This Mount Vernon City Snapshot is the third in our City Snapshots Series. If you missed the first two City Snapshots, take a look at the Yonkers and New Rochelle fact sheets. Throughout the rest of July, we’ll be sharing two … Read More & Comment
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New Rochelle City Snapshot
In continuation of our new series, today we’re sharing a New Rochelle City Snapshot. If you missed the first City Snapshot for Yonkers, click here to see it. Throughout the rest of July, we’ll also be sharing City Snapshots for Mount Vernon, White … Read More & Comment
Yonkers City Snapshot
Today, we’re excited to release a Yonkers City Snapshot, the first in our City Snapshots series. Over the next few weeks, we’ll share four more City Snapshots in order of population size (largest to smallest): New Rochelle, Mount Vernon, White Plains, and … Read More & Comment
Test Score Comparisons for Grades 3 and 8
Spring is coming.
For most people, spring means trees and flowers and chirping birds [Ed. Bonus point for you if you immediately recognize the reference.] For children in school, spring also means the impending arrival of state-mandated tests.
When the English Language Arts and Math test scores for New York came out last August, many people were shocked by the dramatic drop in pass rates for many schools across the state. This drop was the largely attributed to the decision to align test results with Common Core standards.
We created this map to explore Read More & Comment
Civil Rights in Public Schools
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights recently released the latest report on civil rights data for all public schools in the country for 2011-2012. For the first time ever, the Civil Rights Data Collection database allows you … Read More & Comment
