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• Report finds lasting graduation rate gains at city’s small schools

  By: Philissa Cramer, GothamSchools
  January 26, 2012

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• Mayor's Address Will Highlight Small Schools Initiative

  By: Maria Newman, The New York Times - School Book
  January 10, 2012

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• In a Second Career, Working to Make a Difference

  By: Tina Rosenberg, The New York Times
  January 5, 2012

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• New Visions for Public Schools Awarded $12.9 Million i3 Grant

  Accessing Algebra Through Inquiry--A(2)I--to reach 30 high-needs schools in NYC

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• New Visions for Public Schools Honors Business Leaders with Visionary Award at Benefit Celebration

  Emmy Award- winning correspondent for CBS’ 60 Minutes, Lesley Stahl, served as master of ceremonies at “Share in Our Vision” event

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• It Took a School to Build a Village School

  By: Jessica Bell, School Book
  September 9, 2011

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• Innovation among the stacks

  By: Julie Schaffer, Green Building & Design Magazine
  July/August 2011

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• Local donors save Jan. Regents exams, but only for one year

  By: Rachel Cromidas, GothamSchools
  August 3, 2011

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• 3 from Port Richmond HS win prizes in writing contest

  By: Diane Lore, SI Live
  August 3, 2011

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• New Visions offering training, money to digital-minded teachers

  By: Philissa Cramer, GothamSchools
  July 29, 2011

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• Bronx high school students raise $74,000, trek to Mali to build school

  By: Rachel Monahan, NYDailyNews
  July 17, 2011

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• Councilman brings home district’s bacon

  By: Nikki Dowling and Adam Wisnieski, The Riverdale Press
  July 6, 2011

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• Teens from Port Richmond High School established a partnership with the Staten Island School for Civic Leadership this past year

  By: Diane Lore, S.I. Live
  June 30, 2011

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• Ghanaian teen immigrant wins full-ride Gates scholarship for college

  By: Mark Morales, NYDailyNews
  June 28, 2011

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• Port Richmond High School graduates 465

  By: Staten Island Advance
  June 28, 2011

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• Teen, who immigrated from war-torn Bosnia, graduates from Port Richmond HS today; will be first family member to go to college

  By: Staten Island Advance
  June 27, 2011

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• Senior Snapshots | Markus Dixon

  By: Beth Fertig, WNYC News
  June 27, 2011

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• Senior Snapshots | Rokya Samake

  By: Yasmeen Khan, WNYC News
  June 27, 2011

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• Senior Snapshots | Michael Billings

  By: Beth Fertig, WNYC News
  June 24, 2011

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• For Queens junior, path to neuroscience driven by passion

  By: Chris Arp, GothamSchools
  June 24, 2011

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• Chancellor praises graduate with legal ambitions, inspiring past

  By: Philissa Cramer, GothamSchools
  June 23, 2011

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• Senior Snapshots | Merna Haridi

  By: Beth Fertig, WNYC News
  June 23, 2011

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• Senior Snapshot | Dave Nandkumar

  By: Yasmeen Khan, WNYC News
  June 22, 2011

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• Senior Snapshots | Juan Vasquez

  By: Beth Fertig, WNYC News
  June 21, 2011

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• N.Y. Teacher Takes Students on a Virtual Trip to Learn Realities of Refugee Life

  By: John Tulenko, PBS News
  June 20, 2011

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• Our students need this test: For low-income kids' sake, save the January Regents

  By: Alisa Berger AND Sarah Scrogin, NYDailyNews
  June 12, 2011

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• As Walcott watches, AP stats students scrutinize school metrics

  By: Sarah Darville, GothamSchools
  June 8, 2011

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• Young in Age Only

  By: Ralph Gardner Jr., The Wall Street Journal
  June 8, 2011

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• Game for anything. Is this the digital future of learning?

  By: The Age
  May 2, 2011

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• The education of Mary J. Blige

  By: Valerie Strauss, The Washington Post
  April 29, 2011

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• A Trial Run for School Standards That Encourage Deeper Thought

  By: Fernanda Santos, The New York Times
  April 24, 2011

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• Taking School to the next level

  By: Joel Hood, The Chicago Tribune
  March 29, 2011

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• New Visions Announces Selection of Charter High School Principals

  By: Tim Farrell, New Visions for Public Schools
  March 21, 2011

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• NYC Innovation Zone Tests Customized Digital Learning

  By: Ian Quillen, Education Week
  March 14, 2011

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• City Students Take Part In Virtual Lessons

