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TypePublic
BudgetUS$ 17 billion (2007)[1]
Teachers80,000[1]
Students1,042,277[1]
Number of Schools1,450[1]
ChancellorJoel I. Klein
Teachers UnionsUnited Federation of Teachers,
American Federation of Teachers
LocationNew York, NY
USA
Websitehttp://schools.nyc.gov/

The New York City Department of Education is the branch of municipal government in New York City that manages the city's public school system. The term public school has two distinct (and virtually opposite meanings depending on the location of usage in the United States, Australia and The United States dollar ( sign: $; code: USD) is the unit of Currency of the United States; it has also been Joel I Klein is Chancellor of the New York City Department of Education, the largest public school system in the United States with over 1 Template talkInfobox Union for usage --> The United Federation of Teachers ( UFT) is the labor union Template talkInfobox Union for usage -->The American Federation of Teachers or AFT is an American labor union The City of New York The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The City of New York These schools form the largest school system in the United States, with over 1. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the 1 million students are taught in more than 1,400 separate schools. [2] The department covers all five boroughs of New York City.

The department is run by the New York City School Chancellor. The New York City School Chancellor is the leader of the New York City Department of Education, the agency that handles New York City 's Public schools. The current chancellor is Joel I. Klein, appointed by Mayor Michael Bloomberg in 2002. Joel I Klein is Chancellor of the New York City Department of Education, the largest public school system in the United States with over 1 Michael Rubens Bloomberg (born February 14, 1942) is an American businessman and the Mayor of New York City.

Because of its immense size - there are more students in the system than people in eight U.S. states - the New York City public school system is the most influential in the United States. A US state is any one of the fifty subnational entities of the United States of America that share Sovereignty with the federal government New experiments in education, text book revisions, and new teaching methods often originate in New York and then spread to the rest of the country. To keep track of the large amount of student and school data, the Department uses the powerful Automate The Schools (ATS) system. Automate The Schools (ATS is the school-based administrative system used by all New York City public schools

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History

From 1969 - 2002 the city school system was run by the Board of Education, made up of seven members appointed by borough presidents and the mayor, and 32 community school boards, which were elected. Elementary and middle schools were controlled by the community boards, while high schools were controlled by the Board of Education.

In 2002, control of the school system was given to the Mayor, who began reorganization and reform efforts.

The Board of Education and community school boards, created in 1969 when Mayor John Lindsay relinquished mayoral control of the school, were abolished. John Vliet Lindsay ( November 24, 1921 – December 19, 2000) was an American Politician who served as a member of the Renamed the "Department of Education", the schools headquarters was moved from 110 Livingston Street in downtown Brooklyn to the Tweed Courthouse building adjacent to City Hall in Manhattan. Brooklyn (named after the Dutch town Breukelen) is one of the five boroughs of New York City. The Old New York County Courthouse is more commonly known as the Tweed Courthouse, built in the American Victorian style with funds obtained by the infamous William Manhattan Island, in New York Harbor, is much the largest part of the Borough of Manhattan, one of the Five Boroughs which form the City of New York [3][4]

Schools & Organization

Each residential area in New York City is zoned to an elementary school and a middle school. See also Primary education An elementary school is an institution where children receive the first stage of Compulsory education known as elementary Middle school or Junior High School serves as a "bridge" between the Elementary School and the High School High schools in Staten Island and portions of Brooklyn and Queens are zoned. High school is the name used in some parts of the world (in particular Scotland, North America and Australia) to describe an institution Staten Island (ˌstætənˈaɪlənd is a borough of New York City situated primarily on the island of the same name Brooklyn (named after the Dutch town Breukelen) is one of the five boroughs of New York City. High schools in the Bronx, Manhattan and portions of Brooklyn and Queens are not zoned, and pupils instead must apply to the high schools of their choice. Manhattan Island, in New York Harbor, is much the largest part of the Borough of Manhattan, one of the Five Boroughs which form the City of New York Brooklyn (named after the Dutch town Breukelen) is one of the five boroughs of New York City.

Schools are supervised by Community District and High School Superintendents, who report to the Chancellor.

