http://www.examiner.com/x-6682-Queens-Education-News-Examiner?cid=exrss-Queens-Education-News-Examiner en-us Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:03:10 -0700 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:11:30 -0700 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.examiner.com/x-6682-Queens-Education-News-Examiner~y2009m11d17-New-York-City-plans-to-raise-standards-for-teachers-to-get-certified?cid=exrss-Queens-Education-News-Examiner The New York State Board of Regents intends to require new teachers to exhibit capability in the classroom and prove that they can improve test scores before they can gain certification.According to State Education Commissioner David Steiner this is ... Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:11:30 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-6682-Queens-Education-News-Examiner~y2009m11d17-New-York-City-plans-to-raise-standards-for-teachers-to-get-certified?cid=exrss-Queens-Education-News-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-6682-Queens-Education-News-Examiner~y2009m11d12-Queens-high-school-students-protest-excessive-overcrowding-at-their-school?cid=exrss-Queens-Education-News-Examiner According to the New York Daily News, last Friday at least 150 students at Francis Lewis high school in Fresh Meadows, Queens took part in 1960's style protests outside their school against the excessive overcrowding in the school's classr... Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:51:35 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-6682-Queens-Education-News-Examiner~y2009m11d12-Queens-high-school-students-protest-excessive-overcrowding-at-their-school?cid=exrss-Queens-Education-News-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-6682-Queens-Education-News-Examiner~y2009m11d10-Former-Queens-high-school-students-come-together-to-keep-alma-mater-open?cid=exrss-Queens-Education-News-Examiner At least 2,000 alumni of Stella Maris High School in Rockaway Park, Queens have come together through Facebook and by exchanging e-mails in an effort to help keep their alma mater Stella Maris High School open. They have entitled their operation... Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:20:36 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-6682-Queens-Education-News-Examiner~y2009m11d10-Former-Queens-high-school-students-come-together-to-keep-alma-mater-open?cid=exrss-Queens-Education-News-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-6682-Queens-Education-News-Examiner~y2009m11d5-Spotlight-on-the-Mary-Louis-Academy?cid=exrss-Queens-Education-News-Examiner Previously I wrote an article about an all-girls Catholic private high school in the Rockaway Park section of Queens (Stella Maris high school)  that will close in August after being in the community for 66 years.http://www.examiner.com/examiner... Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:20:54 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-6682-Queens-Education-News-Examiner~y2009m11d5-Spotlight-on-the-Mary-Louis-Academy?cid=exrss-Queens-Education-News-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-6682-Queens-Education-News-Examiner~y2009m10d28-Longtime-Queens-Cathholic-girls-school-set-to-close-in-August?cid=exrss-Queens-Education-News-Examiner According to the New York Daily News, last week parents and students at Stella Maris high school in Rockaway Park, Queens were shocked when they were told at a school meeting that due to declining enrollment the school will close permanently in Au... Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:47:26 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-6682-Queens-Education-News-Examiner~y2009m10d28-Longtime-Queens-Cathholic-girls-school-set-to-close-in-August?cid=exrss-Queens-Education-News-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-6682-Queens-Education-News-Examiner~y2009m10d16-Spotlight-on-Public-School-47?cid=exrss-Queens-Education-News-Examiner  Public School 47 (the Chris Galas School) is a very small school that serves Pre Kindergarten to grade 8 located in the small Queens community of Broad Channel that sits on Jamaica Bay. Broad Channel is a close knit communit... Fri, 16 Oct 2009 20:39:45 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-6682-Queens-Education-News-Examiner~y2009m10d16-Spotlight-on-Public-School-47?cid=exrss-Queens-Education-News-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-6682-Queens-Education-News-Examiner~y2009m10d15-Klein-announces-that-Queens-and-Staten-Island-students-are-progressing-on-state-tests?cid=exrss-Queens-Education-News-Examiner Schools Chancellor Joel Klein announced on Monday at a meeting for city business leaders in Manhattan that city students, primarily in Queens and Staten Island are progressing more quickly than the rest of New York State on standardized tests. Q... Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:15:06 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-6682-Queens-Education-News-Examiner~y2009m10d15-Klein-announces-that-Queens-and-Staten-Island-students-are-progressing-on-state-tests?cid=exrss-Queens-Education-News-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-6682-Queens-Education-News-Examiner~y2009m10d7-Queens-elementary-school-suspected-of-promoting-failing-students?cid=exrss-Queens-Education-News-Examiner Officials at an elementary school in the Cambria Heights section of Queens, Public School 147 are being investigated for promoting several failing students who flunked math and could not do the work required of them.Teachers at the school a... Wed, 07 Oct 2009 19:47:38 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-6682-Queens-Education-News-Examiner~y2009m10d7-Queens-elementary-school-suspected-of-promoting-failing-students?cid=exrss-Queens-Education-News-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-6682-Queens-Education-News-Examiner~y2009m10d2-City-principals-need-to-hire-more-ATRs-for-the-sake-of-all-city-students?cid=exrss-Queens-Education-News-Examiner Recently there was an article in the New York Daily News stating that Schools Chancellor Joel Klein sent a letters to school principals pressuring  them to hire from a pool of Absent Teacher Reserve teachers: a pool of 1,500 teach... Fri, 02 Oct 2009 16:03:58 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-6682-Queens-Education-News-Examiner~y2009m10d2-City-principals-need-to-hire-more-ATRs-for-the-sake-of-all-city-students?cid=exrss-Queens-Education-News-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-6682-Queens-Education-News-Examiner~y2009m9d24-Many-schools-start-a-September-11th-curriculum?cid=exrss-Queens-Education-News-Examiner Two schools in Queens as well as many schools across the U.S. have begun the school year by starting the nation's first September 11th curriculum. The goal of this curriculum is to give students an understanding of the devastating events of that... Thu, 24 Sep 2009 19:44:40 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-6682-Queens-Education-News-Examiner~y2009m9d24-Many-schools-start-a-September-11th-curriculum?cid=exrss-Queens-Education-News-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-6682-Queens-Education-News-Examiner~y2009m9d22-Many-NYC-schools-still-overcrowded-beyond-maximum-capacity?cid=exrss-Queens-Education-News-Examiner Despite  several city schools adding extensions and new schools being built  to help ease overcrowding  within them, these schools and many others are still overcrowded beyond normal capacity with some of the 225,000 students eati... Tue, 22 Sep 2009 19:35:04 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-6682-Queens-Education-News-Examiner~y2009m9d22-Many-NYC-schools-still-overcrowded-beyond-maximum-capacity?cid=exrss-Queens-Education-News-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-6682-Queens-Education-News-Examiner~y2009m9d17-Most-Rockaway-schools-get-high-marks?cid=exrss-Queens-Education-News-Examiner Seventy-five percent of all elementary schools in the Rockaways section of Queens received a grade of A on their school report cards from Schools Chancellor Joel Klein this year. Only three local schools got a grade lower than A on their report ... Thu, 17 Sep 2009 19:16:53 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-6682-Queens-Education-News-Examiner~y2009m9d17-Most-Rockaway-schools-get-high-marks?cid=exrss-Queens-Education-News-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-6682-Queens-Education-News-Examiner~y2009m9d10-New-schools-opening-in-Queens-emphasize-the-whole-child?cid=exrss-Queens-Education-News-Examiner It is "Back to School" time in New York City and in Queens three new public schools, an innovative charter school and a citywide Gifted and Talented program at P.S.85 in Astoria have opened. Each school has the common goal of combining trad... Thu, 10 Sep 2009 08:36:37 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-6682-Queens-Education-News-Examiner~y2009m9d10-New-schools-opening-in-Queens-emphasize-the-whole-child?cid=exrss-Queens-Education-News-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-6682-Queens-Education-News-Examiner~y2009m9d3-Eight-Queens-schools-will-have-expansions?cid=exrss-Queens-Education-News-Examiner