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.
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.
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...
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.
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.
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...
Legendary Islamic school ousts reformist leader who irked many by praising Hindu politician NEW DELHI - One of the worlds most revered schools of Islamic learning ousted its reformist leader just months into his term, after he praised a Hindu nationalist politician loathed by many Muslims in India. Ghulam Mohammed Vastanvi had pledged to update the Darul Uloom seminarys curriculum and rein in hard-line religious edicts when he became vice chancellor in January. But within days he upset conservatives and sparked protests by praising Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modis development policies and reportedly saying Muslims in that western state should move on from the 2002 communal riots that left hundreds dead. The board of the 150-year-old institution in the northern town of Deoband vote...
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.
Williams is enormously talented as a teacher, lawyer and administrator, and I rely on his sound advice and good judgment every day," said Vanderbilt Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos. "Vanderbilt and Nashville are fortunate to have such an engaged and committed leader, and both the university and the city are better because of David. "As a- youth at Durfee Middle School, Coach Williams inspired me to want more from life, he was a strong Black man working in the inner city and giving it his all," said [Johnny Tinker]. "I was an overweight kid with plenty of attitude, but Coach never gave up on me and he was the same way with every student, never a harsh or negative word for anyone, I work with kids today because he inspired me." "A lot of changes were made at Vanderbilt the past eight year...
In my most recent column, I addressed the immense value of teachers as well as the increasing need to attract high-quality graduates into the profession. Improving student outcomes involves not only drawing new teachers into the profession, but better preparing them for the demands of the profession. Amidst an environment of mediocre (or worse) math and reading proficiency in many parts of the country, schools of education are under increasing scrutiny. As Michelle Rhee, the highly publicized former D.C. schools chancellor recently stated, "We're going to back-map where they (teachers) came from, which schools produced these people. And if you are producing ineffective or minimally effective teachers, we're going to send them back to you." Her comments, alongside the results of a recent...
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