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Time Out for Phys Ed

Mar 05, 2008

Image courtesy of Susan NYC / Susan. For many, physical education class meant enduring the pain of a dodge ball to the gut or the dread of being picked last

 

Preventing Cuts in Education

Feb 25, 2008

As chair of the Assembly's Cities Committee, I'm both deeply concerned and deeply immersed in how Gov. Eliot Spitzer's proposed budget will affect New York City. Although I am a

 

A Battle Brews Over Who Controls the Schools

Feb 19, 2008

Kelly J. Brownlee/Gotham Gazette It is a tale of two systems. In one, students in orderly classes eagerly learn language arts and math as teachers, equipped with the latest data, tailor the

 

The Crackdown on New York City Students

Feb 11, 2008

.pullquote { font-size:24px; font-style: oblique; padding: 10px; background: #FFF; color: #005676; display: box; float: left; width: 30%; } Graphic (c) xandert/ Dawn Turner and Vivek Chugh. Last month, a 5-year-old kindergarten student in a Queens public school threw a temper tantrum.

 

Investing in Higher Education

Jan 14, 2008

Arriving in America at the age of 13 from Macau, Benny Lee knew that education was the best chance he would have for a bright future in his newly adopted

 

Stated Meeting: Columbia Gets Approval

Dec 26, 2007

Most of us make New Year's resolutions or at least we attempt to. We hear them recited over and over by friends, family and in our own heads: "I

 

Report Cards Flunk the Clarity Test

Nov 26, 2007

Many city parents reacted with puzzlement, rather than celebration or disappointment, when they saw the newly released school report cards. Instead of taking the grades at

 

Greening City Schoolyards

Nov 13, 2007

To many New York City kids, it is part of life in the city. Hold a basketball in one hand, hang on with the other and clamber over a

 

College Boom

Oct 29, 2007

NYU's Web site proudly proclaims its location in the center of Greenwich Village, "long famous for its contributions to the fine arts, literature, and drama and

 

A Report Card from Students

Aug 14, 2007

“Everything must be filled out,” yelled my homeroom teacher at Staten Island’s Curtis High School as she passed papers with envelopes down the aisles. “What’s this?” mumbled some students. Others