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Let's Talk Schools A practical guide to school choice with an insider’s view
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In just one week we will be hosting Peg Tyre at Kidberry. The topic of the night is one that we are all talking about now, “How to Research and Choose a School For Your Child.” The quality of education in our neighbourhood schools can be shockingly inadequate and recent school reforms are missing the [...]
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SCHOOL CHOICE: CHOOSING THE RIGHT PUBLIC SCHOOL FOR YOUR CHILD The NYC District 3 Magnet School Program is having the first of a series of parent workshops this evening to help demystify the public school choice process. These workshop aim to help local families understand all of the public school options available to them and [...]
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The theme for Catholic Schools Week 2012 is “Catholic Schools: Faith. Academics. Service.” The annual observance starts the last Sunday in January and runs all week, which in 2012 is January 29 to February 5. Schools typically celebrate Catholic Schools Week with Masses, open houses and special activities for students, families, parishioners and the community [...]
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Happy New Year! We are looking forward to a year full of growth and lots of relevant educations information for our fellow parents in 2012. We’ve been busy working on updating the site with new features to help you with your school search that will be rolled out soon. In the meantime, we’ll continue to [...]
The NYC Schools Chancellor, Dennis Walcott, sent a letter to parents today alerting them to the strong possibility of an immediate system-wide strike by yellow school bus drivers. Here is the text of the letter: November 18, 2011 Dear Parent or Guardian, We are writing to inform you of the strong possibility of an immediate [...]
‘Tis the Season…the school application season…and everyone is talking about schools — at the playground, on anonymous online message boards, at the supermarket– but are you talking to the right people and are you getting the right information? How do you know what the right school is? What do you really need to know about tours, [...]
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A Small Act is an HBO Documentary film that airs tonight– Monday, July 12th — at 9:00 p.m. The film is a wonderfully inspiring and compelling story that every adult and teen should see. As an impoverished boy in Kenya, Chris Mburu’s life was dramatically changed when
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