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Teachers in New York are using rap to teach complex science. PBS NewsHour senior correspondent Ray Suarez reports on the effectiveness of this strategy and interviews hip-hop legend GZA of the Wu-Tang Clan.
A closer look at high school admission statistics from New York City’s top schools, including Stuyvesant and Bronx High School of Science, reveal disproportionately low numbers of black and Latino students. Currently, the only way to gain entry to these schools is a single test, which students take in the eighth grade.
Afternoon update from NY1: A Queens principal pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct Wednesday night after sources say police found him to be in possession of methamphetamines.
The NYC Department of Education will host summer workshops entitled, “High School Admissions: Where Do I Start?” These workshops aim to help parents whose children are approaching high school age to familiarize themselves with the various high school programs available to students in NYC. According to the NYC DOE website, all sessions will cover the same material. [...]
From the New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) release: “According to DOE data, city students served 73,441 suspensions during the 2010-2011 school year – a more than 130 percent increase in suspensions from the 2002-2003 school year, the first year under mayoral control of schools, when there were 31,879 suspensions. The data shows black students [...]
It’s the first Thursday in June! To most people, that means little more than that it is almost the first Friday in June, and that it was just the first Wednesday in June. But to New York City school children, it means Brooklyn-Queens Day, a gratuitous day off to go to amusement parks, run through [...]
