Every sixth Saturday, the teens help teachers organize community events and outreach activities for
the neighborhoods around the school.
The school is open to any child in New York City, but most of WHEELS» 806 students come from Washington Heights, the predominantly low - income, Latino
neighborhood around the school.
How can we bring together people in communities who care about their schools with teachers who care about what's happening in
the neighborhoods around their schools?
In Washington, DC, seven full - time truancy patrols made up of 2 police officers regularly sweep
neighborhoods around schools for truants.
Between 1984 and 2004, the percentage of the student population speaking English as a second language increased from 5 percent to 60 percent; the percentage of students receiving free or reduced - price lunch soared to 91 percent; and the once - stable
neighborhood around the school turned into a community with a 60 percent mobility rate for families with school - age children.
Not exact matches
Beachside
schools and
schools in more open areas would likely be the most vulnerable, he added, explaining that a
school with nothing
around it would receive the full impact of winds, whereas a
school tucked in a
neighborhood would not.
The
neighborhoods around a parish were occupied by parishioners; the
schools (even the public ones), and the shops were often in the hands of parishioners.
Growing up we would often eat frozen popsicles as we walked
around our
neighborhood or on our way to the local high
school football / baseball field to play.
They would surely enjoy riding this bike
around the
neighborhood or to the
school.
Chances are your son or daughter has heard quite a few curse words on the bus, at
school, or
around the
neighborhood.
- about whether is it what happens in
school or what happens
around the
school that's most important in determining whether kids from poor
neighborhoods achieve, right?
I just think of all the kids running
around our
neighborhood elementary
school every day and wow... one in 100 is a lot of kids I know.
Daddy is the one who walks sister to
school, strolls baby
around the
neighborhood and brings him to the library for story time and plays with him at the park.
You might also consider taking a walk
around the
neighborhood to familiarize your child with his new
school surroundings.
Update: I told the
school counselor that I had seen B wandering
around the
neighborhood after
school.
This year has been a year of great independence — Tyler began first grade, joined the French Immersion Program that requires him to complete his homework independently, speaks a language that neither of his parents understand, runs
around the
neighborhood alone calling for friends, plays independently at home with his sibling and peers, and generally has a whole life at
school and on the playing field that feels mostly separate from his father and me.
Q&A topics include: why the mayor and Governor Cuomo appear friendly and cooperative on pre-K when together but express different views when apart, will the city fund a single year of full day pre-K if the state does not, how many of the prospective new pre-K seats are in traditional public
schools v. charter
schools, what is the greatest challenge in converting existing 1/2 day pre-K sites into full day sites, how can the mayor assure that proceeds of his proposed income tax surcharge would remain dedicated solely to the pre - K / middle
school program, regulatory issues
around pre-K operators, how there can be space available in
neighborhoods where
schools are overcrowded, how many of the prospective new sites are in
schools v. other locations, why the mayor is so opposed to co-locations of charter
schools while seeking to co-locate new pre-K programs, the newly - announced ad campaign by charter
school supporters, his views on academically screened high
schools, his view on the
school bus contracts, why he refused off - topic questions Friday evening despite saying on Friday morning that he would take such questions, the status of 28 charter
schools expecting to open in fall 2014 in locations approved by the Bloomberg administration, his upcoming appearance on the TV series The Good Wife and his view on city employees marching in the Manhattan St. Patrick's Day Parade in uniform / with banners.
Gone are the days when kids had an hour of P.E. in
school, and were able to safely run
around their
neighborhood for hours on end.
It is also perfect for a more sporty look with sneakers and a ball cap that you can wear for a walk
around the
neighborhood or a
school drop off.
I went to the
neighborhood elementary
school around the corner from my house, and my parents were very clear from the time my brother and I were little that
school was our number one priority.
In Philadelphia, charter
schools are actively engaged with the district to turn
around low - performing
schools in specific
neighborhoods.
In addition, we have obtained historical data on reported criminal incidents in Mecklenburg County that is geocoded to the exact address of the crime, which allows us to measure variation in crime in and
around particular
schools and
neighborhoods.
A sweeping and ambitious turnaround plan for
schools in the newer
neighborhoods around Denver International Airport led to a failed recall effort against the
school board president this spring.
In Baltimore, we had protocols
around the decision to open and close
schools in relationship to a set of potential events — whether it was ice on the streets, snow, buildings that were too hot or too cold, a potential hazmat situation in a
school, a lockdown of a
neighborhood because of crime, or what have you.
During the 1980s, the Chilean government decentralized the administration of
schools, transferring responsibility for public
school management from the Ministry of Education to municipalities (recognized
neighborhoods in Chile
around which municipal services are organized).
Inspired by the successful Harlem Children's Zone model, the Promise
Neighborhoods Institute at PolicyLink supports Promise
Neighborhoods — communities of opportunity centered
around strong
schools — to wrap children in education, health, and social supports from cradle to career.
