Today, 5/18/2013
High: 75 Low: 57
Mostly cloudy
14% chance of precipitation.
Tomorrow, 5/19/2013
High: 69 Low: 56
Slight chance rain showers
25% chance of precipitation.
 
 
2012-2013 NYC School Calendar



Gotham Schools

Remainders: Chicago teachers union ends voting, starts protest - Read Full Article

After Chicago’s teachers union concludes its election, it will start three days of protests. (Answer Sheet) A parent offers a dispatch from the frontiers of urban schools’ field trips by subway. (NYC Taught Me) Newark’s Cami Anderson: Reform efforts focus too much on principals, not their managers. (Rick Hess) Eight mayoral candidates said in surveys that they’d [...]

DREAM Act on the next week’s agenda for Regents, Assembly - Read Full Article

The Board of Regents and the Assembly are teaming up next week to push for legislation that would give New York’s roughly 150,000 undocumented students access to financial aid for college. On Monday, the Board will convene a forum in Queens on immigration and education to wrap up of their monthly meeting. The forum will discuss [...]

City principals say they won’t use test scores to screen students - Read Full Article

Distressed by state tests that they say did not reflect the way they want students to learn, several city principals are pledging not to use the scores to help them pick their students. Selective middle schools consider students’ fourth-grade reading and math scores, and selective high schools look at students’ seventh-grade scores. But after the first round [...]

NY Times School Book

Bill Gates Should Not Micro-Manage Our Schools - Read Full Article

"In regards to education policy, Bill Gates ought to have a loud voice in his school district, but a quieter one in mine." So says a father and Fordham professor who argues the Common Core learning standards, while positive, should not be imposed uniformly upon all schools and teachers.

Controversy Brews at Teachers College - Read Full Article

Some graduate students at Teachers College are offended by the decision to honor Chancellor Merryl Tisch at the school's graduation ceremony next week. To many of them, Tisch has supported policies antithetical to the Teachers College philosophy and they're considering ways to make their displeasure known.

Supreme Court Justice Urges Immigrant Parents to Help Children with School - Read Full Article

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor told a large gathering of parents of English language learners to speak up and ask for help navigating the massive school system, and to remember this mantra: "I am not stupid. I am ignorant. Help me figure it out."

Schools of Thought

Columbia University seeks to change whites-only fellowship - Read Full Article

By Dominique Debucquoy-Dodley, CNN New York (CNN) - Columbia University is seeking to alter the 1920 charter of one of its graduate school fellowships which is still limited "to persons of the Caucasian race," though the fellowship has not been granted in years. The Lydia C. Roberts Graduate Fellowship is, at least on paper, available […]

Students en route to prom help crash victims - Read Full Article

(CNN) - About 20 students from Western High School in Davie, Florida, were on their way to prom when a van swerved and flipped on the interstate nearby. Five adults and two children were inside. When their limo screeched to a halt, students called 911 and went into action, pushing the van to free some […]

Students occupy college to keep tuition free - Read Full Article

Editor's note: This story was updated May 16, 2013, to reflect new information about the student protest. By Dantel Hood, CNN (CNN) - For more than a century, Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in New York provided free education to all admitted students. But the school isn’t immune to the money […]

PUBLIC MEETING OF THE PANEL FOR EDUCATIONAL POLICY

Wednesday, May 22, 2013
6:00 PM
Taft Educational Campus
240 East 172 St
Bronx, NY 10457

 

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 May  Division of Family and Community Engagement Announcements and Reminders
Parents and Families webpage: schools.nyc.gov/ParentsFamilies

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CPAC Mayoral Candidates Forum
Monday June 10
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
New York Historical Society Auditorium
170 Central Park West @ 77th St

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Democracy Prep Facilities Hearing
M081 Building
212 W. 120th St
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Growing the Game in Harlem HLL Lacrosse Thriving
at PS/MS 149, The Sojourner Truth School  

 

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2012 NY State Test Scores Available on Aris Parent Link arisparentlink.org

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Community Events


 Summer Superstars:
Celebrating NYC’s Schools and Families



 
Family and Staff Appreciation Day
This free event will include activities, sports, special performances, giveaways, and educational resources 

Saturday, June 22
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Riverbank State Park
679 Riverside Drive,
New York, NY 10031
 

 
Flyer
Register
here by June 19
For more information
call 212-374-4118

 



Upcoming Events

Saturday, May 18
PS 9 Spring Fair
11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
P.S. 9
100 W. 84th St.
Monday, May 20
Public Hearing
Facilities Hearing for Democracy Prep
6:00 PM
M081
212 West 120 Street,
New York, NY 10027
Notice
Wednesday, May 22
Standardized Testing
4th & 8th Grade State Science PerformanceTests
One day test given within this time period.
PEP
PEP Meeting
6:00 PM
Taft Educational Campus
40 East 172 St
Bronx, NY 10457
Thursday, May 23
Standardized Testing
4th & 8th Grade State Science PerformanceTests
One day test given within this time period.

Education Reports


SCA District 3 Capital Plan Hearing Presentation
Presented at the 1/23/13 Joint CSD3 Presidents' Council/CEC3 Meeting


 

"DOE Priorities and Plans for District 3 for the 2013 And Beyond" Presentation
Presented by Yael Kalban, Office of Portfolio Management at the 10/03/12 CEC3 Special Meeting