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Direct linkCordes, Sarah A.; Weinstein, Meryle; Rick, Christopher; Schwartz, Amy Ellen – Grantee Submission, 2020
This article explores inequity in access to and provision of bus service across student sociodemographic groups and examines possible barriers to bus access and utilization. To so do, we use administrative data on New York City K-6 public school students from 2011-2017, including information on race/ethnicity, poverty status, distance from home to…
Descriptors: Student Transportation, Urban Schools, Public Schools, Racial Differences
Cordes, Sarah A.; Rick, Christopher; Schwartz, Amy Ellen – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2021
School buses may be a critical education policy lever, breaking the link between schools and neighborhoods and facilitating access to school choice. Yet little is known about the commute for bus riders, including the average length of the bus ride or whether long commutes harm academic outcomes. We begin to fill this gap using data from New York…
Descriptors: School Buses, Student Transportation, Urban Schools, Racial Differences
Winters, Marcus A. – Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, 2017
In November 2014, the New York City Department of Education classified 94 low-performing schools as "renewal schools." New York's Renewal School Program (RSP), announced Mayor Bill de Blasio at the program's launch, represented a big change to the city's education policy: whereas former mayor Michael Bloomberg favored closing failing…
Descriptors: School Turnaround, Urban Schools, Educational Change, Program Effectiveness
Brass, Jillian; Niu, Weihua – Creativity Research Journal, 2016
A total of 114 3rd- and 6th-graders from a suburban elementary school participated in a study examining the influence of implicit self-theories on rated creativity in the domains of art and literature in a quasi-experiment. Creativity was measured via the Consensual Assessment Technique. Participants were divided into two groups and received…
Descriptors: Creativity, Grade 3, Grade 6, Elementary School Students
Kieffer, Michael J.; Parker, Caroline E. – Regional Educational Laboratory Northeast & Islands, 2016
With the rapid growth in the number of English learner students served by schools in the United States, educators are increasingly concerned with how these students progress toward proficiency in English. The large and diverse English learner student population in New York City public schools, where more than 41 percent of students speak a…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Classification, Public Schools, Kindergarten
Armlovich, Alex – Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, 2017
New York mayor Bill de Blasio entered office in January 2014, promising to "take dead aim at the Tale of Two Cities … [and] put an end to economic and social inequalities that threaten to unravel the city we love." The Manhattan Institute's "Poverty and Progress in New York" series tracks the effects of Mayor de Blasio's…
Descriptors: Poverty, Social Bias, Socioeconomic Status, Social Justice
New York State Education Department, 2015
This technical report provides an overview of the New York State Alternate Assessment (NYSAA), including a description of the purpose of the NYSAA, the processes utilized to develop and implement the NYSAA program, and Stakeholder involvement in those processes. By comparing the intent of the NYSAA with its process and design, the validity of the…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn, NY. – 1963
The New York City Board of Education's curriculum for grades three through six, particularized for high school tutors engaged in a compensatory, supportive tutorial program with students at these grade levels (the Homework Helper Program) is presented. Broad objectives of the curriculum are specified, featuring the development of character, pride…
Descriptors: Elementary School Curriculum, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5
Cusano, Bernard – 1976
This report evaluated a cooperative teaching program designed to provide supplementary diagnostic and prescriptive reading instructional services to New York City elementary school students who were more than one grade level behind in reading. Three hundred students in grades three through six received reading instruction in reading laboratories.…
Descriptors: Diagnostic Teaching, Elementary Education, Grade 3, Grade 4
PDF pending restorationSchwartz, Lester J. – 1976
This report evaluates a program designed to increase the reading ability of disadvantaged elementary school students in New York City. Three hundred twenty-five students, grades three through six, from three Harlem elementary schools were enrolled in the program on the basis of being at least a year below their expected reading levels. The…
Descriptors: Diagnostic Teaching, Elementary Education, Grade 3, Grade 4
Greeley, Michael F. – 1976
This report evaluated a teacher education program designed to improve the quality of instruction for low income students in New York City. A major goal of the program was to increase student reading and English fluency skills. Teachers for the program were trained on college campuses. Each participating school designed its training program to suit…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, English (Second Language), Grade 3, Grade 4
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn, NY. – 1965
FOUR PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS ARE HIGHLIGHTED. ONE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BEGAN A SPECIAL PROGRAM TO COORDINATE SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS IN KINDERGARTEN THROUGH SIXTH GRADE. IT HELD PARENT-STUDY GROUPS AND USED RESOURCE PERSONS IN THE CLASSROOM. ANOTHER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PROVIDED A SPECIAL AEROSPACE PROGRAM. A JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL HAS EFFECTIVELY USED AN…
Descriptors: Black History, Community Resources, Grade 1, Grade 2
Hicks, John S. – 1976
This report evaluates a remedial reading and mathematics after school program for 227 third, fourth, fifth, and sixth grade students who scored at least one year below expected grade levels on New York City standardized tests. The program was a selected New York City Umbrella program funded under a grant from the New York State legislature. The…
Descriptors: After School Education, Bilingual Teachers, Elementary Education, English (Second Language)
