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Bronx school charts data-driven path to serving the whole child
Dolores Peterson listens as one of her students goes over a speech she delivers for an honors event later in the evening. Two years ago, Omarina Cabrera’s academics were a distant concern. Her family...
View ArticleA new PBS documentary illuminates success of a Bronx school
A new PBS Frontline documentary profiles a student at a high-needs Bronx middle school that we wrote about in May. The 13-minute film, called “Middle School Moment“, follows eighth grader Omarina...
View ArticleNewly hatched Common Core curriculums get city endorsement
For the first time since 2003, the Department of Education has revised its curriculum recommendations for schools. The new recommendations are meant to guide schools through the myriad curriculum...
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In a Bronx English class, new standards and a centuries-old poem converge
One bright afternoon this week, Catherine Miller’s 31 sixth-grade honors students sat inside a dimly lit classroom in the north Bronx and analyzed a 16th-century love poem. Its opening lines glowed on...
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How one New York City school handles eighth grade’s biggest drama: high...
The doors to the Bronx District 10 superintendent’s office had just parted Friday at 8 a.m. when Nancy Acosta arrived to collect her letters. Acosta, the guidance counselor at M.S. 244 in the...
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‘Did you get in?’ High school offer letters bring smiles, a few tears to...
PHOTO: Stephanie SnyderEighth-grade students at M.S. 244 in the Bronx receive their high school admission letters. Anticipation held eighth-graders at the edges of their seats at The New School for...
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