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Celebrating Catholic Schools Week In Queens Village

NYC Private Schools — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:26:57 +0000

The students at Our Lady Of Lourdes School in Queens Village celebrated Catholic Schools Week in a special way this week – by posting a video to YouTube honoring their school teachers. Catholic Schools week started Monday, January 29, 2012 and runs through today, February 3, 2012. Friday is an early dismissal day for the [...]

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‘Follies’ Broadway Actress Attended Poly Prep

NYC Private Schools — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:36:59 +0000

Sometimes, NYC private school alumni have good news to share. Today, it’s real good news. A former student at Poly Prep Country Day School is engaged to be married this coming October. The announcement was made at SILive.com. Leah Lyle Horowitz is an actress who just finished playing a part on Broadway. The role she [...]

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Celebrity Spotlight: Jennifer Aniston

NYC Private Schools — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:50:55 +0000

When you think of celebrity actress Jennifer Aniston, what do you think of? More than likely, you associate her with the TV SITCOM “Friends.” But do you associate her with a NYC private school? If you do, which one? Jennifer Aniston was a student at Rudolf Steiner School, the very first Waldorf private school in [...]

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Welcome To National School Choice Week

NYC Private Schools — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 14:56:17 +0000

Advocates of private school education can take note that Sunday, January 22, 2012 kicked of National School Choice Week, which runs through Saturday, January 28, 2012. Most of the events near New York this week are taking place in New Jersey, but it’s important to note that this is a national event. Like a lot [...]

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3 Waldorf Schools In New York City

NYC Private Schools — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:45:08 +0000

New York City is rich in diversity when it comes to types of private schools. One of the most popular and most effective types of private schools anywhere is the Waldorf education system. NYC has a good core group of schools that use the system to much success. So what is the Waldorf system? The [...]

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National Report Finds One-In-Five Americans Experienced Mental Illness In The Past Year

NYC Private Schools — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 02:23:24 +0000

Occasionally, the NYC Private Schools Blog reprints (in full) academic mental health/child development/parenting press releases that may be of interest to our readers and their families. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA) issued the following news release: “A new national report reveals that 45.9 million American adults aged 18 or older, or [...]

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Majority of American Adolescents with Severe Mental Disorders Have Never Received Treatment for Their Conditions

HighBeam Research Features NYC Private Schools Blog: Top 10 Education Research Blogs

NYC Private Schools — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 16:59:55 +0000

NYC Private Schools Blog is honored to be included in the list of Top 10 Education Research Blogs of 2011 by HighBeam Research. Our fellow top 10 honorees include education research blogs from such diverse sources as The U.S. Department of Education and The Chronicle of Higher Education. When looking for understanding and information, most [...]

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Could Poly Prep Be In Violation Of Title IX?

NYC Private Schools — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 14:37:44 +0000

In an interesting twist, according to papers filed Friday, the lawsuit brought against Poly Prep private school in New York City was amended to include claims that the school violated Title IX law. Title IX is a federal law that states, “No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded [...]

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Event: Shifting from the Best of Gifted Education to Talent Development: Implications for Identification, Education, and Psychological Support Inside and Outside of School

NYC Private Schools — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 22:45:03 +0000

Join The P.A.L. (Parents of Accelerated Learners) Workshop Series and The Speyer Legacy School for a Conversation with Rena Subotnik @ The Speyer Legacy School: Topic: Shifting from the Best of Gifted Education to Talent Development: Implications for Identification, Education, and Psychological Support Inside and Outside of School When: Friday, January 13, 2012 @ 8:45 [...]

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How U.S. Private Schools Evolved

NYC Private Schools — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 14:33:21 +0000

If you’d like a couple of interesting reads on the subject of the evolution of private schools in the U.S., then I recommend this article, and this one, too. The first article is a sketch. It talks about how private schools came before public schools and were pioneered by the Catholic church in Florida and [...]

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