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3 Problems with Traditional “Early-Warning” Systems for Students 16 Aug 2013 | 06:22 pm
In advance of upcoming events at the Strategic Data Project at Harvard Graduate School of Education and an "early-warning" summit at the Everyone Graduates Center at Johns Hopkins School of Education,...
Using “Quadrants” to Understand School Effect on Student Achievement 31 Jul 2013 | 12:01 am
In a previous post, I suggest that high performing schools “amplify” student performance. From an accountability perspective, “amplify” might be interpreted as synonomous with “school effect” -- estim...
Moving from “Early Warning” to “Constant Awareness” 30 Jul 2013 | 10:37 pm
Every student who walks into high school as a new ninth grader can graduate. Some students enter with the wind at their back: a strong middle school experience, a supportive social structure and an e...
Life’s Obstacles No Match for Two New Visions Scholars 18 Jul 2013 | 08:19 pm
For our last installment in the series on our 2013 New Visions scholars, meet Diamond Walker and Blanca Melendez. Although from different high schools in different boroughs, resilience is what these t...
Exceptional Scholar-Athletes: New Visions Scholars Look Ahead to College 28 Jun 2013 | 02:30 am
Today, we introduce you to graduating seniors Ylli Dema and Angelica Fajardo. (At left, Ylli and Angelica at a New Visions Scholarship reception) Ylli Dema Port Richmond High School, 2013 Bin...
A Love of Mathematics and Helping Others: Stories of Two New Visions Scholars 27 Jun 2013 | 01:21 am
Today, we introduce you to graduating seniors Sasha Ortiz Colon and Daniel Vargas. (At left, Sasha Ortiz Colon with New Dorp's LGBT history month bulletin board) Sasha Ortiz Colon New Dorp Hi...
New Visions Scholars Share a Love of Chemistry, Dreams of Becoming Doctors 25 Jun 2013 | 10:50 pm
Today, we introduce you to graduating seniors Pamela Capellan and Mahia Rahman. (At left, Pamela Capellan and science teacher Dave Griffin) Pamela Capellan Collegiate Institute of Math & Scie...
Meet the 2013 New Visions Scholars! 25 Jun 2013 | 01:30 am
Since 2009, New Visions has awarded well-deserving high school seniors with scholarships to help defray the cost of attending the college of their choice. This year, we are proud to present 10 excepti...
Fighting Back: Nearly Killed by a Bullet, One Student Turns Experience Into Art 11 Jun 2013 | 06:56 pm
This article, features Vada Vasquez, an alumna of New Visions school, Bronx Latin. The story originally appeared in CUNY Newswire and was written by Margaret Ramirez. At left, Vada Vasquez, a freshma...
Four-star Performance 10 Jun 2013 | 07:40 pm
This article, which features Academy for Careers in Television and Film, a New Visions school, originally appeared in the New York Teacher, the UFT's member newspaper and was written by Cara Metz. “W...
