Posts Tagged ‘Education’

Founding Principal

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Danielle Salzberg, a veteran teacher, administrator and builder of new schools, will be taking the helm at the newly announced Frank McCourt High School next fall. The application process for new schools occurs in February, after both the specialized high school round and the main round of citywide high school admissions are over. Students who
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Nursery Schools 101

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1. Why Nursery School, Anyway? Because if you don’t get into a good nursery school it’s quite likely that your child will never get into Harvard. Ok, here’s really why: because the majority of nursery school directors create comforting, fun worlds where little people learn to socialize while following their creative and intellectual urges. It’s
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Helping Hands

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For parents who feel overwhelmed by the city’s private school admissions process, or just need guidance in a particular area, hiring an admissions consultant is an increasing option—even for nursery school. Nursery school is the place where parents begin to sort out the various educational options available to them, says Roxana Reid, director of Smart
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CITY ANNOUNCES G&T ADMISSIONS

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The city has released the details of admission to gifted and talented programs for September 2010. Parents of children going into kindergarten through 3rd grade must submit a “request for testing” form by Nov. 6. Kids entering kindergarten or the 1st grade who score at the 90th percentile or above will be guaranteed placement in
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Can Your Toddler Speak Chinese?

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Sharon Huang was working in New York City and living in New Jersey when she began looking around for a Mandarin immersion program for her soon-to-be born twins. “I knew there were some out there, but I realized there wasn’t one in New Jersey,” she said. “I thought with Chinese becoming such an important language,
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MORE KIDS, LESS SCHOOL SEATS

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The spate of new construction has exacerbated the school overcrowding problem on the West Side has, where children were waitlisted for local public schools. Yet the Department of Education is using flawed metrics to predict the number of new school seats needed in Manhattan over the next decade, according to a report by Borough President
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Something to Chew On

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A recent study has confirmed that a healthy, Mediterranean-style diet combined with regular exercise can reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s disease. Previous studies have linked diet and exercise, independently, to reduced Alzheimer’s risk, but the recent investigation, at the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer’s Disease and the Aging Brain at Columbia University Medical Center,
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A Win for Parents

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New York City’s 1.1 million public school children are the real winners in the State Legislature’s decision to return control of city schools to the mayor. By voting to renew mayoral control, the Legislature acknowledged that having a single point of decision-making works. In so doing, they took a giant step toward ensuring that the
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HIGH SCHOOL HERO

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Jessica Salama, an Upper West Side resident and Bronx High School of Science senior, was one of two student to receive an honorable mention in the 2009 Junior Achievement of New York (JANY) High School Heroes Essay Contest. As part of the High School Heroes program, high school students volunteer to teach students in grades
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