  By: Lindsey Christ, NY1
  March 14, 2011

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• Port Richmond High School students take tour of Waldorf-Astoria

  By: Diane Lore, S.I. Live
  March 10, 2011

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• Bronx high school students on 2Train Robotics team head to Javits Center for NYC competition

  By: Gina Salamone, NYDailyNews
  March 8, 2011

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• Brett Kramer: Basketball Captain Stays On Top Of Grades, Paper Route

  By: Jon Weinstein, NY1
  March 4, 2011

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• Unknown to most, transfer schools rescuing kids who fall behind and may drop out

  By: Meredith Kolodner, NYDailyNews
  February 27, 2011

  They are the city's last-chance high schools, reaching out to the most unreachable students.

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• After night schools faded, Bronx high school opened its own

  By: Anna Phillips, GothamSchools
  January 7, 2011

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• Education Schools Need More On-the-Job Training: Or so teaching-residency advocates say

  By: Brenda Iasevoli, The Village Voice
  January 5, 2011

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• Chancellor Black: Please Consider This

  By: Elissa Gootman
  December 31, 2010

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• Law and Finance students get face time with Justice Sotomayor

  By: Nikki Dowling, The Riverdale Press
  December 16, 2010

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• The Bronx Center for Science & Mathematics Holds Fundraiser to Build School in Mali

  By: Madeline Ríos, Assistant Principal of Organization, The Bronx Center for Science and Mathematics
  December 16, 2010

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• Borough Principals Play Double-Duty as Principal and Teacher, Forge Better Connection With Students

  By: Rachel Monahan, NYDailyNews
  December 11, 2010

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• Incoming Schools Chancellor Tours Queens High School

  By: NY1 News, NY1
  December 13, 2010

  Cathie Black continued her tour of the city's public schools today.

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• Hip Hop Hits a Healthy Note

  By: Dewi Cooke, The Uptowner
  November 16, 2010

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• A New Hybrid Model for Teaching Teachers Comes to New York

  By: Maura Walz, GothamSchools
  

  October 21, 2009

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• Small Schools, Big Difference

  By: Michele Cahill & Robert L. Hughes, Education Week
  September 29, 2010

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• Learning by Playing: Video Games in the Classroom

  By: Sara Corbett, The New York Times Magazine
  September 15, 2010

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• 100% of New Visions for Public Schools-Hunter College Urban Teacher Residency Graduates Secure Positions in High Need Schools

  By: Nicole Kotch, New Visions for Public Schools
  September 2, 2010

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• Reimagining Education and Learning in America

  By: Connie Yowell, The Huffington Post
  August 27, 2010

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• Bronx High School Students Interview Holocaust Survivors and Make History Come Alive

  By: Bronx Community College, CUNY Newswire
  August 24, 2010
  

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• Transforming the High School Experience: How New York City’s New Small Schools Are Boosting Student Achievement and Graduation Rates

  By: Keith Pierce, Director of Communications, New Visions for Public Schools
  June 23, 2010

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• Giant Helps N.Y. Teens Meet Goals

  By: Shelly Banjo, The Wall Street Journal
  July 20, 2010

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• Smart thinking: New face of city charter starters

  By: Yoav Gonen, The New York Post
  July 12, 2010

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• Imagining themselves chancellor, top students offer sage advice

  By: Philissa Cramer, GothamSchools
  July 1, 2010

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• Scholarships awarded to 5 Port Richmond HS students

  By: Diane Lore, SILive.com
  July 1, 2010

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• From Homeless to Harvard: Bronx Student Wins Big Scholarship

  By: Tom Llamas, NBC
  NBC

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• School Uses Video Games To Teach Thinking Skills

  By: Heather Chaplin, NPR
  June 28, 2010

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• Students' plays make it to Broadway

  By: Jessica Lyons, The Queens Courier
  June 23, 2010

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• New York Times Awards College Scholarships for Six Students

  By: Manny Fernandez, The New York Times
  May 30, 2010

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• Columbus Discovers Championship Feeling

  By: Adam Martini, PSAL.com
  May 24, 2010

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• For a 17-year-old cancer survivor, school became a sanctuary

  By: Maura Walz, GothamSchools
  May 21, 2010

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• Defying odds (and mom), a student wins the right to study science

  By: Maura Walz, GothamSchools
  May 4, 2010

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• New Visions awards college scholarships to seven city students

  By: Maura Walz, GothamSchools
  April 29, 2010

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• Bangladesh-born girl's bold fight for college

  By: Yoav Gonen, The New York Post
  May 4, 2010

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• Look who the 'cap' is keeping out

