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December 9, 2021
J. Michael Steele’s Higher Education Crusade
READ MOREJ. Michael Steele is part of a crusade to get more city high school students into college. Last month, he was promoted to director of school supports for Early College Initiative, one of a number of the City University of New York’s (CUNY) K16 initiatives.
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November 22, 2021
Director of School Supports
READ MOREIt is with great happiness that I am writing to re-introduce to you our new Director of School Supports, Michael Steele. An educator and school leader with over 25 years of experience, Michael has been a part of the ECI-Affinity team since 2012, working first as the School Support Coordinator with the Affinity team and then as the 6-12 Coordinator for ECI. In that time, Michael has ...
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July 18, 2021
Local P-TECH students participate in Power Authority internship program (Features Energy Tech)
The internship will expose students to actual projects being undertaken by NYPA that will benefit their communities and help them learn about careers available at NYPA. Weekly sessions also will focus on developing time management, goal setting, resume writing and professional skills. NYPA speakers will talk about their career paths, give a virtual tour of NYPA’s Integrated Smart Operations ...
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June 28, 2021
NYPA Launches P-Tech Internship Program to Prepare Students for Clean Energy Jobs (Features Energy Tech)
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.—Fifteen high school students from underserved communities in New York City, the Mohawk Valley and Western New York will begin six-week internships this week with the New York Power Authority (NYPA) to learn professional skills that will help them land competitive jobs in New York State’s growing clean energy workforce or other careers after graduation. Serving as an ...READ MORE -
May 17, 2021
Pandemic pivot: How a CTE high school spread SEL across curriculum (Features BTECH)
Instead of pausing its social-emotional program during the pandemic, New York’s Business Technology Early College High School expanded its student and parent outreach.READ MORE -
May 5, 2021
New Yorkers Mourn Daunte Wright (Authored by CCAA Senior Kendry Ortiz)
On a sunny Sunday afternoon, a crowd gathered in the middle of Washington Square Park near the fountain. People knelt and stood and murmured prayers around a photo of Daunte Wright. Some had placed flowers and people lit candles at the makeshift memorial. “Imagine if that was one of your own, someone that was part of your family and they were taken from you and now you can never see them again ...READ MORE -
May 5, 2021
P-TECH and Stuyvesant High School (Authored by PTECH Principal Rashid Davis)
I am the founding principal of Pathways in Technology Early College High School (P-TECH) and I am excited that we are only two months from the end of the 10th year of having students in attendance. Partnered with the City University of New York’s (CUNY) New York City College of Technology (NYCCT) and IBM, P-TECH is preparing for our seventh NYCCT commencement celebration. Thus, we have been ...READ MORE -
April 20, 2021
I am a principal in NYC. I appreciate everyone who works in my school building now more than ever (Authored by HERO Principal Kristin Cahill)
CEOs get up at 5 a.m., but high school principals and religious leaders get up at 4. My husband made this observation on one of our first dates, and it came to mind as I drove across an eerily empty 149th Street to reopen my school in the South Bronx a few weeks ago.READ MORE -
March 30, 2021
ECI Student Isaac Montiel Set to Graduate with Stellar Grades, High School Diploma, and Associate Degree
Isaac Montiel never imagined he would have the opportunity to earn an associate degree before he even finished high school. However, that is what he is on track to do.READ MORE -
March 29, 2021
3 Hofstra Law Students Receive 2021 New York City Bar Diversity Fellowship (Features YECA Alumna Narissa Ganpat)
Three Hofstra Law students have been selected to participate in the New York City Bar’s 2021 Diversity Fellowship Program. First-year students Nancy Coulverson, Narissa Ganpat, and Twinkle Patel will have the opportunity to spend their summer working at one of the participating law firms and corporate law departments.READ MORE -
July 23, 2020
New high school program coming to Staten Island this fall
A new program that would allow high school students to earn an associate degree for free will launch at Port Richmond High School — in partnership with the College of Staten Island (CSI) in Willowbrook — at the start of the 2020-2021 school year.READ MORE -
June 28, 2020
Isatu Waggeh, Hostos-Lincoln Academy of Science, Bronx
The Daily News is celebrating New York City public high school seniors graduating during the coronavirus pandemic with a special edition on June 28 featuring valedictorian speeches from across the five boroughs.Good evening, I would first like to welcome parents, friends, staff and faculty to the Class of 2020′s virtual graduation. I would also like to congratulate the graduates.
