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Adi Talwar

Sixth-grade teachers (clockwise from bottom right) Yesenia Morel, Tariq Hussein. Lalaina Andriananjason, Nancy Dooley conducting a Grade Team Meeting at CHAH. While not on the Renewal Schools list, CHAH uses many of the techniques that the de Blasio administration wants to apply to failing schools.

Jessica Siegel

Education

De Blasio’s Education Agenda Takes Shape at Renewal Schools

By Jessica Siegel | June 19, 2015

The question isn’t just whether the mayor’s plan will work. It’s whether it will work in time to satisfy critics who are suddenly skeptical of mayoral control.

Education

College Readiness: One Star Student's Struggle

By Jessica Siegel | June 19, 2014

Shevanna Cole’s high-school performance was so sound it got her on NY1 and into a private college. But that didn’t mean the transition to undergraduate life was easy.

Education

Getting Kids Ready for College, Beyond the Classroom

By Jessica Siegel | June 17, 2014

“College readiness” is the new education buzzword. But being prepared for college is about more than academic training, especially for kids who are the first in their families to attend.

ARTS and CULTURE

Amid Tests and Tight Budgets, Schools Find Room for Arts

By Jessica Siegel | June 7, 2013

DOE statistics indicate arts instruction is absent from many middle and high schools. But for some principals, arts aren’t an extra—they’re a priority.

CITY WIRE: THE BLOG

Community Groups Press for Details in NYC Mayoral Forums

By Jessica Siegel | April 1, 2013

East Brooklyn Congregations and allies typically work behind the scenes. But they’ve made headlines in 2013 by forcing candidates to provide detailed housing, school and policing proposals.

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