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It is an administrative body of ten Commissioners, two from each borough upon recommendation by both political parties and then appointed by the New York City Council for a term of four years. The NYCBOE has a longstanding history of nepotism and dysfunction. [2] [3] The structure of the NYCBOE is enshrined in the New York state constitution. [2]
Automate The Schools (ATS) is the school-based administrative system used by New York City public schools since 1988. It has many functions, including recording biographical data for all students, handling admissions, discharges, and transfers to other schools, and recording other student-specific data, such as exam scores, grade levels, attendance, and immunization records.
The great school wars: A history of the New York City public schools (1975), a standard scholarly history online; Ravitch, Diane, and Joseph P. Viteritti, eds. City Schools: Lessons from New York (2000) Ravitch, Diane, ed. NYC schools under Bloomberg and Klein what parents, teachers and policymakers need to know (2009) essays by experts online
By chapter 91 of the Laws of 2002, the Education Law was amended so as to radically restructure the governance of the school district of the City of New York. The amendment provided, among other things, that the Mayor of New York was empowered to appoint a Chancellor who would preside over a Board of Education which was to be expanded from 7 to ...
The New York–Dublin Portal (also simply known as The Portal) was an interactive installation created by Lithuanian artist Benediktas Gylys to allow people in New York City and Dublin to interact with each other using two 24-hour live streaming video screens (without audio).
The school was founded in 1985 by the Hetrick-Martin Institute (HMI), which was then known as the Institute for the Protection of Lesbian and Gay Youth. The small program of a little over a dozen students was originally located in the Washington Square United Methodist Church and was run in collaboration with the New York City Board of Education. [3]
Draper, Andrew S. Origin and development of the New York common school system : an address delivered before the New York State Teachers' Association, at Saratoga Springs, N.Y., Tuesday evening, July 8, 1890 (1890) 48pp online; Finegan, Thomas E. Free schools; a documentary history of the free school movement in New York state (1921) online; 680pp.
This is a list of public elementary schools in New York City. They are typically referred to as "PS number" (e.g., "PS 46", that is, "Public School 46"). Many PS numbers are ambiguous, being used by more than one school. The sections correspond to New York City DOE Regions.