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Petr Svab
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Petr is a New York-based reporter focusing on breaking news. Originally from Prague.
NYC Teachers Boycott Test Students Are Bound to Fail
Dozens of teachers at International High School in Prospect Heights boycotted Thursday’s English test forced on immigrant students ...
New York
May 1, 2014
City Council Initiative Shows Promise in Cancer Prevention
Michael Caffes owes one to City Council. When he lost his job in 2010, he was left with ...
New York
April 29, 2014
Obama Recognizes Manhattan Restaurant Owner’s Kindness
It is not every day that a small-business owner receives a shoutout from the president.
New York
April 29, 2014
In Reversal, de Blasio Announces NYC to Pay Rent for Three Charter Schools
Three Success Academy charter schools the administration earlier prevented from moving into public school buildings will now move ...
New York
April 27, 2014
City to Rent Space for Nixed Charter Schools
NEW YORK—The city will rent space for three charter schools the administration earlier prevented from moving into public ...
New York
April 26, 2014
Women Entrepreneurs Infuse Events With Passion
two aspiring New York City businesswomen, Danielle Oteri and Deborah Asseraf, are taking it upon themselves to transform ...
Careers
April 25, 2014
NYC Council Pushes Free School Lunch, De Blasio Hesitates
NEW YORK—City Council wants all public school children to eat lunch for free, a change that would cost ...
New York
April 23, 2014
Corruption Commission Dissolves With Little Public Notice
Even though most New Yorkers take issue with long-standing New York state government corruption, many didn’t notice the ...
New York
April 22, 2014
Inside Success Academies: A Former Teacher Tells All
Anna is a prototype of a Success Academy teacher—young, positive, attractive—exactly like about a dozen other teachers and ...
New York
April 21, 2014
The Grand Hatters of NYC’s Easter Parade
No one knows exactly when the pompous Easter Parade on Fifth Avenue turned into the palooza of quirkiness ...
New York
April 20, 2014
NYC Increases Pay for Community-Based Pre-K Teachers
The city will pay for higher salaries for prekindergarten teachers at community based organizations, Mayor Bill de Blasio ...
New York
April 14, 2014
NY State Under Fire Over Standardized Tests
Standardized testing at New York state public schools has been under a barrage of criticism since this year’s ...
New York
April 13, 2014
NYC Parents, Teachers Protest New Charter Schools Law
Hundreds of people rallied Thursday against privileges granted by the state to New York City charter schools in ...
New York
April 12, 2014
New Sandy Money Fails to Reach Small Businesses
Only a handful out of hundreds of small businesses hit by Superstorm Sandy received money from the second ...
New York
April 10, 2014
Moldy School Trailers Irk New York Parents
Ethan Guzman, 4, is going to prekindergarten at P.S. 48 in a neat Washington Heights school building with ...
New York
April 8, 2014
NYC Lagging on School Arts Education
Peggy Washington’s family is living proof that arts education matters. She’s a singer, just as her mother was. ...
New York
April 7, 2014
33,000 New York Children Skip Standardized Tests
Last week was quite different for Lila, 9, compared to most children her age in New York. She ...
New York
April 6, 2014
New York City Invites Stakeholders to Right School Co-locations
NEW YORK—A group of principals, parents, and non-profit representatives were invited by the New York City Education Department ...
News
April 4, 2014
City Calling on Parents to Apply for Pre-K
Mayor Bill de Blasio is urging parents to sign up their four-year-olds for an expanded prekindergarten program. The ...
New York
April 3, 2014
NYC Pre-K Expansion Struggles in Overcrowded Boroughs
NEW YORK—Over 3,000 new prekindergarten seats just became available in New York City, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced ...
New York
April 3, 2014
More Parents Refusing NYC Standardized School Tests
NEW YORK—New York state middle schoolers started three dreaded days of exams Tuesday. They will tackle the state ...
New York
April 2, 2014
State Pre-K Win Leaves After-School Funding in Question
NEW YORK—Mayor Bill de Blasio said it was an emotional moment when he saw that the final state ...
New York
March 31, 2014
State Legislators Bow to Cuomo on Education Budget
NEW YORK—When the New York state budget for 2015 was released Saturday night, it became clear who holds ...
New York
March 30, 2014
Investigation Reveals How NYC Autistic Boy Escaped From School
NEW YORK—The New York City School District released results of an investigation into the disappearance of 14-year-old Avonte ...
New York
March 27, 2014
Fire Near Penn Station Tackled by FDNY
Firefighters put out a 2-alarm fire on 34th Street between 7 and 8 Avenues this morning. Twelve trucks ...
Crime and Incidents
March 27, 2014
New York City Schools Most Segregated in Decades
Requel Russell-George is a mother of two students at Public School 169 in the Bronx. She said she ...
New York
March 27, 2014
De Blasio Boasts Enough Quality Pre-K Teachers, but Questions Remain
NEW YORK—Mayor Bill de Blasio released on Tuesday a more detailed plan of how to recruit enough teachers ...
New York
March 26, 2014
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