By Carmen Fariña, NYC Schools Chancellor
Creating inclusive schools is not only about classrooms having students with a wide range of backgrounds and academic strengths—our teachers should also reflect the City’s diverse workforce and represent different ethnic backgrounds, languages, and cultures. Continue Reading →
By NYC Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña
Parents are our partners in lifting up each school community and ensuring students receive a high quality education. Continue Reading →
By TransAlt, Executive Director Paul Steely White
On Thursday, November 5, 84-year-old Agalia Gounaris was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver on Main Street in Flushing, Queens. Just a few days later the local NYPD precinct and elected officials responded with swift action.
By NYC Schools Chancellor Fariña
Earlier this week, I announced that starting next school year, all New York City high schools will offer the SAT exam free to 11th-graders. Students will take the SAT during the school day in the spring. Continue Reading →
By Rep. Charles B. Rangel
Fourteen years ago a terrible thing happened to our country, to our city, when terrorists attacked us on September 11. Continue Reading →
By Carmen Fariña NYC Schools Chancellor
I grew up speaking Spanish with my parents, who fled their native Spain during its Civil War and settled in Brooklyn. I didn’t know any English when I started kindergarten and the teacher marked me absent for six weeks because I didn’t understand her mangled pronunciation of my last name. Continue Reading →