The city has embraced the philosophy of the small schools movement, phasing out large high schools, and phasing in a number of new, smaller schools, each of which takes up part of a floor or wing of the old building. The small schools movement, also known as the Small Schools Initiative in the United States of America holds that many High schools are too large and should be reorganized A number of older high schools have been recreated as large "educational campuses" housing 5-8 small schools, which often share sports teams and other extracurricular activities that a school of 400 students could not support on its own.

Organization History

From the late 1960s through 2003, schools were grouped into districts. Elementary schools and middle schools were grouped into 30 geographic districts, and high schools were grouped into 5 geographically larger districts (one each for Manhattan, the Bronx, and Queens, one for most of Brooklyn, and one, BASIS, for the rest of Brooklyn and all of Staten Island). In addition there were several special districts for alternative schools and schools serving severely disabled students. While the districts no longer exist, the former district of a school is often used as an identifier.

In 2003 the districts were replaced by ten regions. Each region encompassed several elementary/middle school districts, and part of a high school district.

In 2005 several schools joined the Autonomous Zone (later, Empowerment Zone) and were allowed to use part of their budgets to directly purchase support services. These schools were released from their regions.

In 2007 the Mayor and Chancellor announced the dissolution of the regions, effective June 2007. The district plans to keep the empowerment zone, and four large Learning Support Organizations.

Teachers

The city has a chronic teacher shortage in every subject, but most strongly in science, math, ESL, and special education. Special Education is the individually planned and systematically monitored arrangement of teaching procedures adapted equipment and materials accessible settings and other interventions Beginning in 2000, after experiments with hiring uncertified teachers to fulfill a massive teacher shortage failed to produce acceptable results, and responding to pressure from the New York State Board of Regents and the No Child Left Behind Act, the DOE instituted a number of innovative programs for teacher recruitment, including the New York City Teaching Fellows [1], the TOP Scholars Program, and a number of initiatives to bring foreign teachers, primarily from eastern Europe, to teach in the city's schools. The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (Public Law 107-110 often abbreviated in print as NCLB and sometimes shortened in pronunciation to "nickelbee" is a controversial The NYC Teaching Fellows is an alternative certification program that was founded in 2000 in response to the largest teacher shortage the NYC Department Housing subsidies are in place for experienced teachers who relocate to the city to teach.

Demographics

Bronx High School of Science
Bronx High School of Science
Stuyvesant High School
Stuyvesant High School

40% of students in the city's public school system live in households where a language other than English is spoken; one-third of all New Yorkers were born in another country. The Bronx High School of Science (commonly called Bronx Science, Bronx Sci, or just Science, and officially known as H Stuyvesant High School ( IPA: /ˈstаɪvɛsənt/ commonly referred to as Stuy ( IPA: /ˈstаɪ/ is a New York City Public high school The city's Department of Education translates report cards, registration forms, systemwide alerts, and documents on health and policy initiatives for parents into Spanish, Chinese, Urdu, Russian, Bengali, Haitian Creole, Korean, and Arabic. Urdu ( ur '''{{Nastaliq اردو}}''' trans Urdū, historically spelled Ordu) is a Central Indo-Aryan language Urdu is a standardised Russian ( transliteration:,) is the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages Haitian Creole language ( kreyòl ayisyen) often called simply Creole or Kreyòl ( pronounced) is a language spoken in Haiti This article is mainly about the spoken Korean language See Hangul for details on the native Korean writing system Arabic (ar الْعَرَبيّة (informally ar عَرَبيْ) in terms of the number of speakers is the largest living member of the Semitic language

Over all, Hispanic students are the largest group in the city’s schools at 36. 7%, and black students are next at 34. 7%. The 1. 1 million-student system is 14. 3% Asian and 14. 2% white.

