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What’s The [Data] Point? $66 Billion in School Funding

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09/11/2017

What’s The [Data] Point? $66 Billion in School Funding What's The Data Point? Episode 11 - $66 billion - a Back to School episode with CBC's Dave Friedfel & Riley Edwards This week we're back to...

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Why Do Democrats Want More Police in Schools?

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01/11/2013

... increasing the presence of armed police and security in schools will be good for our children. More disturbing, ... include support for increasing the presence of police in schools . Democratic Senator Barbara...

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Report: What Works - and Doesn't - in NYC Schools

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10/08/2013

... the article.) Despite "tremendous strides" in raising high school graduation rates, two new reports published today find the New York City public schools still face huge challenges in getting all...

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Century Foundation Quoted in Article on School Desegregation Lawsuit

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01/27/2016

Century Foundation Quoted in Article on School Desegregation Lawsuit Alex Cruz-Guzman, who came to ... are now in college—to desegregated St. Paul schools . But it’s become more difficult to find such .....

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NYC Schools Are Inadequate on Sex Education, Stringer Says

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09/15/2017

NYC Schools Are Inadequate on Sex Education, Stringer Says The ... City comptroller’s office said not all middle and high school students are being taught sex education as required by ... Stringer’s audit also...

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NYC Will Miss a Deadline to Accommodate 5 New Charter Schools

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10/13/2017

NYC Will Miss a Deadline to Accommodate 5 New Charter Schools New York City’s Department of Education said on ... new middle schools proposed by the Success Academy charter school network in time...

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Bronx Charter School Caters to Students on the ‘Margins’

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08/30/2017

Bronx Charter School Caters to Students on the ‘Margins’ At Mott Haven Academy Charter School in New York City, fifth-graders start the fall reading ... care. Every kindergartner gets a teddy bear to keep in...

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Carnegie "Opportunity by Design" Schools To Help Immigrant Students

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07/17/2014

Carnegie "Opportunity by Design" Schools To Help Immigrant Students Two new high schools will open in 2015 in Prince George’s County, Md., ... with their peers. The Internationals Network for Public...

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Inside The NYC Schools Critics Call ‘Failure Factories’

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09/05/2017

Inside The NYC Schools Critics Call ‘Failure Factories’ They are the schools Mayor de Blasio doesn’t mention. At 32 city elementary and middle schools , the average English-math proficiency rate...

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Our Schools, Cut Off From the Web

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06/16/2013

... Foundation President Luis Ubiñas. ON June 6, at a middle school in Mooresville, N.C., President Obama set a goal of high-speed Internet in nearly every public school in America in five years. It was a bold and...

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Heavy Hitters Debate School Achievement Gap

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10/15/2013

... City was reviewed on The Times’ SchoolBook blog. High school graduation rates have risen dramatically across the board in New York City yet, close observers of the school system will tell you, some things have...

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State Education Chancellor Defends Teacher and School Evaluations

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11/22/2013

... event was also covered by WNYC, Capital New York, Gotham Schools and the Epoch Times. NEW YORK—Merryl Tisch, ... of Regents, defended current evaluations of teachers and schools , speaking at an event organized...

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NYC Preparing To Expand Restorative Justice Programs in Schools

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06/20/2014

NYC Preparing To Expand Restorative Justice Programs in Schools NYC is poised to dramatically expand restorative justice programs aimed at improving school climate and rethinking school...

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Century Foundation NYTimes OpEd: The Secret to School Integration

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02/23/2016

Century Foundation NYTimes OpEd: The Secret to School Integration By most measures, America’s public schools are now more racially and socioeconomically ... from 42.7 percent in 1968. In the country’s 100 largest...

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation Teams With Columbia Journalism School

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01/18/2017

Stavros Niarchos Foundation Teams With Columbia Journalism School At a press conference in Greece, the Stavros ... supported by the SNF, and implemented by Columbia Graduate School of Journalism, in New York City...

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NY Rejects All Applications for New Charter Schools

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05/21/2015

NY Rejects All Applications for New Charter Schools “We always look for quality and these ... on how to improve their applications.” But charter- school advocates weren’t buying it, saying the rejection of .....

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Reading, Math Disparities Persist At Capital Region Schools

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08/29/2017

Reading, Math Disparities Persist At Capital Region Schools In the Capital Region's three major cities, school districts continue to see stubborn disparities between ... of generational poverty, segregation...

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Will California Choose Prisons Over Schools—Again?

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09/18/2013

... bid to raise taxes to increase state revenues for schools ... Will California Choose Prisons Over Schools —Again? ...

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26 May 2015

Next Steps: Supporting the Community Schools Initiative

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8:45am to 11:00am

... to explore the next steps in the expansion of Community Schools in New York City. At this meeting, we discussed the role of philanthropy in working with community schools . Funders shared their thoughts about...

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