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How It Really Works: Behind the Scenes of a NYC Public School Waitlist & More Parent Portal Glitches!
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How It Really Works: Behind the Scenes of a NYC Public School Waitlist & More Parent Portal Glitches!

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New York City families who’d been ripping their hair out for over two months finally learned where their children had been placed for General Education public school kindergarten on March 28th. The results had been posted for nearly a full day before the Department of Education notified anxiously waiting parents that they were available. When… Continue reading How It Really Works: Behind the Scenes of a NYC Public School Waitlist & More Parent Portal Glitches!

Why Our NYC School Chancellor Is Absolutely Right About Gifted & Talented Programs… And Why He Is Absolutely Wrong
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Why Our NYC School Chancellor Is Absolutely Right About Gifted & Talented Programs… And Why He Is Absolutely Wrong

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After announcing his plans to change admissions to New York City’s Specialized High Schools, and after expressing confusion as to why any family would opt for a screened school (despite his own daughter doing so in San Francisco), and after calling a mother “racist “ who objected to District 3 middle-schools setting aside 25% of… Continue reading Why Our NYC School Chancellor Is Absolutely Right About Gifted & Talented Programs… And Why He Is Absolutely Wrong

Why Every Day Is Groundhog Day In New York City Schools (UPK Edition)
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Why Every Day Is Groundhog Day In New York City Schools (UPK Edition)

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In the 1993 movie, Groundhog Day, Bill Murray’s cynical anchorman is doomed to relive the same day, over and over again, until he learns his lesson. (For the local angle, it was also a Broadway musical, last year.) With the holiday that inspired the movie coming up this Friday, February 2, what better time to… Continue reading Why Every Day Is Groundhog Day In New York City Schools (UPK Edition)