Sentences with phrase «in upstate school districts»

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The same goes for universal pre-K, a wasteful babysitting program, mandated by the NYC majorities in the legislature and universally detested by upstate school districts.

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.

The Plattsburgh City School District, located on beautiful Lake Champlain in upstate New York, serves 2,000 students in 5 schools.

So there willl continue to be cuts... but especially upstate, they were disproportionately hit in terms of rural districts and small city school districts.»

Cuomo is proposing a $ 28 million bailout for the Yonkers school district in Westchester County, using money from a new $ 100 million fund to help failing schools in upstate.

At 10:30 a.m., the state Department of Agriculture and Markets joins Broome - Tioga BOCES to kick off the very first locally sourced NY Thursdays lunch program in upstate, Tioga Central School District Athletic Field, 27 Fifth Ave., Tioga Center.

Kids in NYC are headed back to school today, though many districts upstate are closed for a second day.

«The ploy is obvious — he is offering $ 100 million for urban schools in upstate districts represented by Assembly Democrats,» Easton said in a statement.

Officials in four upstate school districts...

«If Albany is serious about consolidation, then they should actually put teeth behind it and order school districts, fire districts and municipalities to do it — not just blame upstate for New York being in the top tier of highest taxed states in the country.»

Challenges still remain for school districts in New York, especially in upstate regions.

WAMC political observer Dr. Alan Chartock talks about Democrats threatening to abandon President Obama on health provisions, how the merger of American Airlines and US Airways may effect consumers and what Preet Bharara plans to do about bullying in the Pine Bush school district in upstate New York.

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.

The Southern Cayuga Central School District in upstate New York, which based its case on nearby landmarks like Seneca Falls, regarded as the birthplace of the women's rights movement.

ALBANY — Homeowners on Long Island and upstate will get a property tax rebate check this year if they live in a municipality and school district that abides by the state's two - percent property tax cap, Governor Andrew Cuomo said Saturday.

ALBANY — Few upstate school districts plan to launch full - day pre-kindergarten programs in September, even though Governor Andrew Cuomo and lawmakers provided $ 40 million in the state budget for that purpose.

He pointed to less money for upstate school districts and transportation during the brief Democratic takeover of the Senate following the 2009 «coup,» adding a repeat will result in «unacceptable» policies for western and upstate New York.

If we had an 85 percent graduation rate and we were inching up toward 90 percent, if we didn't have the worst SAT scores among 50 upstate school districts, if we didn't have a Syracuse Teachers Union survey — the results of which revealed that 300 teachers reported being assaulted on the job and more than half feel threatened on the job, and 21 percent of their new teachers teaching from zero to five years leave in addition to more seasoned veteran teachers — we wouldn't need such bold decisive action, but we're not in that category.

Rivera has spent the entirety of his public education career in the upstate New York school district except for an eight - year stint in corporate leadership with the Edison Schools.

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 achievSchool, 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 achievSchool, 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 achievschool districts are using an art curriculum called Visual Thinking Strategies to improve critical thinking, language and writing, and academic achievement.

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.