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NYCHA is a public-benefit corporation, controlled by the Mayor of New York City, and organized under the State's Public Housing Law. [6] [11] The NYCHA ("NYCHA Board") consists of seven members, of which the chairman is appointed by and serves at the pleasure of the Mayor of New York City, while the others are appointed for three-year terms by the mayor. [12]
In a study of student achievement in New York City, Schwartz et al. (2010) found that those children living in public housing units did worse on standardized tests than others who go to the same or comparable schools. [46] Furthermore, the study found that the resources of the schools serving different populations of the city were roughly the same.
The New York City Department of Education, which manages the public school system in New York City, is the largest school district in the United States, with more students than the combined population of eight U.S. states. Over 1 million students are taught in more than 1,200 separate public and private schools throughout the state.
Intermediate school is an uncommon term, and can either be a synonym for middle school (notably as used by the New York City public schools) or for schools that encompass the latter years of elementary education prior to middle school/junior high school, serving grades 3 or 4 through 5 or 6. These can also be called 'upper elementary' schools.
In the 1990s, the nation’s largest public housing authority helped popularize energy-efficient refrigerators. Now it’s ready to do the same for heat pumps.
According to NYCHA, the Farragut Houses housing project has 1,390 apartments and 3,440 residents living in ten 13- and 14-story buildings in Vinegar Hill, within Brooklyn Community Board 2. The density of the population in Farragut Houses was 55,384.4 per square mile (21,384.0/km 2 ) in 2013, and the Farragut Houses' total population in 2013 ...
School funding, including vouchers, is blurring the lines between what is a "public" school and what isn't. How you define 'public school' can say a lot about where you stand on big education ...
Schools that are part of community school districts, high schools, and specialized superintendencies all receive a borough designation as follows: K = Brooklyn (Kings County) M = Manhattan Q = Queens R = Staten Island (Richmond County) X = Bronx School levels: E = Elementary I = J.H.S, middle & intermediate H = High school