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Pre-K Plan
Opposing Voices on Education Agree on Pre-K and More
NEW YORK—What Diane Ravitch and Joel Klein agree on regarding education? Not much one may assume.
NYC Has Met Its Goal of 53,000 in Pre-K, Says Mayor
Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Wednesday that his administration has met its goal of enrolling more than 53,000 children in full-day prekindergarten classes.
NYC Pre-K Almost Full Despite Few Safety Issues
NEW YORK—A week before schools open their doors, the city’s newly expanded prekindergarten classes are still not all booked, but close enough for Mayor Bill de Blasio to announce the preliminary enrollment number—50,407.
Can You Become New York City Teacher in 3 Months?
NEW YORK—Glenn Peters is an actor. But after 20 years in theater and 40th birthday at hand his agents stopped calling. Months without an audition, meditating over his future, a city-sponsored subway ad caught his attention: “Teach NYC Pre-K. New York’s future starts with you!”
De Blasio Wants Albany to Permit Minimum Wage Increase
NEW YORK—Mayor Bill de Blasio added another item to his Albany wish list Monday, announcing that next week he will call on the state Legislature to give him the power to raise the city’s minimum wage.
De Blasio Pushes at State Capitol for Pre-K Plan
Mayor Bill de Blasio on Monday asked state lawmakers in Albany to look not at the blank check for hundreds of millions that Gov. Andrew Cuomo has offered to fund city’s universal prekindergarten, but at the billions the state already owes the city in education funding.