We visited elementary
schools around the
neighborhood and presented to various classrooms, as well as principals, teachers and guidance counselors.
Legislatures
around the country have enacted various forms of
school choice with the intent of improving student achievement throughout the education system, seeking innovative methods of instruction and
school governance, and providing parents with an alternative to
neighborhood schools.
In several cities, we're working together to fix, not close, struggling
schools and to wrap services
around those
schools — because we know this helps kids and ensures that
neighborhoods are not hollowed out.
And while the problem is most serious in poor
neighborhoods, the awards day snapshot offered up by the upper - income Pearl Creek Elementary is mirrored in middle - and upper - middle - income
schools around the country.
Because property taxes play such an important role in
school funding, affluent communities have an incentive to establish
school district borders
around their
neighborhoods in order to ensure that the benefit of their wealth is reserved for their children alone.
• Overwhelming parental support for the following elements of an education agenda: Provide extra resources to turn
around struggling
neighborhood schools; hold charter
schools accountable; provide more support / training for struggling teachers; expand / improve new - teacher mentoring; reduce class sizes, especially in the early grades; make public
schools hubs of the
neighborhood with longer hours, academic help and health services for families; provide extra pay for teachers in hard - to - staff
schools; and ensure access to high - quality preschool for all 3 - and 4 - year - olds.
And if those skills can help children play chess or find their way
around the
neighborhood or read a book, might they also help children do better in
school?
The
school, at North Kingshighway and Natural Bridge Avenue, plans to enroll no more than 270 through fifth grade — and only students from the
neighborhood around it.
The
school has been
around since the first days of the 20th century, just when the South Ozone Park
neighborhood was transitioning from farming into one of the earliest New York City suburbs; there is a plaque dedicated to World War I veterans who attended the
school right at its front door.
The letter sent to Lusher Charter
School parents from its PTSA, proclaimed to want to ensure that all teachers» voices are heard but opposed the United Teachers of Lusher from forming.The PTSA placed signs
around the
neighborhood displaying its opposition.
Case in point, the high
school juniors recently explored a series of questions
around what drives poverty and how their class could begin to combat poverty in
neighborhoods near the
school; the students decided to build public street libraries in their fabrication labs and install them on targeted blocks.
A charter
school often becomes the nexus
around which a
neighborhood is revitalized and transformed by providing a cornerstone that creates jobs for local residents and opportunities for children, while attracting additional investment for surrounding economic development.
Dr. Franklin has been instrumental in turning
around schools in high poverty
neighborhoods with high levels of English Language Learners.
Also missing from the bill, Duncan said, is a commitment to programs that encourage innovation, like Promise
Neighborhoods, a program that replicated ideas from the Harlem Children's Zone in
school districts
around the country, or the Investing in Innovation i3 grant.
Studies have shown that blacks who attend public
schools support
school choice, but there's always rancor
around the loss of the
neighborhood school.
Schools in the
Neighborhood constructs 109
neighborhoods around each DCPS in - boundary
school, and assembles a profile of
neighborhood characteristics and boundary participation rates for each in - boundary
school.
As two middle
school girls lead a visitor
around their
school — describing its extracurriculars, teachers, and students with evident pride — one explains that although they live in different
neighborhoods in New York City, «now we're best friends!»
Nearly half of those charter
schools are located in the greater South L.A.
neighborhood, and in the area directly
around USC, there are 27 charter
schools.
15:20 Dr. Montecel closes her speech: «The Quality
Schools Action Framework speaks to the need and possibility of engaging citizens, leaders and policymakers
around high quality data that call all of us as members of the community to act, to establish common ground, to strengthen education, and finally and most importantly and fundamentally, to align our values with our investments in the
school system: fundamentals and features that we know are needed — from teaching quality, to engaged students, engaged parents and families, and a high quality, authentic curriculum so that students in every
neighborhood and of every background can in fact have equal educational opportunities.»
The findings in this study are based on an analysis of demographic, economic, and other characteristics of 109
neighborhoods around each DCPS in - boundary
school and their relation to patterns of enrollment at in - boundary
schools, out - of - boundary
schools, and public charter
schools.
CINCINNATI — In search of a cure for ailing
schools, educators and politicians from
around the world have descended on this city's poorest
neighborhoods, hearing of a renaissance.
As someone who falls under one of those three groups and lives in South Los Angeles, I know that the
schools in and
around my
neighborhood need a lot of help.
«We need to create quality
neighborhood schools where we can continue to keep our students in the same classroom while improving the conditions
around them, from better facilities to specially trained principals and teachers to updated curriculum.
«So, everything in terms of the environment and safety and crime and things that are happening in the
neighborhoods... thinking about economic development, the fact that we have very high poverty rates, very high segregation rates
around race and class and so all of those things play a factor when you're talking about our lowest performing
schools,» Driver says.