GED-ing Ahead: Students Struggle With Testing System
Unemployed and undereducated adults uptown seek better career prospects by taking the GED. But they face more than difficult exam questions.
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Overage Students Gain Ground with Personalized Programs
About 65 percent of the city’s high school droupouts were overage when they began ninth grade, according to a 2008 study from the Office of Accountability in the Department of Education.
P.S. 123 Parents Feel Bullied by Harlem Success Academy
As the charter school’s enrollment grew this year, so did the tension between it and P.S. 123.
November 17, 2009 | Posted in Education | Read More »
Volunteers Counter Military Recruiting in High Schools
This school year is the first New York City schools have provided opt-out forms to forgo having student’s personal information sent to military recruiters.
Late GI Bill Payments Frustrate CCNY Veterans
Though the VA lagged on payments, City College made sure no student veterans had to drop out.
Mosque Plans Islamic School in East Harlem
The Islamic Cultural Center of New York will start Manhattan’s first Islamic school next fall. It will follow a public school curriculum along with an Islamic one, says Imam Shamsi Ali.
Do School Lunches Make the Grade?
Financial and logistical problems make it hard to provide students with healthy food every day.
Big Salaries, Bigger Challenges for $125,000-A-Year Teachers
The Equity Project Charter School in Washington Heights is a radical experiment in education: six-figure salaries for teachers to ensure academic success for students.
P.S. 194: The School That Wouldn’t Die
Once scheduled for closure, P.S. 194 received a rare second chance to prove its critics wrong.
October 14, 2009 | Posted in Education | Read More »
