Like
every other public school in the city, Stuyvesant is plagued by bureaucratic regulations and corrosive work rules that favor seniority and paper credentials over a teacher's knowledge and skill in the classroom.
Fifteen years after the first charter school opened in Boston, a research team led by Professor Tom Kane released a highly publicized study that shows that charter schools outperform
other public schools in the city, including pilot schools.
Not exact matches
On Monday, just hours before a scheduled press event about GE's move, the industrial giant pledged to invest $ 25 million
in the
city's underfunded
public school system by creating a career lab and
other resources.
Prior to Mission's appearance, Washington - San Francisco was the
city's only
other public school to reach a state final —
in 1982.
Roland Fryer, a celebrated young professor of economics at Harvard University, has spent the past decade testing out a variety of incentive schemes
in experiments with
public school students
in Houston, New York, Chicago, and
other American
cities that have
school systems with high poverty rates.
I think
city councils could do more good for kids by considering
other food and kid scenarios like banning soda served to kids
in public schools, or requiring food with nutritive value to always be served when refreshments are offered at a
school, or requiring restaurants to offer kids real food choices on the kids menu.
Each study details the implementation of universal breakfast -
in - the - classroom pilot programs, one
in Memphis
City Schools and the
other in Dallas
Public Schools.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel began pushing for a longer
school day while he was on the campaign trail, saying Chicago's
school day is the shortest
in the nation when compared to
public school systems
in nine
other large
cities.
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.
Mayor Byron Brown says he is open to mayoral control if that's what it takes to improve Buffalo's
schools, but feels a conversation is needed with parents and
others in the
city — and statewide — about how to reform
public education.
The state Senate returned to session on Aug. 6 and passed a bill to renew mayoral control of the
city's
public schools, along with
other related bills to increase parental input
in the
school system and address some of the
other flaws
in the original legislation.
«At the same time obesity is epidemic nationwide, and 40 percent of the
city's
public school children are either overweight or obese, so we are appropriately concerned
in making sure that our work to solve one problem doesn't inadvertently exacerbate the
other,» she said.
«The contract with the teachers» union expired
in October 2009, while contracts with the union for principals and
other school administrators and District Council 37, the
city's largest
public employee union, expired
in March 2010.
Students at Success Academy, which is authorized by SUNY, outperformed not only students
in New York
City's traditional
public schools but those
in every
other district
in the state.
At 11 a.m., NYC Coalition Against Hunger Executive Director Joel Berg, NYC
Public Advocate Tish James,
City Councilman Stephen Levin and other officials hold a news conference to criticize changes in participation of city schools in school breakfast programs; steps, City Hall, Manhat
City Councilman Stephen Levin and
other officials hold a news conference to criticize changes
in participation of
city schools in school breakfast programs; steps, City Hall, Manhat
city schools in school breakfast programs; steps,
City Hall, Manhat
City Hall, Manhattan.
The budget's landmark achievement was a commitment to raise the state minimum wage
in New York
City to $ 15 an hour by 2018, but the budget also contained
other good news for New York
City and its
public schools.
Schools, hospitals, homes, entire villages, towns,
cities, bridges, and
other public utilities have been blown up, laid waste, and lives terminated
in excess of 20,000, while widows and orphans littered the landscape.
Thursday night, word began circulating of a «framework» agreement reached between the so - called «three men
in a room» — Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan — that would satisfy at least the minimum requirements for both: The Democratic - dominated Assembly would agree to the first passage of legislation paving the way for a constitutional amendment that would allow for the stripping of
public pensions from elected officials and
other top officials convicted of
public corruption, and the Republican - led Senate would approve a one - year extension of mayoral control of New York
City's
schools.
In 1994, her daughter, Pamela Corley, set up a nonprofit at the family home called the Parents Information Network «to disseminate information to parents and
others regarding the inner workings of the New York
City public -
school system.»
De Blasio called the bill «fiscally responsible,» but State Senator José Peralta told Gay
City that he and
other elected officials
in Queens have been begging the administration for increased funding for crossing guards — something that would demonstrably aid the safety of
public and private
school students — only to be told that there is no money for it.
Moskowitz will still be allowed to open four charter
schools inside
other public schools as planned next fall: the Bronx's I.S. 131, I.S. 96
in Bensonhurst, P.S. 78
in Bergen Beach, and I.S. 59 Springfield Gardens
in Queens, according to
City Hall officials.
In New York City and many other cities, there is a political divide in the public school syste
In New York
City and many
other cities, there is a political divide
in the public school syste
in the
public school system.
The
city currently operates 80 Beacon centers
in public schools across the five boroughs where students get after -
school tutoring and help looking for jobs, among
other services.
As the Oct. 7 deadline fast approached, educators at almost 350
public schools across New York
City prepared themselves and their school communities for the crushing loss of more than 700 school support staff — including school aides, parent coordinators, lunchroom workers, crossing guards and others — who were set to be let go by the city in the largest layoff at a single city agency since Mayor Michael Bloomberg took office in 2
City prepared themselves and their
school communities for the crushing loss of more than 700
school support staff — including
school aides, parent coordinators, lunchroom workers, crossing guards and
others — who were set to be let go by the
city in the largest layoff at a single city agency since Mayor Michael Bloomberg took office in 2
city in the largest layoff at a single
city agency since Mayor Michael Bloomberg took office in 2
city agency since Mayor Michael Bloomberg took office
in 2002.
For the past two years, Talk of the Sound has been gathering information — photos, videos, invoices, receipts, bank statements, checks, spreadsheets and
other public and internal records — that show a long - standing pattern where the
City School District of New Rochelle allows the operation of private businesses for personal benefit of select individuals within the
public schools in New Rochelle.