June 28, 2020Avaneque Pennant, York Early College Academy, Queens
The Daily News is celebrating New York City public high school seniors graduating during the coronavirus pandemic with a special edition on June 28 featuring valedictorian speeches from across the five boroughs.Greetings family, friends, teachers, administrators, and of course, the York Early College Academy Class of 2020. Welcome to you all! And to the Class of 2020, we’ve made ...READ MORE
June 28, 2020Katherine Cervantes, Business Technology Early College High School, Queens
The Daily News is celebrating New York City public high school seniors graduating during the coronavirus pandemic with a special edition on June 28 featuring valedictorian speeches from across the five boroughs.Good afternoon parents, family, faculty, and of course, BTECH’s finest graduating Class of 2020.
READ MOREWhen I was first told that I would have the honor of speaking in front ...
October 30, 2019Engaging young minds: Dominican Library and the City College Academy of the Arts
Since 2014, the CUNY Dominican Studies Institute Library (CUNY DSI), the most extensive Dominican Studies collection in the United States, has successfully collaborated with the City College Academy of the Arts (CCAA)’s Bridge to College Program for 8th graders. Every year, students excitedly look forward to this 8-week workshop to explore Dominican culture in the United States through ...READ MOREOctober 18, 2019There Is a New Effort to Bring Student-Run Newspapers to All NYC Public Schools
Bobby Cuza discussed a new effort to bring student-run newspapers to all city public schools, with Dennis Mihalsky of the nonprofit Students Disrupting and two students from City College Academy of Arts: Tahlya Valcourt and Jahdiel Benzant.READ MOREMay 3, 2019Tahreem Asghar: Runner En Route to a Bright Future
From couch potato to long-distance runner — that’s how Tahreem Asghar describes herself. “In middle school, I was always that kid who just sat in the corner, did nothing the entire time, so I never expected coming in that I would do any sport or exercise in general,” said Asghar, a senior at Hostos Lincoln Academy in the Bronx. Now, she runs half-marathons for fun and she’s a member of ...READ MOREMarch 10, 2017Couldn’t Get Into Yale? 10 New York City High Schools Are More Selective
The school with the lowest admissions rate was Manhattan/Hunter Science High School, which admitted just 1.7 percent of all applicants. Last year, Stanford admitted 4.8 percent of undergraduate applicants.READ MOREDecember 7, 2017Chamber Helps Connect Local Students with Tech Companies
Hundreds of high school students in Long Island City connected with professionals in variety of industries at a networking fair on November 30. Energy Tech, an early college and career-focused high school, collaborated with the Queens Chamber of Commerce and the Long Island City Partnership on the event. Founded in 2013, the school has a six-year program and partnership with LaGuardia ...READ MOREMarch 12, 2014Business Invests in City’s Tech Education
Top New York City educators and business leaders agree that the development of a skilled workforce teeming with bright, tech-savvy young people is essential if our city is to continue to prosper and be great. Con Edison is one of a half-dozen large employers in the city investing in a new approach to public education to prepare students for careers in the fast-changing, technology-based ...READ MORE
Publications
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January 22, 2019
From the schoolyard to the campus
Providing authentic college experiences for students in the middle grades through a partnership with a local college can improve college readiness skills and leave students with a positive view of post-secondary possibilities and opportunities. This article describes a college immersion program—a weeklong college experience provided to all seventh-grade students in one New York City public […]
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April 8, 2017
CUNY Early College Outcomes: Student Achievement and Momentum
The City University of New York’s Early College Initiative (CUNY ECI) was established in 2003 to develop and support Early College high schools in New York City. Designed for low-income youth, first-generation college-goers, English language learners, and other groups that have been historically underrepresented in higher education, these schools offer an integrated curriculum that enables […]
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