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The New York City Department of Education is the branch of municipal government in New York City that manages the city's public school system. The school system these schools form is the largest system in the United States. Over 1 million students are taught in more than 1,200 separate schools. The department covers all five boroughs of New York City. Image File history File links City_ed_logo. ... Image File history File links City_ed_logo. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ...

The department is run by the New York City School Chancellor. The current chancellor is Joel I. Klein, appointed by Mayor Michael Bloomberg in 2002. The New York City School Chancellor is the leader of the New York City Department of Education, the agency that handles New York Citys public schools. ... Joel I. Klein is Chancellor of the New York City public school system, the largest system in the United States with over 1. ... Michael Rubens Bloomberg (born 14 February 1942) is an American businessman, philanthropist, and the founder of Bloomberg L.P., currently serving as the Mayor of New York City. ...

Because of its immense size - there are more students in the system than people in eight U.S. states - the New York City public school system is the most influential in the United States. New experiments in education, text book revisions, and new teaching methods often originate in New York and then spread to the rest of the country^{[citation needed]}. Federal courts Supreme Court Chief Justice Associate Justices Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties State & Local government Governors Legislatures (List) State Courts Counties/Parishes/Boroughs, Cities, and Towns Other countries Politics Portal      A U.S. state is any one of the fifty subnational entities of...

History

The school district was once called the New York City Board of Education. The 2003 district reorganization changed its name to the Department of Education.

The city made an effort to reduce obesity and improve nutrition for the city's public schoolchildren. White bread was entirely replaced with whole wheat bread, frankfurter buns and hamburger buns in cafeterias during Mayor Michael Bloomberg's first term. In 2006 the city set out to eliminate whole milk from cafeteria lunch menus. It also took the further step of banning low-fat flavored milks, allowing only chocolate skim as an alternative, which made the new policy one of the strictest in the country. The New York City school system purchases more milk than any other in the United States. The national dairy industry aggressively fought the new standards, but ultimately lost. It was afraid that a change of policy in the nation's largest school district would ultimately reduce overall milk consumption nationally, as other large school districts looked to New York for an example. New experiments in education, text book revisions, and new teaching methods are similarly contested by national groups who view the New York City school system as a standard bearer. Michael Rubens Bloomberg (born 14 February 1942) is an American businessman, philanthropist, and the founder of Bloomberg L.P., currently serving as the Mayor of New York City. ... A standard-bearer is a person (soldier or civilian) who bears an emblem called an ensign or standard, i. ...

The city has embraced the philosophy of the small schools movement, phasing out large high schools, and phasing in a number of new, smaller schools, each of which takes up part of a floor or wing of the old building. A number of older high schools have been recreated as large "educational campuses" housing 5-8 small schools, which often share sports teams and other extracurricular activities that a school of 400 students could not support on its own. The Small schools movement, also known as the Small Schools Initiative, in the United States of America holds that many high schools are too large and should be reorganized into smaller, automonous schools each with their own character. ...

The city has a chronic teacher shortage in every subject, but most strongly in science, math, ESL, and special education. In 2001, after experiments with hiring uncertified teachers to fulfill a massive teacher shortage failed to produce acceptable results, and responding to pressure from the No Child Left Behind Act, the DOE instituted a number of innovative programs for teacher recruitment. These include the New York City Teaching Fellows, the TOP Scholars Program, and a number of initiatives to bring foreign teachers, primarily from eastern Europe, to teach in the city's schools. Housing subsidies are in place for experienced teachers who relocate to the city to teach. ESL is a common abbreviation for: English as a Second Language. ... Special education is instruction that is modified or particularized for those students with special needs, such as learning differences, mental health problems, or specific disabilities (physical or developmental). ... President Bush signing the bipartisan No Child Left Behind Act at Hamilton H.S. in Hamilton, Ohio. ... This article or section needs copy editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone and/or spelling. ...

Demographics

Stuyvesant High School

Bronx High School of Science

40% of students in the city's public school system live in households where a language other than English is spoken; one-third of all New Yorkers were born in another country. The city's Department of Education translates report cards, registration forms, systemwide alerts, and documents on health and policy initiatives for parents into Spanish, Chinese, Urdu, Russian, Bengali, Haitian Creole, Korean, and Arabic. Image File history File links I took this picture. ... Image File history File links I took this picture. ... Stuyvesant High School, commonly referred to as Stuy, is a New York City public high school that specializes in mathematics and science. ... I, the creator of this image, hereby release it into the public domain. ... I, the creator of this image, hereby release it into the public domain. ... The Bronx High School of Science, commonly called Bronx Science, Bronx Sci, or just Science, is a specialized New York City public high school located in the Bedford Park section of the Bronx, with no tuition charges and admission by exam (reportedly taken by more than 20,000 students). ... The phrase Zaban-e Urdu-e Mualla written in Urdu Urdu () is an Indo-European language of the Indo-Aryan family that developed under Persian, Turkish, Arabic, Hindi, and Sanskrit influence in South Asia during the Delhi Sultanate and Mughal Empire (1200-1800). ... Bengali or Bangla (বাংলা, IPA: ) is an Indo-Aryan language of the eastern Indian subcontinent, evolved from Prakrit, Pāli and Sanskrit. ... Haitian Creole (kreyòl ayisyen) is a creole language It is spoken in Haiti by about 8. ... Arabic ( or just ) is the largest living member of the Semitic language family in terms of speakers. ...

