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Saki Knafo

Bloomberg's Budget Cuts Could Cause Thousands Of New York City Parents To Quit Their Jobs

HuffingtonPost.com | Saki Knafo | Posted 05.24.2012 | Home
Read More: Bloomberg Budget Cuts, Out-of-School Time, Ost, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Campaign for Children, After-School, Achievement Gap, Bloomberg Budget, Afterschool, New York Schools, Home News

Thousands of New York City parents said they'd quit their jobs or leave their children home alone if they lost access to childcare and after-school pr...

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Saki Knafo

The After-School Crisis: What Mayor Bloomberg's Massive Cuts Could Mean For One Of The Most Highly Regarded After-School Programs In The Country

HuffingtonPost.com | Saki Knafo | Posted 05.21.2012 | Home
Read More: Bloomberg Budget Cuts, Ost, Manhattan Schools, Bloomberg Budget Proposal, After-School, New York Education, New York City, New York Afterschool, Bloomberg, Out-of-School Time, Campaign for Children, After-School Programs, Childcare, City Council, New York Schools, University Settlement, Childcare Cuts, Michael Zissner, Home News

Some of the poems were about love and some were about clouds, but what really mattered about the P.S. 63 poetry reading on Wednesday night was the tim...

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Saki Knafo

Bloomberg Slashes Children's Services, Contributing To What Advocates Describe As A National Crisis

HuffingtonPost.com | Saki Knafo | Posted 05.03.2012 | New York
Read More: Early Childcare, Ost, Mayor Bloomberg, Richard Buery, Pre-School, After-School, Michael Bloomberg, Bloomberg Budget, Afterschool, Bloomberg Budget Cut, Child Poverty, Out-of-School Time, Nieer, United Neighborhood Houses, Campaign for Children, Children's Aid Society, Pre-K Funding, New York Budget Cuts, Pre-K, New York News

Teachers, parents and children's advocates across New York City shuddered Thursday morning as Mayor Michael Bloomberg released his executive budget: J...

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Saki Knafo

Bloomberg Budget Brawl: Children's Advocates Scramble To Save New York's State-Of-The-Art After-School System On Eve Of Massive Cuts

HuffingtonPost.com | Saki Knafo | Posted 05.03.2012 | New York
Read More: After School, Christine Quinn, Out-of-School Time, Child Poverty, Ost, Campaign for Children, Bloomberg Budget Proposal, Budget Cuts, Michael Bloomberg, Childcare, Bloomberg Budget, Afterschool, Early Childhood Education, The Children's Aid Society, New York Mayor Bloomberg, New York News

A coalition of more than 150 New York City groups, including the Children's Aid Society and the Police Athletic League, is making a last-ditch effort ...

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Study Shows Systems Help More Kids in Out-of-School Hours

Ron Fairchild | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Education Reform, Out-of-School-Time, New York City Schools, Hours of Opportunity, Education, Rand, After School Hours, Home News
Ron Fairchild

The RAND study, called "Hours of Opportunity," offers firm evidence that we must involve every stakeholder in education to seize the opportunity of summer and other out-of-school hours.

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Federal ARRA Funds Keep Kids Learning and Adults Working During Summer

Ron Fairchild | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Arne Duncan Education Secretary, Kids, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Arne Duncan, President Obama, Summer Learning, Unemployment, Economic Stimulus Package, Children, Education, Out of School Time, Building Educated Leaders for Life, Johns Hopkins, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Economy, Politics News
Ron Fairchild

The bottom line is that middle-class kids often have the opportunity to take part in meaningful summer activities that promote learning; poor kids usually do not.

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