
school massacre
in Newtown, Conn..
So there willl continue to be cuts... but especially
upstate, they were disproportionately hit
in terms of rural districts and small
city school districts.»
Will Cuomo push mayoral control of public
schools in upstate cities in 2015?
Mayor Richards says Rochester has the lowest per capita rate of any
upstate city for the state's aid to municipalities fund, which results
in the
city paying more for its
schools than Buffalo, even though there are fewer students.
The cap keeps taxes from rising as municipalities and
school districts struggle with soaring pension costs, but the law doesn't cut property taxes, which Cuomo said Tuesday are «a crusher,» especially for homeowners
in New York
City's northern suburbs and
upstate.
The parents and children
in Utica and seven other
upstate school districts involved
in the so - called «Small
Cities Lawsuit» say their fight for obtaining more education funding is not done yet.
Why, as
in... Why do Republican state senators
upstate and on Long Island support sending tens of millions of dollars
in new funding to New York
City charters... instead of reserving that money for their own
schools in places like Troy, Poughkeepsie and Plattsburgh?
«With the environment around ed reform changing, we're asking for fairness for charter
schools,» Brett Peiser, C.E.O. of the Uncommon Schools network, which has schools in the city and upstate, told Capital in a sta
schools,» Brett Peiser, C.E.O. of the Uncommon
Schools network, which has schools in the city and upstate, told Capital in a sta
Schools network, which has
schools in the city and upstate, told Capital in a sta
schools in the
city and
upstate, told Capital
in a statement.
Mulgrew said he was «perplexed» that so many
upstate Republican senators — many who receive contributions from the charter industry — took so much interest
in creating «more free space
in New York
City public
schools» for charter chains.
ALBANY — Governor Andrew Cuomo has signaled that he may push for mayoral control of
schools in upstate cities in the upcoming legislative session, and
upstate mayors are waiting anxiously to see what the follow - through looks like.
This conversation could be taking place at El Verano
School, in Sonoma, California, or at Hamilton Central School, in upstate New York, or in K - 8 classrooms in cities as diverse as San Francisco, San Antonio, Miami, and dozens of others whose school districts are using an art curriculum called Visual Thinking Strategies to improve critical thinking, language and writing, and academic achiev
School,
in Sonoma, California, or at Hamilton Central
School, in upstate New York, or in K - 8 classrooms in cities as diverse as San Francisco, San Antonio, Miami, and dozens of others whose school districts are using an art curriculum called Visual Thinking Strategies to improve critical thinking, language and writing, and academic achiev
School,
in upstate New York, or
in K - 8 classrooms
in cities as diverse as San Francisco, San Antonio, Miami, and dozens of others whose
school districts are using an art curriculum called Visual Thinking Strategies to improve critical thinking, language and writing, and academic achiev
school districts are using an art curriculum called Visual Thinking Strategies to improve critical thinking, language and writing, and academic achievement.