The New York City public school system has about 1.1 million students -- a number so large that it is easy to forget that it is made up of individuals. In his On Education column in The New York Times this Monday morning, Michael Winerip reminds us of the many young lives in the city's hands, and puts the focus on one of them.
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→ March 26, 2012
Thursday March 22, 2012 PITTSFIELD - A Pittsfield Public Schools employee encouraged a high school student to make threatening phone calls to her ex-husband, a city police officer, according to police and court records.
→ March 18, 2012
Summit Public Schools announce winners of Student Inventions Through Education competition James Kim, left, and David Parella of Washington School are the inventors of "The Book Helper," which helps readers locate where they left off reading. SUMMIT — Winners of...
→ March 10, 2012
Homework, food and fun: Port Huron teen Justin Farquhar talks about how the program at the YMCA will help him achieve his goals. Home-schooled student Justin Farquhar, 15, holds some of his homework Thursday as he sits with his mother Wanda inside their home in Port Huron.
→ February 27, 2012
AT just 10 years of age, Lachlan Kelly, of Mowbray Public School, has become an ambassador.