Eight schools in Queens are set to reopen after undergoing major construction and renovation projects. This is being done to help lessen overcrowding. According to a report by the Campaign for Fiscal Equity released in July Queens... Thu, 03 Sep 2009 20:15:02 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-6682-Queens-Education-News-Examiner~y2009m9d3-Eight-Queens-schools-will-have-expansions?cid=exrss-Queens-Education-News-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-6682-Queens-Education-News-Examiner~y2009m9d1-Mayor-Bloomberg-teams-up-with-the-PEP-on-educational-issues?cid=exrss-Queens-Education-News-Examiner Having seceded in reclaiming mayoral control of city schools when the New York State Senate voted to reinstate it in the public schools, Mayor Mike Bloomberg once again will be working with the Panel for Education Policy (PEP) on various educati... Tue, 01 Sep 2009 19:49:42 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-6682-Queens-Education-News-Examiner~y2009m9d1-Mayor-Bloomberg-teams-up-with-the-PEP-on-educational-issues?cid=exrss-Queens-Education-News-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-6682-Queens-Education-News-Examiner~y2009m8d27-City-University-school-combines-14-academic-departments-into-3-schools?cid=exrss-Queens-Education-News-Examiner Beginning this Fall semester , York College, in Jamaica, Queens will consolidate 14 academic departments into 3 schools. The City University (CUNY) school is looking to gain a greater profile by reorganizing its 44 majors.According to Panayotis Melet... Thu, 27 Aug 2009 19:53:41 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-6682-Queens-Education-News-Examiner~y2009m8d27-City-University-school-combines-14-academic-departments-into-3-schools?cid=exrss-Queens-Education-News-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-6682-Queens-Education-News-Examiner~y2009m8d26-Queens-High-School-makes-it-possible-for-strapped-students-to-obtain-college-credit?cid=exrss-Queens-Education-News-Examiner Middle College Early High School located on the campus of La Guardia Community College in Long Island City, Queens enables students to obtain either an Associates degree or college credits for free by staying an additional year in high school. This y... Wed, 26 Aug 2009 19:54:15 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-6682-Queens-Education-News-Examiner~y2009m8d26-Queens-High-School-makes-it-possible-for-strapped-students-to-obtain-college-credit?cid=exrss-Queens-Education-News-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-6682-Queens-Education-News-Examiner~y2009m8d20-Aspiring-educators-affected-by-NYC-hiring-freeze-lash-out-at-Schools-Chancellor?cid=exrss-Queens-Education-News-Examiner Several teachers who graduated from the New York City Teaching Fellows ,were hired to work in the New York City school system before the hiring freeze and are now left in the lurch confronted Schools Chancellor Joel Klein about the situation. Essenti... Thu, 20 Aug 2009 19:53:29 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-6682-Queens-Education-News-Examiner~y2009m8d20-Aspiring-educators-affected-by-NYC-hiring-freeze-lash-out-at-Schools-Chancellor?cid=exrss-Queens-Education-News-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-6682-Queens-Education-News-Examiner~y2009m8d18-Queens-senator-used-mayoral-control-as-a-tool-for-blackmail?cid=exrss-Queens-Education-News-Examiner According to various sources in state and city government State Senator Shirley Huntley who represents the Queens community of Broad Channel, allegedly agreed to vote for extending mayoral control of city schools, which she publicly was against, if e... Tue, 18 Aug 2009 13:20:16 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-6682-Queens-Education-News-Examiner~y2009m8d18-Queens-senator-used-mayoral-control-as-a-tool-for-blackmail?cid=exrss-Queens-Education-News-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-6682-Queens-Education-News-Examiner~y2009m8d12-Mayor-Bloomberg-reclaims-control-of-New-York-City-schools?cid=exrss-Queens-Education-News-Examiner Yesterday  New York City Mayor Bloomberg was able to reclaim his control of New York City public schools when the state governor David Patterson signed  the law allowing Bloomberg to continue mayoral control of the school system a... Wed, 12 Aug 2009 19:46:20 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-6682-Queens-Education-News-Examiner~y2009m8d12-Mayor-Bloomberg-reclaims-control-of-New-York-City-schools?cid=exrss-Queens-Education-News-Examiner