An Appetite for Straight A’s
For Mr. Gold, as for many New Yorkers, the letter-grading system instituted by the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene 19 months ago has wormed its way into the subconscious. Since the beginning of the grading system, which requires all city restaurants to display placards with the sanitary grade issued by health […]
Bloomberg plans to likely replace teachers at eight Queens high schools …
Mayor Bloomberg said this week’s progress on teacher evaluations will not deter him from replacing about half of the teaching staff at “most of” the 33 city schools identified as struggling by the state, including eight in Queens, raising the ire of borough officials. Previously, Bloomberg had said the lack of an agreement between the […]
Hunters Point Ave
Fresh coat, fresh tiles, this station is getting very lovely.
Queens high school council blasts DOE’s turnaround fix
Enlarge this image Print this story Facebook this Tweet this Digg this Del.icio.us Email to a friend Spurred by the announcement that eight persistently low-achieving high schools in the borough would be given the turnaround model, the Queens High School Presidents Council held a breakfast and presentation in Flushing Friday refuting the city’s education policies. […]
Banquet for America Explores Community Through Shared Meals
Diners settle in for a community banquet at Flux Factory in Long Island City on Sunday night. (Tara MacIsaac/The Epoch Times) NEW YORK—At Flux Factory in Long Island City, a utopian village came to a close with a grand feast on Sunday as part of the Banquet for America exhibit. Within the exhibition space, artists […]
Life is a Long Beach (With a Park): JetBlue and KaBOOM! Team Up to Build 12th …
LONG BEACH, Calif., Feb. 16, 2012 — /PRNewswire/ — JetBlue Airways (Nasdaq: JBLU) is pleased to announce that it teamed up with long-time partner KaBOOM! to build its 12th playground in 12 years today at the Fairfield Family Branch YMCA in Long Beach, Calif. The playground build began with a kickoff ceremony at 8:30 a.m. PT […]