City Council is reportedly ready to examine shortage of guidance counselors...
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- With many schools short guidance counselors and support services, and existing counselors stretched thin, the City Council plans to consider a bill that would require the...
View ArticleMayor de Blasio reportedly planning to revamp school discipline code
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The de Blasio administration is reportedly planning to release a new school discipline code this fall, in response to data indicating minority students are more likely to be...
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'Very Special' artwork has autistic students 'Drawing on the Walls' at Staten...
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Red is 10-year-old Dylan Accornero's favorite color, he'll tell you. And just thinking about the bold red and bright orange canvas he painted with his classmates makes him...
View ArticleBP Oddo names retired principal Rose Kerr as new director of education
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Borough President James Oddo Wednesday named retired Staten Island principal Rose Kerr as his new director of education. In that role, Ms. Kerr will advise the borough president...
View ArticleStaten Island legislators get an earful on Common Core and special education...
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Staten Island elected officials got an earful on education issues from parents Friday during a legislative forum sponsored by the Staten Island Federation of Parent-Teacher...
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Number of six-figure city teacher pensions doubled, report says
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. --The number of people receiving pensions larger than $100,000 from the New York City Teacher Retirement System doubled between 2008 and 2013, according to data obtained by the...
View ArticleSchool lunches to be composted in Staten Island public schools
The city's in-school scrap collection program will grow from 90 schools to more than 720 around the city. STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- That unfinished school lunch tossed in the garbage will soon be more...
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Death of New Jersey preschooler due to enterovirus causes concerns on Staten...
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Staten Island school parents of young children say they are concerned and taking precautions against the spread of the enterovirus D68, especially after the death of a...
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Special education workshop scheduled for parents of children turning 5
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Parents of special needs children who will be entering the school system are invited to attend an information workshop Tuesday, Oct. 14, geared toward helping them understand...
View ArticleIn historic battle over teacher tenure, 2 powerful unions join fight to keep...
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- New York's two powerful teacher unions have signed on for the defense in a historic lawsuit attempting to change the state's teacher tenure laws. Staten Island Supreme Court...
View ArticleAdvance reports get results -- again: Cherished Aspergers program to be...
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- A series of reports by the Advance on problems with the administration and roll-out of special education reforms is scoring another victory for the children the system is meant...
View ArticleMastering the 'mutz': Students get a lesson in cheese at New Dorp HS
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- These teens are headed to "Rome Through Richmond Town" -- an event to celebrate Italian American culture -- by way of the classroom. Culinary arts students at New Dorp High...
View Article'Fun Day' Saturday to benefit Staten Island Catholic schools
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- It's always one of the best days of the year to be a Catholic school kid on Staten Island. Hundreds of students, parents, teachers and administrators from the borough's 22...
View ArticleAssemblyman Matthew Titone outlines priorities, and education is top on the list
Among the educational reforms the assemblyman hopes to push is reforming the Individualized Education Program -- or IEP -- to give special needs students more tailored care. STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. --...
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Tough times for Catholic high schools; as challenges mount, efforts aimed at...
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- These are tough times for Catholic high schools. The difficulties are coming from a variety of directions: The schools are faced with rising costs, dwindling enrollment in the...
View ArticleSpecial education complaints from teachers on the rise, report says
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Complaints made to the city's teachers union last year show that schools are struggling to keep up with the Department of Education's overhaul of special education. According...
View ArticleWatch New Dorp High School faculty members parody Taylor Swift's 'Shake It Off'
Shake it Off- Final Version from Acma on Vimeo. STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Try as they might, it's too late now to shake it off. A video of New Dorp High School faculty members dancing and lip-synching...
View ArticleCommon Core homework: An assignment in frustration for families
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Ten-year-old Kate Reilly, a fifth-grader at PS 55 in Eltingville, was doing math homework, seated around the kitchen table with her younger sister, Emma, a second-grader at PS...
View ArticleParents sound off on SILive about homework, Common Core style
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. --"Common Core" and "curriculum standards" are two phrases that have been batted around in education circles and in the media for the better part of two years. For the average...
View ArticleRegents approve new graduation options for New York state high school students
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The New York State Board of Regents Monday approved new options for students to meet the state's high school graduation requirements. The new regulations create alternate tracks...
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