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An opinion blogger’s take: “For many minorities, especially new immigrant parents, understanding and respect sometimes are more likely to come from a segregated school than a diverse school.”

ByRong Xiaoqing 3Comments

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Feb 2016

Education

The Problem with NYC High-School Admissions? It’s not Just the Test

Critics target the city’s eight specialized schools for using a single test to determine who gets to enter. But other selective public high-schools use a confusing mix of admissions policies…

ByGail Robinson 32Comments

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Jan 2016

Uncategorized

Homelessness Crisis Isn’t Just in the Shelters. It’s in our Schools.

A Bronx Assemblywoman writes: “The crisis of New York’s homeless youth has reached epidemic proportions with one out of every nine students in public schools experiencing homelessness within the past…

ByLatoya Joyner 4Comments

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Nov 2015

Education

Some in Manhattan Want ‘Controlled Choice’ to Diversify Schools

The proposal has supporters on the Upper West Side, as disparities in enrollment and admissions policies are under scrutiny citywide.

ByRuth Ford 1Comment

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Oct 2015

Education

Forget Charters, Common Core, Teacher Quality: Advocates Focus on Getting Kids to School

For any school strategy to work, kids have to show up. And one in three children in the South Bronx misses a month of school every year.

ByRuth Ford 0Comments

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Sep 2015

Education Video

De Blasio and the Schools, Take 2

Watch NYU education expert Pedro Noguera, Students First New York organizer Tenicka Boyd and City Limits reporter Ruth Ford discuss the city’s schools, the mayor’s leadership and the battle over…

ByJarrett Murphy 1Comment

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Aug 2015

Education

Disabled Students Face Special Risk of Summer Slide

Special-education students who are supposed to get 12 months of services sometimes face obstacles during the summer months, during which their risk of regression is greater than for other kids.

ByPatrick Donachie 0Comments

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Aug 2015

Education

Do Students Need to Learn Art to Succeed at Science?

City Limits’ series on summer learning continues with a look at a Brooklyn program where learning to excel at science, technology, engineering and math involves learning—among other things—how to yelp.

ByPatrick Donachie 1Comment

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Jul 2015

Education

Huge Demand for Summer Art Programs to Keep Schoolkids Sharp

The students at 826NYC are hunting a murderer—in the movie script they’re writing. But finding that fictional killer will be a lot easier than many kids’ real-life hunt for art…

ByPatrick Donachie 1Comment

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May 2015

Uncategorized

Little Known About How Much Time Kids Spend in Gym Class

For the second time in four years, a city comptroller has faulted the city school system for failing to provide adequate physical education—but been unable to assess the full scope…

ByAsamia Diaby

ByJarrett Murphy 2Comments

No Backspace:
The Truth of Voluntary Segregation in City Schools

The Problem with NYC High-School Admissions? It’s not Just the Test

Homelessness Crisis Isn’t Just in the Shelters. It’s in our Schools.

Some in Manhattan Want ‘Controlled Choice’ to Diversify Schools

Forget Charters, Common Core, Teacher Quality: Advocates Focus on Getting Kids to School

De Blasio and the Schools, Take 2

Disabled Students Face Special Risk of Summer Slide

Do Students Need to Learn Art to Succeed at Science?

Huge Demand for Summer Art Programs to Keep Schoolkids Sharp

Little Known About How Much Time Kids Spend in Gym Class

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