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Jeremy Lin Gives Advice To High School Seniors (WATCH)

Posted 04.30.2012

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We've all heard about teens asking their favorite celebrities to prom, but the seniors at one New York high school had their eye on a famous graduatio...

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Next Year, Peace in Hebron!

Tom Allon | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Stuyvesant High School, Israel, Old Testament, Hebron, New York News
Tom Allon

For too long, both sides have never missed an opportunity to miss an opportunity for peace. Let's have a Seder that celebrates peace and statehood for all.

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WATCH: 'Jeremy Lin, Please Speak At Our Graduation!'

Posted 03.27.2012

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If you could have anyone speak at your high school graduation, whose words of inspiration would you want to hear? For the students at Stuyvesant High ...

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The Case of the Disappearing Black and Latino Student: Race and the Achievement Gap at Smith College and Stuyvesant High School

Richard Buery | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: NYC Specialized High Schools, Smith College, Twitter, Stuyvesant High School, American Dream, Race, Facebook, Diversity, College Financial Aid, Admissions Test, Mayor Bloomberg, Education Reform, Achievement Gap, New York Times, New York News
Richard Buery

Where you stand on the declining numbers of African Americans at Stuyvesant depends on your answers to two questions. First, do you think the small number of black students is a problem? Second, what should we do about it?

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She was an inmate. I was a suburbanite. We were never supposed to be friends.

Joan Gelman | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Governor David Paterson, Rehabilitation, Judy Clark, Clemency, Iowa Writer's Workshop, Harriet Clark, Adversity, Stuyvesant High School, Inspiration, Female Friendship, Prison System, My Story, Women News
Joan Gelman

She was an inmate. I was a suburbanite. We were never supposed to be friends.

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9/11 From Class Four Blocks Away

Ariel Gros-Werter | Posted 11.09.2011

Read More: 9/11, Stuyvesant High School, New York City, September 11, Decade After 9/11 - Lives Affected, September 11 Anniversary, New York News
Ariel Gros-Werter

Out the window, one of the towers collapsed and in its place a dust cloud rose. Suddenly being so close to what was happening no longer seemed "cool." It hit home that what we were witnessing was real.

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A Classroom Window To September 11th Attacks: High School Students Look Back

Posted 11.09.2011

Read More: September 11, Stuyvesant High School, High School Students, World Trade Center, September 11 Attacks, September 11 Anniversary, Students, September 11th, Ground Zero, Latino Voices News

The butterfly effect purports that the flutter of a butterfly's wings could ripple like a chain reaction that eventually creates outsized, widespread ...

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The Pledge

Lila Nordstrom | Posted 11.02.2011

Read More: Iraq War, 9/11 First Responders, Stuyvesant High School, Afghanistan War, 9/11 Anniversary, Politics News
Lila Nordstrom

A lot of media outlets are asking their readers or viewers for accounts of what changed about America on 9/11. So, here goes. For me, what changed was the definition of patriotism.

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SHSAT Is the Golden Ticket

Alex Mallory | Posted 06.13.2011

Read More: New York City Public Schools, Public Schools, Test-Prep, Stuyvesant High School, Tutor, Tutoring, Shsat, College News
Alex Mallory

For many students in New York City, the less well-known high school exam, the SHSAT, may be the most important standardized test of their academic careers.

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Make Educating Future Scientists a Top Priority

James M. Gentile | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Success With Science: The Winner's Guide to Highschool Research, Research Corporation for Science Advancement, & Technology, President Obama, Harvard, State of the Union Address, Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, Science Education, Science Teaching, Stuyvesant High School, Nation's Report Card, Intel Science Talent Search, New York Post, Science Teachers, Science, Siemens Competition in Math, Public Education, Education News
James M. Gentile

The Nation's Report Card released information on the performance of students in science. The results should be a call to action for all who care about the economic preeminence of our nation.

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Fewer Blacks, Hispanics Admitted To Top Public Schools

Posted 05.25.2011

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They're public schools, but not everyone can get in. Increasingly, fewer and fewer African-American and Hispanic students are being admitted to New Y...

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Borders Wants Educators to Drink the Superman Kool-Aid (VIDEO)

Rocco Staino | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Public Schools, Philanthropy, Waiting for Superman, School Libraries, Borders Books, Education, Donorschoose, Stuyvesant High School, Charles Best, Barnes and Noble, Boston Latin, Education News
Rocco Staino

In keeping with the holiday spirit, Borders, the national book retailer, has partnered with Donors Choose, an online charity, and the publisher Per...

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New York Teen Discovers The Secret To Scoring Highly On The SAT Test (WATCH)

Posted 05.25.2011

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Milo Beckman, 14, became frustrated when his SAT score rose the second time he took the test. Why? Because he didn't think he did as well compared to ...

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At a School Where a Student Drowned, More Than One Lesson to Be Learned

Sarah Garland | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Washington Heights, Harlem, Education, Jose Maldonado, Stuyvesant High School, New York Times, Education Reform, Science and Engineering, Columbia Secondary School for Math, New York News
Sarah Garland

Four years ago, at an open house for his new middle school, I met Jose Maldonado, the New York City principal who may be put on probation after one of his students drowned on a field trip.

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He Showed the World Through Teachers' Eyes: Thank You, Frank McCourt

Dan Brown | Posted 05.25.2011

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Dan Brown

Occasionally, a teacher can cross over from the all-consuming teaching sphere to tell the tale to the masses. No one in recent memory did this more successfully than Frank McCourt.

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