Mayor de Blasio Announces $750,000 Investment Tackling Rat Hot Spots Uptown
Mayor Bill de Blasio today announced a $750,000 investment dedicated to tackling rat hot spots on the Upper West Side. Continue reading
Administration For Children’s Services Releases A “Foster Parent’s Guide To Education”
The New York City Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) today released its Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) today released its ACS Foster Parent’s Guide to Education, a valuable guide specifically made for foster parents to help them in navigating the city’s public school system.Continue reading
Op-Ed: Working Towards College Access For All From Harlem To Hollis
By Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña
Like many New Yorkers, I was the first in my family to go to college.Continue reading
Mayor de Blasio And Chancellor Fariña Announce Students’ Gains In English And Math Exams
Mayor Bill de Blasio and Schools Chancellor [easyazon_link identifier="0325060924" locale="US" tag="harlemworld-20"]Carmen Fariña[/easyazon_link]today announced New York City students’ gains on State English and math exams. In 2017, 40.6 percent of students met proficiency standards in English, a 2.6 point increase from 38.0 percent last year. Continue reading
Chancellor Carmen Fariña Announces Students Participating In Internship Program
Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña today announced 600 students from 74 high schools have participated in the first year of the Career and Technical Education (CTE) Industry Scholars Program.Continue reading
Mayor de Blasio, Farina, O’Neill Announce Safest School Year Ever From Harlem To Hollis
Mayor Bill de Blasio (right), Police Commissioner James O’Neill and Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña today announced that the 2016-17 school year was the safest school year on record, with an 18 percent decrease in major crime since the 2014-15 school year. Continue reading
Mayor de Blasio And Chancellor Fariña Announce Five Times More Students Applied For CUNY
Mayor Bill de Blasio, Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña, Deputy Mayor for Strategic Policy Initiatives Richard Buery, and CUNY Chancellor James B. Milliken today announced that 36,336 students took advantage of the CUNY fee elimination when applying to college for the 2017-18 school year.Continue reading
Chancellor Fariña Announces Middle Schools Will Join College Excess For All In 2018
Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña today announced that College Access for All will add eleven middle school districts – 193 middle schools – for the 2017-18 school year.Continue reading
Op-ed: Creating Environments For Success From Harlem To Hollis
By NYC Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña
School buildings are more than just structures made up of hallways and rooms, they are hubs for communities; and students and educators across New York City consider them a second home. Continue reading
Chancellor Farina Releases Equity And Excellence For All Plan From Harlem To Hollis
Chancellor Carmen Fariña today released Equity and Excellence for All: Diversity in New York City Public Schools. Continue reading
Mayor de Blasio, Harlem’s Espaillat And Others Announce 69 New Schools
Mayor Bill de Blasio, Harlem U.S. Representative Adriano Espaillat, Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña, Deputy Mayor Richard Buery and others today announced the expansion of the Community Schools Initiative to 69 new schools this September, 2017.Continue reading
Chancellor Fariña Kicks Off Annual Borough Arts Festivals
Chancellor Fariña today kicked off the third annual Borough Arts Festivals, a series of visual and performing arts events in each borough that provide platforms for nearly 2,700 students from over 460 schools to showcase their work from the school year.Continue reading
Chancellor Fariña Announced Four New Student Success Centers From Harlem To Hollis
Chancellor Carmen Fariña today announced four new Student Success Centers (SSCs) – college and career planning hubs – opening citywide as part of College Access for All, a key initiative in the Equity and Excellence for All Agenda. Continue reading
Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito And Others Announce ICE And NYC Schools
Harlem City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito, Bill de Blaso, Carmen Farina, and others talk about the Council policy that states clearly and unambiguously--ICE can’t come in without a warrant signed by a judge. Period.Continue reading
Chancellor Fariña Kicks Off Summer In The City Applications From Harlem To Hollis
Chancellor Fariña today kicked off the application period for Summer in the City (SITC) enrichment programs that offer students hands-on, STEM-oriented, and college-aligned curricula, as well as educational visits to New York City cultural institutions.Continue reading