Sentences with phrase «struggling schools across the city»

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«With record numbers of New York City families struggling with homelessness, we are proud to partner with Borough President Melinda Katz and people across Queens on Project: Back to School, which gives homeless children backpacks and school supplies critical to their academic success.&School, which gives homeless children backpacks and school supplies critical to their academic success.&school supplies critical to their academic success.»

In touting mostly across - the - board gains, they also noted that 41 of the city's 63 struggling «Renewal Schools» saw an increase in their English scores and 36 saw an increase in math.

Cities across America that have spent the past half - century sifting through the effects of decades of «White - Flight» from their urban cores, and in that time, their schools have struggled to meet the needs of the population that remained.

It is the same struggle that first - year teachers across the city face, but the difference, Mr. Waronker said, is that in his school, it is out in the open.

Four decades later, Martin Van Buren is still one of NYC's «struggling» schools, currently on the city's «renewal school» list because it ranks in the bottom 5 % of schools across the state.

They have been opened as a way to save children in struggling inner - city school systems; as destinations for children of affluent parents wishing to avoid what they view as the pitfalls of public schools; and as laboratories that, in theory, can pass along successful new ideas to public schools across the country.

Despite these challenges, they are optimistic that their voices and those of other students across New York City's public schools will gain ground — as the nation's largest school district struggles to raise its own quality review score from «developing» to «proficient.»