Laurence Kalkstein, a professor
in the Department of
Public Health Sciences at the University of Miami Miller
School of Medicine who was not involved
in the study, observed that there are
other variables that influence how much a
city can benefit from warming mitigation.
My cousins, on the
other hand, attended
public schools in the
city straight through and they would tell me stories how you'd need to get to class at least 10 minutes early to get a seat and text book.
Cities and states have a diverse and dizzying array of programs: Head Start and
other government - funded programs for low - income families; private programs of many stripes and price points; free or low - cost classrooms
in public schools, sometimes guaranteed and sometimes secured by lottery.
Another is Aim High
in my
city of San Francisco, a unique partnership between independent and
public schools which historically have had little to do with each
other.
On a leap of faith, Allen put
in an application to send her younger son to one of the few
other public school alternatives
in the
city: a new district
school for gifted students.
New York — On a recent Friday morning, while legislators and
other state officials were making financial decisions that would make the difference between retaining and immediately laying off 1,000 of New York
City's
public -
school teachers, Frank J. Macchiarola did what,
in almost any
other case, would be described as switching hats a few times.
To be sure, the population of
public school children
in New York
City is different from that of many
other school districts around the country.
Alonso served as CEO of Baltimore
City Public Schools (
City Schools) for six years, where he led a reform effort marked by a rebalancing of authority and responsibility among stakeholders, the building of a coalition
in support of
City Schools, leading edge labor contracts, and a focus on individual students and teaching and learning that yielded marked improvement
in achievement and climate data across all levels, the first increases
in enrollment
in 40 years, and widespread political and ground root support for what have been divisive reform strategies
in other districts.
At the end of the day, Mrs. Clinton joined 500
other Principals for a Day at the New York
Public Library, where she sat in the audience and listened to people discuss what they experienced and their impressions of New York City's public schools.&
Public Library, where she sat
in the audience and listened to people discuss what they experienced and their impressions of New York
City's
public schools.&
public schools.»
The authors concede that a number of national and
city - level studies show relatively strong performance for disadvantaged youth
in charters, but come to rest on the familiar refrain that charter students do about the same as those
in other public schools.
In our work with public schools in New York and other cities, we have observed that schools are becoming more sophisticated in mobilizing these resource
In our work with
public schools in New York and other cities, we have observed that schools are becoming more sophisticated in mobilizing these resource
in New York and
other cities, we have observed that
schools are becoming more sophisticated
in mobilizing these resource
in mobilizing these resources.
Most striking of all, nearly three - quarters of
public school students attend charter
schools, proportionally more than
in any
other U.S.
city.
Based on a year of self - examination by 44 of the largest urban districts, «Challenges to Urban Education: Results
in the Making,» casts the future of inner -
city public schools in terms far more optimistic than
other recent assessments.
Even if 1
in every 10 of these graduates entered teaching for two years (average tenure at KIPP - like No Excuses charter
schools) before moving onto other careers, they would provide only 6 percent of the some 450,000 teachers currently working in the member districts of the Council of Great City Schools (the nations 66 largest urban public - school sy
schools) before moving onto
other careers, they would provide only 6 percent of the some 450,000 teachers currently working
in the member districts of the Council of Great
City Schools (the nations 66 largest urban public - school sy
Schools (the nations 66 largest urban
public -
school systems).
Long will join three
other newly appointed members: Deborah Loewenberg Ball, dean of the University of Michigan
School of Education; Professor Adam Gamoran, director of the Wisconsin Center for Education Research; and Margaret R. McLeod, executive director of student services and special education
in the Alexandria (Va.)
City Public Schools.
In exchange, she sought money for the public system, limitation of vouchers» use to private schools in the city, and discussion of a «Marshall Plan» for public schools, charter schools, and other nonprofit education facilities in the cit
In exchange, she sought money for the
public system, limitation of vouchers» use to private
schools in the city, and discussion of a «Marshall Plan» for public schools, charter schools, and other nonprofit education facilities in the cit
in the
city, and discussion of a «Marshall Plan» for
public schools, charter
schools, and
other nonprofit education facilities
in the cit
in the
city.
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But this essay is about the
other half of
public schools in DC, the 120
public charter
schools educating 43,340 students — nearly half (47.5 percent) of the
city's
public school students.
From observing conditions there and
in other cities, we believe that bargaining and related union activity have not only hampered urban
public schools with such things as cumbersome contracts, but have introduced practices into the education system that are counterproductive, fomenting a demoralizing pattern of acrimony between teachers and administrators that is fundamentally at odds with effective education.
The
school has become a model of Green Dot success with more graduates attending UCLA than those from any
other school,
public or private,
in the
city.
Ironically, the primary effect of the
city's revenue loss from rising charter payments may have been to slow the growth
in expenditures
in public safety and
other city departments, where expenditures rose more slowly than the
school budget.
Respect for All Bingo: Each year, New York
City public schools participate
in «Respect For All» Week to promote respect for diversity and engage students
in meaningful lessons and / or
other activities that focus on preventing bias - based harassment, intimidation and / or bullying.
(Expenditures on
public safety and
other city departments grew by 18 percent and 13 percent, respectively, rather than 25 percent
in the
schools.)
For example, AltSchool is a micro-
school network
in San Francisco with tuition that is 10 to 15 percent cheaper than the average for
other private
schools in the
city --- and it hopes to scale its model such that the price falls over time to the point that it is only marginally more than the cost of educating a
public school student.
Just a few years ago,
public schools in our
city were struggling with problems similar to
other big -
city schools.