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Lehman HS to reopen as new school after years on chopping block, according to DOE officials
NYDailyNews.com Headlines
Feb 01After three years on the city Department of Education’s “failing” list and a stream of scandals, Herbert H. Lehman High School will undergo the “turnaround” model and open as a brand new school next September with a different staff, officials confirmed. »
As some schools protest turnaround plans, others wait and see
GothamSchools
Jan 25Two weeks after receiving the surprise news that their schools could close this June, some teachers are staging protests while others say they are too stunned to respond, for now. At Herbert H. Lehman High School in the Bronx, Ann Looser is hoping fift... »
Remainders: Starting the Year of the Dragon without a day off
GothamSchools
Jan 24Two city politicians continued an annual push to make Lunar New Year a school holiday. (SchoolBook) A report, with video, from a closure hearing at P.S. 215 that Chancellor Walcott attended. (Ed Notes) A street repair has left a crucial word misspelled... »
Students, staff defend John Dewey in face of turnaround plans
GothamSchools
Jan 20Students and teachers from John Dewey High School protested outside of the Brooklyn school on Friday, brandishing signs reading: "Fix Schools, Don't Close Them!" and, "Save John Dewey." Anger and uncertainty about the city’s plans to overhaul 33 strugg... »
Livery cab driver robbed, beaten by suspects
WABC New York City News
Nov 23Police in the Bronx are looking for three suspects who robbed a livery cab driver on their way home from the movies. The two men and a woman were snapped by a surveillance camera early Saturday morning at the Whitestone Multiplex Cinemas. Police say th... »
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Hundreds protest Lehman High School turnaround plan
Bronx Press Politics
Jan 26By MIAWLING LAMFormer Bronx teacher and education activist Peter Lampherespeaks during a rally to save Lehman High School.THE odds are stacked against them, but more than 200 former and current students, teachers and parents have mounted a fight to kee... »
Jazmine Miller: Mayor 13 Percent Failed Me
HuffPost New York Blogs
Jan 23You often hear the Department of Education brag about our improved graduation rates in NYC. But what good does it do to graduate more students if only a handful of them are prepared for the future? »
Remembering Mike DeStefano
Everyday NYC
Nov 03BY Daniel Beekman DAILY NEWS WRITER Friday, Mar 11th 2011, 4:00 AM Comedy fans from New York to Los Angeles knew Mike DeStefano as a foul-mouthed funnyman from a Bronx who overcame heroin obsession to turn a standup star. But a people closest to DeStef... »