Report: English Learners Find it Hard to Get into NYC Schools
Leave your thoughtsImmigrant students who struggle to master English don’t have the same access to the city’s small schools as their peers…
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Schools Hit on Immig Bar
Leave your thoughtsMayor Bloomberg’s much-celebrated new small high schools exclude immigrants and other kids struggling to learn English, a new report charges.…
Kids Hit Language Barrier
Leave your thoughtsStudents struggling to learn English are routinely shut out of the city’s new small high schools, a cornerstone of Mayor…
Report Says Immigrant Students Lose in Choice of Schools
Leave your thoughtsImmigrant students in New York City who do not speak English well are being shut out of many of the…
ESL Students Shut Out of New Schools
Leave your thoughtsStudents who are still learning English are being shut out of many of New York City’s small, new high schools,…
Cuestionan Propuesta para Regular Manifestaciones Publicas
Leave your thoughtsNueva York — Decenas de opositores a la propuesta de regulacion para los desfiles emitida por el Comisionado de la…
Study: Some Left Out in Small Schools Initiative
Leave your thoughtsOne of Mayor Bloomberg’s biggest priorities has been improving the quality of city schools, and he’s tried to do that…
So Many Schools, So Few Options: How Mayor Bloombergs Small High School Reforms Deny Full Access to English Language Learners
Leave your thoughtsOver the past several years, the New York City Mayor, Michael Bloomberg, and New York City Schools Chancellor, Joel Klein,…
Parents Say Bilingual High School Students Being Left Out
Leave your thoughtsLess violence, higher attendance and better graduation rates are all being pointed to as results of big neighborhood high schools…
Waging Bitter Battle Just To Get Paid $6.75
Leave your thoughtsJulia Ortiz, 38, says she worked 11 hours a day, six or seven days a week, organizing and selling clothing…