  By: James D. Merriman, The New York Post
  April 21, 2010

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• **PRESS RELEASE** Women’s Academy of Excellence, a New Visions school, focus of Mary J. Blige's Appearance on Oprah

  By: Keith Pierce, Director of Communications
  April 13, 2010

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• Game Theory: A City School Explores The Educational Power of Playing — And Designing — Games

  By: Brenda Iasevoli, The Village Voice
  April 6, 2010

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• Manhattan Bridges Mentor Bridging the Gap to College

  CFES
  April, 3, 2010

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• Obama's Nobel Prize Money To Help City Kids Get Into College

  By: Lindsey Christ, NY1
  April 2, 2010

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• Bronx School Does 'Whatever It Takes' To Reach Students

  Host: Michel Martin, NPR
  March 30, 2010

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• $10K Grant For Eagle Academy In Bronx

  By: Peter Milosheff, The Bronx Times
  March 31, 2010

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• New York high school students compete for Intel International Science and Engineering Fair

  By: Christina Boyle, NYDailyNews
  March 24, 2010

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• Steiner, King and Hughes to lead New York’s Race to the Top team

  By: Maura Walz, GothamSchools
  March 12, 2010

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• Twitter comes to classrooms

  By: Della Hasselle, The Chronicle Herald
  March 13, 2010

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• YWCA building sold for all-girls public middle school

  By: Edward Gunts, The Baltimore Sun
  February 18, 2010

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• Cheers for Canarsie school

  By: Michèle De Meglio, Courier-Life
  February 12, 2010

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• School swap

  By: Kate Pastor, The Riverdale Press
  February 11, 2010

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• High School's Mission A Full Court Press

  By: NY1 News
  February 8, 2010

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• The New Guerrilla Philanthropy

  By: Helen Coster, Forbes
  February 9, 2010

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• Million Dollar NYC Media Center Searches for a Librarian

  By: Rocco Staino, School Library Journal
  February 8, 2010

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• Learning What Food Looks Like Before it Goes Into the Package

  By: Hannah Wallace, The New York Times
  February 5, 2010

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• Can Video Games Teach Kids?

  By: David Kushner, Parade Magazine
  December 20, 2009

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• Making Connections: Linking Schools and Communities

  By: Benjamin Sherman, Voices in Urban Education
  December 15, 2009

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• Partnership with a Shared Mission

  By: Philip Weinberg, Voices in Urban Education
  December 15, 2009

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• School Play Puts Spotlight on Student's Future

  By: Lindsey Christ, NY1

  November 30, 2009

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• Video Game School Takes Unique View on Learning

  By: Art McFarland, ABC News

  November 26, 2009

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• Grade 'A' Boost

  By: Yoav Gonen, The New York Post

  November 17, 2009

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• A Fabulous Four: Bronx Teachers Honored for Making Science, Math Fun

  By: Tanyanika Samuels, The New York Post

  November 17, 2009

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• Learning Math From the Rubik's Cube

  By: Jennifer 8. Lee, The New York Times - City Room Blog
  

  November 16, 2009

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• Bronx Teacher Joins Top Ranks of Science Instructors

  By: Lindsey Christ, NY1

  November 7, 2009

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• Educational Video Games Mix Cool With Purpose

  By: Stefanie Olsen, The New York Times

  November 1, 2009

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• Tonight We Salute NY's Real Heroes

  The New York Post

  October 28, 2009

  
  

  Let’s give them a round of applause!
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• Innovative Educator Brings Success to South Bronx

  By: Kate Pastor, The Riverdale Press

  October 22, 2009

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• Transfer Schools Give Second Chance to Shaky Students

  By: Lindsey Christ, NY1

  October 7, 2009

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• Jordanian Queens Visits New York School

  By: Helena Zhu, The Epoch Times

  September 21, 2009

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• 4 Teens Travel Overseas to Complete Service Projects

  By: Diane C. Lore, SILive.com
  September 17, 2009

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• With a Few Glitches, Students are Back in School

  By: Kate Pastor, The Riverdale Press

  September 17, 2009

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• Games Lessons

  The Economist
  September 3, 2009

  
  

  It sounds like a cop-out, but the future of schooling may lie with video games.

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• Etiquette Lessons and ABCs in One College Prep Program

  By: Kate Pastor, The Riverdale Press

  August 13, 2009

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• Bronx Junior is 1 of 5 Nationwide to Win Annenberg Scholarship

  By: Anna Phillips, GothamSchools

  July 31, 2009

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