Students Begin to Hear About Their High School Choices
4:47 p.m.|Update Students who applied to attend a New York City public high school are finding out where they are headed next year. Most students took home letters Wednesday. All students should find...
View ArticleState Identifies Hundreds of Schools for Improvement, Under New System
More than 700 schools across New York State have to draft improvement plans in order to continue getting federal funds for the schools, half of which are located in New York City.The schools were...
View ArticleMaking the Most of a Bad Situation
Editor's Note: This essay was written Monday, Nov. 5, the day staff and faculty of Millenium High School usually based in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan returned to work ahead of a scheduled...
View ArticleAs More Schools Reopen, Attendance Rises
Three city schools in buildings damaged by Sandy will be able to reopen on Wednesday, after being relocated for a week. The schools serve about 2300 students.The Department of Education said the...
View ArticleIn Era of High School Choice, One District Retains Elite Status
While Mayor Michael Bloomberg expanded the number of high schools, and trumpeted the benefits of school choice, he allowed an affluent and successful school district to keep its barriers to entry. Some...
View ArticleYou Can Exhale Now. Maybe. High School Acceptances Out This Week
New York City eighth graders applying to public high school finally may exhale this week, as they learn where they were accepted. But, if past is prologue, about one fourth of the students will not get...
View ArticleChart: Manhattan Advantage in Public High School Admissions
Michael Krutyansky was hardly alone last year in his struggle to land a seat in an academically screened high school in Manhattan. It worked out for him only because his mother successfully appealed...
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