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  • Special needs children need not apply

    Written by Meredith Kolodner on Tuesday, 21 February 2012 15:59
    "Special needs children need not apply." There was no sign hanging on the main office at PS 289 in Bedford-Stuyvesant last week, but there may as well have been. Essence Louis says she was told…

  • Ask Judy: My son is being bullied

    Written by Judy Baum on Tuesday, 21 February 2012 12:24
    Dear Judy, My son has been physically attacked several times in elementary school – I call it bullying—but the classroom teacher is no help when it happens and the rest of the staff has not…

  • Elementary Dad: Helping kids prevent abuse

    Written by Skip Card on Friday, 17 February 2012 14:39
    I attended two presentations last week at my daughter’s Upper West Side elementary school. The first featured the chancellor in charge of New York City schools, who was on hand to absorb parents’ rage after…

  • Poll: Change kindergarten cutoff age?

    Written by Anna Schneider on Thursday, 16 February 2012 16:56
    Kindergarten applications are due March 2, and any child born in 2007 may enroll in public school kindergarten. That means that some kids will still be only four years old when school starts. That cut-off…

  • Specialized prep open to 6th & 7th graders

    Written by Pamela Wheaton on Wednesday, 15 February 2012 15:38
    A prep program for high-achieving, low-income middle school students aimed at bettering their chance for acceptance to one of the city's specialized high schools is open to both 6th and 7th graders this year. Previously…

  • Top middle schools must take special needs students

    Written by Meredith Kolodner on Tuesday, 14 February 2012 15:45
    It's not just elite high schools that are being told to increase the number of special education students. The Education Department is also directing selective middle schools to take more students with special needs. At…
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