by Supporting Education | Sep 21, 2020 | News, Teacher Issues
New York City is the country’s largest school district, with more than 1.1 million students at 1,800 schools, taught by approximately 75,000 teachers. The schools alone hold more people than many substantial cities around the world. And they were supposed to go back...
by Sarah Green | Oct 31, 2018 | News, Student Issues
The opening line from this article in The New York Times is a chilling one: “Tonight, about one out of every 10 students in New York City will sleep in a homeless shelter or in the homes of relatives,” wrote staff writer Eliza Shapiro. 114,659 students are either...
by Sarah Green | Jul 23, 2016 | News, Other, Student Issues
Children growing up in disadvantaged communities must have access to good education if they’re going to succeed in the knowledge economy. Current school curriculums are not preparing students well enough for them to prosper in a career or in college. Luckily there are...
by Sarah Green | Aug 15, 2014 | Profiles
Prep for Prep was established in 1978, and selects New York City’s most promising students of color and prepares them for placement into top independent schools. For the past thirty years, 150 low-income New York fifth-and-seventh grade children are selected from a...
by Sarah Green | Apr 23, 2014 | News, Parent Issues, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
In 2013, thirty public schools in New York City only accepted students into pre-K programs if they had a sibling already enrolled. This gave those children priority over others, and made an already competitive market even more aggressive. The application deadline for...
