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SUMMARY OF NCSC STRAW POLL ON CELL PHONES, SEARCHES, AND METAL SCANNERS

Last spring, the New York City Department of Education announced that cell phones and electronic items would now be confiscated. Parents, their various organizations, and some youth groups responded energetically. The high volume of largely uncoordinated activities presented interested parties with multiple venues to express their opinions. One of these options was a straw poll on this website. Click here for the results.

Policing as Education Policy

This briefing summarizes key findings of a longer research paper analyzing the relationships among school attendance and other student behaviors, variable factors in school environments, and the initial implementation of the New York City Department of Education (DOE) Impact Schools program (Balmer, 2006). The Impact Schools program dramatically increases the police presence in selected, usually overcrowded schools.

Big expectations for after-school hours

By Teresa Mendez, this piece from the June 28, 2005 Christian Science Monitor looks at the realities of after-shool programs such as the Virtual Y.

The Virtual Y: A Ray of Sunshine for Urban Public Elementary School Children

A summary of seven years of after school program evaluation, this report documents a positive relationship between participation in the after school program and school attendance, class room behavior, and math performance, as well as insight into best practices in the OST field.

26 Conversations About Organizing, School Reform, and No Child Left Behind

Investigators from NCSC, Center for Community Change, and the Cross City Campaign for Urban School Reform engage organizers in a round robin exploration of the impact No Child Left Behind is having on education justice work in 14 cities around the country.

FIRST, DO NO HARM

A Response to the Recently Adopted New York City Third Grade Retention Policy

Providing policy analysis, data, and technical assistance for grassroots efforts to win quality public schools in low-income communities and communities of color.

National Center for Schools and Communities

"These are all our children. We will all profit by, or pay for, whatever they become."

James Baldwin

2005 Straw Poll of New York City Education Activists

NCSC's post-election day survey of parents, teachers, administrators, policy makers, social activists and elected officials reveals a lack of support for Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s educational reform agenda.

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Parents Want Small Class Sizes to Be Top Priority
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