Over all, Hispanic students are the largest group in the city’s schools at 36.7%, and black students are next at 34.7%. The 1.1 million-student system is 14.3% Asian and 14.2% white.

At the city's most elite, competitive public high schools, the student demographics are different. In the 2005-6 school year, blacks made up 4.8% of the Bronx Science student body, down from 11.8% in 1994-95. At Stuyvesant High School, blacks comprised 2.2% of the student body, down from 4.4%. Hispanic enrollment has declined at the three schools and white enrollment has declined at two of the three. At the same time, the Asian population has soared to 60.6% at Bronx Science, up from 40.8% 11 years ago [1]. Education experts suggest the demographics of these elite specialized high schools are influenced by the use of competitive entrance exams as the sole criterion for admission. The Bronx High School of Science, commonly called Bronx Science, Bronx Sci, or just Science, is a specialized New York City public high school located in the Bedford Park section of the Bronx, with no tuition charges and admission by exam (reportedly taken by more than 20,000 students). ... Stuyvesant High School, commonly referred to as Stuy, is a New York City public high school that specializes in mathematics and science. ... The Specialized High Schools of New York City are selective public high schools, established and run by the New York City Department of Education to serve the needs of academically and artistically gifted students. ...

New York’s Specialized High School Institute is an eighteen-month-long summer and after-school program for students in late middle school. It was designed to enlarge the pool of black and Hispanic candidates eligible for admission to the selective schools by giving them extra lessons and test-taking tips, without resorting to the kinds of preferences that have drawn lawsuits in other school districts such as in San Francisco Unified School District. SFUSD logo San Francisco Unified School District, was Californias first public school district when it was established in 1851. ...

Organization

Each house or residential area in New York City is zoned to an elementary school and a middle school. All high schools pupils instead must complete applications to the high schools of their choice. All of Staten Island and portions of Brooklyn, and Queens have zoned high schools, while the Bronx and Manhattan and portions of Brooklyn and Queens do not have zoned high schools. Primary or elementary education is the first years of formal, structured education that occurs during childhood. ... Middle school (also known as intermediate school or junior high school) covers a period of education that straddles primary education and secondary education, serving as a bridge between the two. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

From the late 1960s through 2003, schools were grouped into districts. Elementary schools and middle schools were grouped into 30 geographic districts, and high schools were grouped into 5 geographically larger districts (one each for Manhattan, the Bronx, and Queens, one for most of Brooklyn, and one, BASIS, for the rest of Brooklyn and all of Staten Island). In addition there were several special districts for alternative schools and schools serving severely disabled students. While the districts no longer exist, the former district of a school is often used as an identifier.

In 2003 the districts were replaced by ten regions. Each region encompassed several elementary/middle school districts, and part of a high school district.

In 2005 several schools joined the Autonomous Zone (later, Empowerment Zone) and were allowed to use part of their budgets to directly purchase support services. These schools were released from their regions.

In 2007 the Mayor and Chancellor announced the dissolution of the regions, effective June 2007. They plan to keep the empowerment zone, and four large Learning Support Organizations.

Radio and television stations

Television

The department used to operate a television station called WNYE-TV. It is on channel 25. WNYE-TV is the TV station of the New York City Board of Education, with studios in Downtown Brooklyn. ...

WNYE (FM)

The department operates an FM station called WNYE. WNYE started out as a high-frequency AM (apex) station in 1938, switching to FM in 1942, at which time it broadcast at a frequency of 42. ... WNYE started out as a high-frequency AM (apex) station in 1938, switching to FM in 1942, at which time it broadcast at a frequency of 42. ...

See also

• List of high schools in New York City
• List of public elementary schools in New York City
• New York State Education Department
• Specialized high schools
• Tweed Courthouse
• 110 Livingston Street, former headquarters of the Board of Education, in Brooklyn

This is a list of high schools in New York City. ... This is a list of public elementary schools in New York City. ... The New York State Education Department is the state education department in New York State. ... The Specialized High Schools of New York City are selective public high schools, established and run by the New York City Department of Education to serve the needs of academically and artistically gifted students. ... The old New York County Courthouse is known as the Tweed Courthouse, built in the American Victorian style with funds obtained by the infamous William M. Boss Tweed. The courthouse is located at 52 Chambers Street, constructed from 1861–1872 by the architect John Kellum and Thomas Little. ... 110 Livingston Street is a Beaux Arts-style building located in Downtown Brooklyn, New York. ...

External links

• New York City Department of Education
• NYCDOE school zoning information
• Insideschools.org - A website that rates New York City public schools
• a blog of teachers' inside perspectives on schools