Sentences with phrase «many schools across the city»

Students from dozens of schools across the city are planning to take part in a 17 - minute walkout Wednesday morning, with each minute representing a life lost during the Feb. 14 mass shooting at a Florida high school.

These skills act as the building block for further skills development and all schools across the city region should be preparing their pupils for the world of work by teaching them these skills.

«They've helped to destroy successful schools across the city of New York,» Thompson said during a panel discussion on education policy at NYU, hosted by the New York City Working Group on School Transformation, which also featured Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer and Public Advocate Bill de Blasio who are presumptive candidates for mayor.

... The first grants will support Computer Science for All and ScriptEd to expand access to computer science education in schools across the city, as well as remove barriers for women and minorities to join NYC's thriving tech sector (where less than 10 percent of professionals are currently minority women).»

It is the largest charter school network in the city, with approximately 11,000 students in 34 schools across the city, in each borough except Staten Island.

Schools will be randomly selected «by the end of the school year» from a pool «schools across the city that serve high - needs students,» the department said.

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- The New York City Department of Education has begun offering the so - called morning - after pill to students in a pilot program at 13 high schools across the city.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is visiting schools across the city to mark the first day of school.

In 2006, she founded Harlem Success Academy, which grew into the Success Academy charter - school network that today includes 46 schools across the city.

City Hall, as well as Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito, suddenly announced last week a compromise agreement to provide nearly $ 20 million annually for security guards, at up to 300 private and religious schools across the city.

In schools across the city, chapter leaders organized lunch - hour phone banks where members called their City Council representatives on their cell phones and urged them to stand strong against layoffs.

Moskowitz's Success Academy charter school chain is looking to create a new Upper West Side school to open in the fall of 2014, along with five other schools across the city, and representatives said they're seeking input before moving forward with the plan.

Borough Presidents Ruben Diaz Jr., Gale Brewer, Melinda Katz, James Oddo and Eric Adams recently penned a joint letter to the Department of Education calling on them to take immediate action on high lead levels that have been found in the water at many schools across the city.

In partnership with Mastery Charter, we've given thousands of books to students and schools across the city, and we're just getting started.

In that role Mitch coached and supported 18 school leaders who lead pre-K-8th grade schools across the city of Newark, New Jersey.

The next morning, I looked in the mirror, knowing that I was on the side of good and made my way to classrooms and schools across the city.

Taxpayers deserve to know how much their kids» school spends per child and be able to compare that with the neighboring school or a school across the city, state, or nation.

How do we create a series of schools across the city that ensures that as many students as possible have a great education?

The centerpiece is Renaissance 2010, an ambitious effort to shut down 60 troubled schools and create 100 new state - of - the - art schools across the city.

On average, for each closed high school, displaced students ended up attending 82 other high schools across the city.

Notably, we found that the schools identified for closure served similar proportions of low - income and special - needs students compared to other high schools across the city (Figure 2).

In gatherings in schools across the city last week, parents, students, and educators spoke out in one voice: Stop the killings!

MORE SPACE IN BRISTOL In 2012, Bristol City Council commissioned a range of permanent and interim classroom solutions to create an additional 630 primary places in 12 schools across the city.

Its model is now the basis for a network of international schools across the city, ranging from grade school to high school.

We have learned from over 30 visits to Boston Public Schools, charter schools, and Catholic schools across the city.

My activism in the fight for equity and against harmful charter schools myths has lead to a role at C3S engaging parents from schools across the city.

Earlier this month, Mayor de Blasio announced a change of policy that would result in the forced placement of 400 teachers from the ATR pool into schools across the city.

Independent charter schools across the city are doing remarkable things with our students in devotion to the fulfillment of our respective missions and visions.

Though they taught in different schools across the city, they quickly realized they were facing many of the same frustrations and challenges.

The Advisory Council's decision making has led to a variety of policy changes affecting schools across the city.

District and charter partners in Camden, NJ, have implemented a new enrollment process designed to give families equal access to schools across the city through a neutral, unified system, while also guaranteeing a spot at their neighborhood school.

Eight school and network leaders — with varying experience across both district and charter schools — meet regularly with representatives from NYC Collaborates, the NYC DOE, and the New York City Charter School Center to delve deeply into issues affecting public schools across the city.

(Roughly 70,000 children are educated in 183 charter schools across the city, many in poor neighborhoods.)

Apparently dismantling traditional public school systems and creating collections of charter schools across cities.

We believe our rigorous and comprehensive academic program is comparable to that of any school across the city and we look forward to being instrumental in your child's progression to college.

of persistently failing schools across the city during his 12 years in office.

The result, Byrd - Bennett said, has been «unnecessary disruption to students, parents and schools across our city.»

This charter initiative expanded the number, quality, and accountability of charter schools across the city.

With support from the Richard M. Fairbanks Foundation, The Mind Trust is sponsoring twice as many school leaders in this year's Relay cohort, in response to high - demand from schools across the city and stellar reviews from the 13 school leaders who received the fellowship last year.

Student Voice Collaborative members also attended Student - Led School Improvement, a workshop aimed at expanding a model of addressing specific student - identified challenges in schools across the city with targeted, student - led campaigns.

Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenny has committed to establishing 25 community schools across the city over the next 4 years.

Pearson said he and his colleagues see a «tremendous need» for good schools across the city and that charters can help meet that need because they operate outside of the city's bureaucracy.

Thousands of parents, educators, students and community leaders will hold «walk - ins» on Friday, September 18 at more than 100 public schools across the city of Milwaukee to celebrate public schools and to share information about how a proposed public school takeover will hurt students and the Milwaukee economy.

The frequency of that setup in schools across our city and around the country is one of the many artifacts of the institutional racism in our society.

, a document that forecasts enrollment, evaluates the SchoolChoice process, and looks at access to quality schools across the city.

Part of the winning proposal emphasized an oft - stated priority of recently retired schools chancellor Carmen Fariña — to implement «Future Teacher» clubs and courses in high schools across the city.

A free school in Birmingham has been dubbed inadequate and placed into special measures by Ofsted, just weeks after its leader lambasted other schools across the city.

This report reveals that schools across the city are misleading parents by giving students high marks on school coursework even though the students are performing below grade level.

I worked with eight high schools in Seattle to create, develop, and support Student Equity Teams focused on Meaningful Student Involvement and race relations in high schools across the city.

Parents from half a dozen other schools across the city also spoke at the May board meeting — the last one of last school year — to praise improvements they had noticed in their schools.