A Hands-On Education

Written by admin on November 18, 2010. Posted in Education, Special Sections

Independent P.S. 40 students learn by doing By Gavin Aronsen “It’s a magical place,” said P.S. 40 Principal Susan Felder, settling on the proper words to define her school. “There’s something really special about our kids.” Felder has been at the elementary school for the past seven years, during which time she has helped mold
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Getting into NYC Preschools Isn’t as Tough as It Seems

Written by admin on November 10, 2010. Posted in Education, Special Sections

What you need to know By Molly O’Meara Sheehan With 1.4 million school-aged children, New York City has the nation’s biggest public school system, the densest concentration of private schools and admissions competition for the under-5 set so intense that it has inspired satirical novels and critically-acclaimed documentaries—while bewildering and frustrating countless parents. Each year,
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We Need More Classrooms at Riverside Center

Written by admin on November 3, 2010. Posted in Education, Opinion and Column

It’s time for the city and Extell to take responsibility By Noah E. Gotbaum As is well known, the entirety of Community School District 3—stretching from Lincoln Center to Central Harlem—faces a serious schools overcrowding crisis. In 2010, District 3 had two of the top 10 most overcrowded school zones in the city, with eight
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School Rezoning Plan Leaves Room for Charter

Written by admin on October 27, 2010. Posted in Education, News & Features West Side Spirit

By Dan Rivoli P.S. 145 is, according to the Department of Education and Principal Ivelisse Alvarez, a good school. The city gave P.S. 145, located on 150 W. 105th St. between Amsterdam and Columbus avenues, a B in this year’s progress report card. Though the school did receive some poor marks for school environment and
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School Rezoning Plan Leaves Room for Charter

Written by admin on October 20, 2010. Posted in Blog, Education

By Dan Rivoli P.S. 145, is according to the Department of Education and Principal Ivelisse Alvarez, a good school. The city gave P.S. 145, located on 150 W. 105th St. between Amsterdam and Columbus avenues, a B in this year’s progress report card. Though the school received poor marks for school environment and student performance,
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Elected Officials Demand Help on PCBs in Schools

Written by admin on October 13, 2010. Posted in Education, News & Features West Side Spirit

By Gavin Aronsen West Side elected officials and advocates urged the Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Education at an Oct. 7 rally on the steps of City Hall to start investigating the levels of toxic PCBs in hundreds of potentially affected city schools. The results of a pilot study conducted this year with the
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Demand for Help on PCBs in Schools

Written by admin on October 8, 2010. Posted in Blog, Education, Politics

By Gavin Aronsen Elected officials and advocates urged the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Department of Education (DOE) to start investigating the levels of toxic PCBs in hundreds of potentially affected city schools
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Some West Side Schools Don’t Make the Grade

Written by admin on October 6, 2010. Posted in Education, News & Features West Side Spirit

By Dan Rivoli Ericca Winfield has a son in 4th grade at P.S. 84 Lillian Weber. She says the school has improved dramatically since her son started kindergarten there. Parents are more involved, the education and teachers have improved and her son is in a dual-language program
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Should Men and Women Room Together in College?

Written by admin on September 1, 2010. Posted in Education

Some colleges experiment with “gender-blind” dorms By Jordan Mazza You and your best friend are the perfect match. You share countless qualities: you both like to go to bed early, stay organized, listen to Lady Gaga—even eat cold pizza. But one of the few qualities you do not share is gender, and according to your
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Parental Guidance

Written by admin on August 25, 2010. Posted in Education

A guide to helping your child make the most of the school year By Ashley Troost, Elisabeth Frankel Reed and Tanisia Morris Summer vacation is coming to a close and the kids have a closetful of freshly purchased fall clothes, but is your family really ready to head back to school? We talked to several
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