At the city's most elite, competitive public high schools (Stuyvesant High School, Bronx Science, and Brooklyn Technical High School), the student demographics are different. Stuyvesant High School ( IPA: /ˈstаɪvɛsənt/ commonly referred to as Stuy ( IPA: /ˈstаɪ/ is a New York City Public high school The Bronx High School of Science (commonly called Bronx Science, Bronx Sci, or just Science, and officially known as H Brooklyn Technical High School, commonly called Brooklyn Tech or just Tech, and also administratively as High School 430, is a New York City In the 2005-06 school year, blacks made up 4. 8% of the Bronx Science student body, down from 11. 8% in 1994-95. At Stuyvesant, blacks comprised 2. 2% of the student body, down from 4. 4%. Hispanic enrollment has declined at the three schools and white enrollment has declined at two of the three. At the same time, the Asian population has soared to 60. 6% at Bronx Science, up from 40. 8% 11 years ago [2]. Education experts suggest the demographics of these elite specialized high schools are influenced by the use of competitive entrance exams as the sole criterion for admission. The specialized high schools of New York City are selective public High schools, established and run by the New York City Department of Education to serve The Specialized High Schools Admissions Test (SHSAT is an examination administered to eighth and ninth grade students residing in New York City and used to determine admission

New York’s Specialized High School Institute is an after-school program for students in late middle school. It was designed to enlarge the pool of black and Hispanic candidates eligible for admission to the selective schools by giving them extra lessons and test-taking tips, without resorting to the kinds of preferences that have drawn lawsuits in other school districts such as in San Francisco Unified School District. The San Francisco Unified School District is a public School district in San Francisco California.

Health & Nutrition

The city has made an effort to reduce obesity and improve nutrition for the city's public schoolchildren. White bread was entirely replaced with whole wheat bread, frankfurter buns and hamburger buns in cafeterias during Mayor Michael Bloomberg's first term. Michael Rubens Bloomberg (born February 14, 1942) is an American businessman and the Mayor of New York City. In 2006 the city set out to eliminate whole milk from cafeteria lunch menus. It also took the further step of banning low-fat flavored milks, allowing only chocolate skim as an alternative, which made the new policy one of the strictest in the country. The New York City school system purchases more milk than any other in the United States. The national dairy industry aggressively fought the new standards, but ultimately lost. It was afraid that a change of policy in the nation's largest school district would ultimately reduce overall milk consumption nationally, as other large school districts looked to New York for an example. New experiments in education, text book revisions, and new teaching methods are similarly contested by national groups who view the New York City school system as a standard bearer. A standard-bearer is a person (soldier or civilian who bears an emblem called an Ensign or standard i

Radio and Television Stations

Television

The department operated television station WNYE-TV from 1967-2004. WNYE-TV, channel 25 is an independent non-commercial television station located in New York City. Now operated by the New York City Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications, the station is on channel 25.

Radio

The department operates FM station WNYE. WNYE is a public radio station owned by the City of New York.


Notable People After Whom School Buildings Have Been Named


References

  1. ^ a b c d New York City Department of Education - District Profile, The Broad Prize for Urban Education, 2007, <http://www.broadprize.org/2007NewYorkBrief.pdf>. Retrieved on 19 March 2008 
  2. ^ About Us, New York City Department of Education, <http://schools.nyc.gov/AboutUs/default.htm>. Retrieved on 26 September 2007 
  3. ^ “The great experiment”, The Economist: 35-36, 2007-11-10 
  4. ^ Hartocollis, Anemona: "CONSENSUS ON CITY SCHOOLS: HISTORY; Growing Outrage Leads Back to Centralized Leadership", New York Times, (2002-06-07)

See also

External links

The Economist is an English-language weekly news and International affairs publication owned by The Economist Newspaper Ltd and edited in London For all other high schools within the state of New York excluding New York City ( Bronx, Kings, New York This is a list of public Elementary schools in New York City. The New York State Education Department is the state Education department in New York State. The New York City School Construction Authority (SCA manages the design construction and renovation of school facilities in New York City. The specialized high schools of New York City are selective public High schools, established and run by the New York City Department of Education to serve The Old New York County Courthouse is more commonly known as the Tweed Courthouse, built in the American Victorian style with funds obtained by the infamous William The Public Schools Athletic League, known by the Acronym PSAL, is an organization that promotes student athletics in the public schools of New York City
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