Sentences with phrase «upstate school»

Both candidates agree that the smaller upstate school districts are more negatively affected by the cuts.

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.

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.

The Alliance for Quality Education and other groups complained about the current schedule, and representatives of upstate school districts said cash - flow problems would hinder their ability to apply for or set up new pre-K programs.

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.

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.

It's still not known whether the governor would get his wish to have greater control over the exact school aid distributions for New York City schools and large upstate school districts, including Rochester, Buffalo and Syracuse.

Officials in four upstate school districts...

A conservative Cornell University student says she was harassed and threatened after she appeared on a Fox News segment last year and voiced objections to what she saw as liberal bias in coursework at the prestigious upstate school.

But Assembly Democrats are also wary of Cuomo potentially linking the $ 100 million upstate school fund to the passage of education tax credit, which is being pushed by private and parochial schools.

Jim Tallon, a former assemblyman and chair of the Board of Regents» state aid committee, expressed broad criticisms of Cuomo's budget proposal, arguing the spending plan should have included more information about the distribution of funding and more money for pre-K for upstate school districts.

In New York, similar rules are already in place, and they're at work every day at one upstate school where technology is everywhere.

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.

Public schools in the city of Yonkers will get an additional $ 25 million dollars in aid, but Cuomo had to abandon a last minute proposal to give an additional $ 75 million dollars to struggling upstate schools.

Under that agreement, New York City schools will get $ 51 million, Long Island schools will get $ 45 million and upstate schools will get $ 134 million.

Much of it will be sent back to upstate schools.

Not exact matches

While attending school at St Lawrence University in upstate New York, Todd competed on their Division I Alpine Ski team with several future Olympians.

The Ivy League school located in upstate New York was the first to establish a four - year hotel - administration school, and it was the first university in the US to offer an American studies program.

Before she found fame as a 1960s - inspired sultry throwback singer, Lana Del Rey was a prep - school graduate from upstate New York named Elizabeth «Lizzy» Grant.

Harry Stack Sullivan, founder of the interpersonal school of psychiatry, was born in upstate New York in 1892.

Their program is offered both at schools and community centers in NYC, and at Katchkie organic farm in upstate New York.

WESTCHESTER & UPSTATE EF Academy International Boarding Schools 582 Columbus Ave., Thornwood, NY 10594 www.ef.edu/academy [phone] EF Academy prepares students not only for academic success, but also for true global citizenship through critical learning and unparalleled intercultural immersion in what amounts to a diverse United Nations - style high school community.

Born in Hannover, Germany, Christian Peterson moved with his parents to the United States where he attended the Hawthorne Valley Waldorf School from K - 12 in upstate New York.

One of Tough's collaborators, Dominic Randolph, head of school at an elite academy in upstate NY, surmised that «the best way for a young person to build character is for him to attempt something where there is a real and serious possibility of failure.

The SAFE Act, a package of gun control measures that was approved in 2013 in the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, remains a signature hallmark of Cuomo's tenure and a controversial one, especially for Second Amendment supporters and upstate residents.

Heastie, meanwhile, insisted lawmakers were working to conclude the session on a productive note, with a number of outstanding issues on the table ranging from expanding ride - hailing apps like Uber and Lyft to upstate New York as well as mayoral control of schools in New York City.

King recently expressed extreme frustration with the teachers union and school administrators in several large cities downstate and upstate, over what he said was a failure to come up with a teacher evaluation plan by a December 31 deadline, to meet requirements for the federal Race to the Top grant awards.

Announcements included the awarding of state grants that will support 18,000 miles of broadband infrastructure, serving 18 upstate libraries and 96 government buildings, health care facilities, colleges and public schools.

Clean water advocates in upstate New York have set their sights on keeping lead out of school drinking water.

In late December, the state's education commissioner froze some of the state's $ 700 million dollars in Race to the Top grants, saying some schools, including in New York City and several upstate cities, had not complied with the teacher evaluation requirements.

«It's a real head - scratcher» as to why Republicans backed the legislation, which also included an extension of mayoral control of New York City schools, the re-approval of local sales tax measures and several other measures aimed at upstate communities for flood relief.

Have to wonder how Dirty John Flanagan can continue to justify only a one year extension of Mayoral control... oh yeah, that ploy helps get Dirty John a lot of hedge fund Cheater School money for his cabal of upstate TEAPubs who want to mess with NYC!

A collaboration of reporting from Investigative Post, ProPublica, and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism shows that despite billions in subsidies, upstate job growth remains sluggish.

Time Magazine has released its 2017 list of the «711 Best Colleges for Your Money,» and included in the top 100 are these 11 schools from upstate.

GOP sources told The Post that Marc Cenedella, 41, a Yale and Harvard business - school graduate and native of upstate Fredonia who is believed to be worth about $ 150 million, is «seriously considering» running against Gillibrand — a flip - flopping congresswoman from the Albany area who was initially appointed to succeed Hillary Rodham Clinton in 2009 before winning election to a remaining two - year term in 2010.

Senate Republicans earlier this year were persuaded to return to Albany for an extraordinary session of the Legislature to extend mayoral control of New York City schools, which included a menu of upstate issues.

GOP gubernatorial hopeful Carl Paladino will kick off an unusual upstate tour in Albany today, eschewing the old - school campaign bus for a more unorthodox form of transportation: A houseboat.

The GOP redirected that money to upstate and Long Island schools districts.

He and Hochul made a strong showing there in the September primary, even as the governor did not do terribly well in other upstate counties against his opponent, Fordham Law School Prof. Zephyr Teachout.

Ironic when LI legislators fund their corrupt campaign with dirty money from NYC real estate interests, NYC Cheater school interests, and NYC LLC corporations while at the same time trying to convince upstate voters about the dangers of being dominated by DeBlasio and NYC!

Furthermore, crime, cruddy schools, and ossified municipal governments continue to cause upstate cities to empty into the suburbs.

Other Democrats took shots at the education portion of the bill, which shifted the regional tallies for charter schools between upstate and New York City, and offered up $ 250 million for private schools in prior - year reimbursements.

ALBANY — Lawmakers sometime late Wednesday or Thursday are hoping to adopt a final state budget that provides tuition breaks for some college students, legalizes ride - hailing in upstate and relies on millionaires to help fund new spending on everything from schools to state agencies.

It renewed rent regulations for over a million apartments in New York City, authorized property tax rebates for 2.5 million homeowners on Long Island and upstate, restructured and extended a tax subsidy for the real estate industry — the biggest source of state campaign contributions — and authorized New York City mayor Bill de Blasio's control of city schools for another year.

Larry Spring, superintendent of the Schenectady School District, said existing state funding formulas were already unequal — a long - held belief of many upstate districts.

The $ 145.3 billion spending plan increases school aid next year by just under $ 1 billion (which school boards say is not enough) and over the next five years commits to build thousands of units of affordable housing for the homeless, contribute $ 8.3 billion to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, spend $ 22 billion on upstate roads and bridges, cut taxes for small businesses and create a rebate for Thruway toll payers.

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.

Republicans in the Senate wanted to tie mayoral control to strengthening charter schools, the Assembly wanted to link mayoral control to the routine exertions of sales tax authorization for most of New York's counties upstate and on Long Island.

The fact that the Broward County sheriff's deputy assigned to the school didn't enter the building to engage the shooter shouldn't reflect badly on efforts to put SROs in every New York school, according to an upstate sheriff.

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