Press Room: NYC Schools
Displaying articles 1 to 10 of 55.
-
Handling a Crisis with Class
Principals from across the city share stories of resilience in Sandy's aftermath
Published: 2/12/2013 They Have a Dream, Too
N'Deye M'Baye and Trinity Faulkner, two first-grade students at Teachers College Community School (TCCS), were semifinalists in a recent nationwide art contest celebrating the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech.
Published: 2/6/2013-
TC, hip hop star GZA Launch Science Rap Battle to a Full House at Cowin Auditorium
Rap artist GZA was in the house as he and Chris Emdin, Assistant Professor of Science Education, launched a Hip Hop Science Battle for students at 10 local public high schools. DNA Info captured the event.
Published: 12/13/2012 -
TC's Community School Celebrates Year One
A "moving up ceremony" for the inaugural kindergarten class represents a milestone in an evolving fairy tale
Published: 7/27/2012 -
Change and Growth for TC's Cahn Fellows Program
A program for stellar principals is expanding westward under a new director
Published: 7/13/2012 -
New TCCS Principal: Building the School of Her Dreams
In leading the new Teachers College Community School, Jeanene Worrell-Breeden sees an opportunity to "make a qualitative difference"
Published: 8/17/2011 -
Getting Inclusive
As New York City improves its track record in accommodating students with disabilities, score a major assist for TC
Published: 7/6/2011 -
Serving in the City
The College welcomes the first cohort of Teaching Residents@Teachers College (TR@TC), a new urban teacher residency program funded by the U.S. Department of Education.
Published: 7/28/2010 1:04:00 PM -
For They Were Jolly Good Fellows
In closing, the Petrie Fellows program celebrates its contribution to urban teaching
Published: 7/13/2010 -
Immigrant students read their stories at Student Press Initiative Event
From Haiti to Tibet, hundreds of young immigrant students and their families and teachers gathered to read from and celebrate the students' oral histories, recently published by TC's Student Press Initiative (SPI)
Published: 6/2/2010 -
Studies Find Cahn Fellows Improve Student Performance
While there were no statistically significant differences in the student demographics of the schools studied, the two studies found that schools run by Cahn Fellow graduates out-performed their peers in terms of student English Language Arts and math scores, attendance, graduation rates, school environment surveys and Department of Education Quality Review.
Published: 5/27/2010
