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This project is the latest example of the Department's pledge to provide our students with the best possible resources to help their learning," said Chancellor [Joel I. Klein], who is also Chairman of ECF. "The new building will give students of East Side Middle Schooladvantages that help them improve on their record of outstanding academic achievement." Along with Deputy Mayor [Dennis M. Walcott], Chancellor Klein was joined at the groundbreaking ceremony by State Senator Jose M. Serrano, State Assemblyman Micah Z. Kellner, Councilwoman Jessica S. Lappin, ECF Executive Director Jamie Smarr, East Side Middle School Principal David Getz, and representatives of the DeMatteis/Mattone developers.
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Schools Chancellor Joel I. Klein, the New York Jets, and the New York Mercantile Exchange Foundation (NYMEX) recentliy announced that they have teamed up again to support the Department of Education's C.H.A.M.P.S. Middle School Flag Football League. For the second year in a row, the Jets and NYMEX Foundation together have donated $50,000 to C.H.A.M.P.S., a middle school program that offers traditional and non-traditional sports and fitness activities to students before and after school hours.
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... of UC-eligible African American high school graduates rose from 2.8 percent to 6.2 percent (Ca... at Davis is lower than at its other middle-tier counterparts - the table, overall, seems to p... review in 2005, after former Chancellor France Cordova realized that the freshman class wa...
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Schools Chancellor Joel I. Klein, the New York Jets, and the New York Mercantile Ex- change Foundation (NYMEX) announced that they have teamed up again to support the Department of Education's CH.A.M.P.S. Middle School Flag Football League.
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Gov. Jeb Bush and Lt. Gov. Toni Jennings, joined by members of the Florida Legislature, K-12 Public Schools Chancellor Cheri Yecke, state officials, school administrators and teachers, recently announced reforms to middle and high schools. The new policies provide students a more rigorous and relevant high school education, better preparing them for postsecondary education and the workforce. These proposals comprise Gov. Bush's A+ Plan for Education and support many of the recommendations made by the Florida State Board of Education's High School Reform Task Force.
To better prepare students for college and the workforce, Gov. Bush and Lt. Gov. Jennings are recommending sweeping high school reform, including increased rigor in coursework and promotion and graduation based on proficien...
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Our City's schools have made enormous progress over the last five years, but we still have a long road ahead," said Mayor [Michael R. Bloomberg]. "The new strategies we are announcing today will continue that progress and help more students make the difficult transition from elementary school to middle school to high school. Middle schools are where too many of our students begin to lose their footing, so I want to thank Speaker [Christine C. Quinn], Chancellor [Joel Klein], and the task force for coming up with such a sound set of recommendations to help us continue moving forward.
"The middle school years are crucial years for our children. I am confident that the steps we are taking will help us address the needs of this vulnerable student population," said Chancellor Klein. "Thank...
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C. public schools Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee's cost-saving plan to shutter Bertie Backus Middle School and 22 others has upset community members who say the school and its memorial to a teacher and student killed in the September 11 terrorist attacks are hallowed ground.
It's almost like, would you pick up a grave and move it?" said Michelle Cottom, the mother of student Asia Cottom, who was aboard American Airlines Flight 77 when terrorist hijackers crashed the jetliner into the Pentagon on September 11, 2001. "Would you pick up a monument and move it? That's what they wanted to do so it would be forever there.
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FREDERICKSBURG, Va. - School librarians look for creative ways to get students to read more by making books relevant to their lives and current events.
To that end, five Spotsylvania County middle school librarians are using a book on students' reading lists to help them better understand the lives of the nation's wounded veterans, while raising money for their treatment.
Michele Puleo, librarian at Chancellor Middle School, said the group was reviewing summer...
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Ohio has established a starting point for comparing and evaluating the college programs that train elementary, middle and high school teachers, releasing this week the first ever "educator preparation program performance reports.
The reports, which will be prepared annually in the future, recognize "how important teacher preparation is to the success of children who are in K-12 schools," said Rebecca Watts, associate vice chancellor of P-16 initiatives for the Ohio Board of Regents.
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MANAMA, Bahrain, Oct. 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Kaya Henderson, Deputy Chancellor for the District of Columbia Public Schools, will join leading education experts in the Kingdom of Bahrain at The Education Project 2010, a three day conference focused on facilitating change in education worldwide.
Deputy Chancellor Henderson will be joined by three District of Columbia Public School principals: Willie Jackson of Eliot-Hine Middle School; Dwan Jordon of Sousa Middle School, and Elizabeth Whisnant of Mann Elementary School. The Education Project will take place from October 8-10, 2010.