scholarly journals A Closer Look: Proximity Boosts Homeless Student Performance in New York City

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mike Cassidy
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
Student Performance ◽  
York City

Does attending a STEM high school improve student performance? Evidence from New York City

2014 ◽  
Vol 40 ◽  
pp. 93-105 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew Wiswall ◽  
Leanna Stiefel ◽  
Amy Ellen Schwartz ◽  
Jessica Boccardo
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
Student Performance ◽  
York City ◽  
Improve Student Performance

The Effect of Residential Mobility on Student Performance: Evidence From New York City

2019 ◽  
Vol 56 (4) ◽  
pp. 1380-1411 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah A. Cordes ◽  
Amy Ellen Schwartz ◽  
Leanna Stiefel
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
Student Performance ◽  
Residential Mobility ◽  
York City ◽  
Short Distance ◽  
Fixed Effects ◽  
Empirical Work ◽  
Long Distance ◽  
Positive Effects

Residential mobility is likely to have consequences for student performance, but prior empirical work is largely correlational and offers little insight into its impacts. Using rich, longitudinal data, we estimate the effects of residential mobility on the performance of New York City public school students. Using both student fixed effects and instrumental variables approaches, we find that long-distance moves have negative effects, while short-distance moves improve student performance. These differential effects are partially, but not fully, explained by school mobility. Rather, the positive effects of short-distance moves may be explained by improvements in housing, while the negative impacts of long-distance moves may be explained by lower performance relative to school peers and loss of social capital.

In Pursuit of the Common Good: The Spillover Effects of Charter Schools on Public School Students in New York City

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 484-512 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah A. Cordes
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
Public School ◽  
Charter Schools ◽  
Teacher Perceptions ◽  
Student Performance ◽  
Charter School ◽  
York City ◽  
Spillover Effects ◽  
School Level

A particularly controversial topic in current education policy is the expansion of the charter school sector. This paper analyzes the spillover effects of charter schools on traditional public school (TPS) students in New York City. I exploit variation in both the timing of charter school entry and distance to the nearest charter school to obtain credibly causal estimates of the impacts of charter schools on TPS student performance, and I am among the first to estimate the impacts of charter school co-location. I further add to the literature by exploring potential mechanisms for these findings with school-level data on per pupil expenditures (PPE), and parent and teacher perceptions of schools. Briefly, I find charter schools significantly increase TPS student performance in both English Language Arts and math, and decrease the probability of grade retention. Effects increase with charter school proximity and are largest in TPSs co-located with charter schools. Potential explanations for improved performance include increased PPE, academic expectations, student engagement, and a more respectful and safe school environment after charter entry. The findings suggest that more charter schools in New York City may be beneficial at the margin, and co-location may be mutually beneficial for charter and traditional public schools.

Toward more effective data use in teaching

2019 ◽  
Vol 100 (6) ◽  
pp. 50-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph P. McDonald
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
Student Performance ◽  
York City ◽  
Research Evidence ◽  
Data Use ◽  
The United States ◽  
Student Performance Data ◽  
Effective Data Use

Joseph P. McDonald reports findings from a study of nine poverty-impacted schools in New York City striving to more effectively use student performance data in teaching. The study was one of 13 studies of data use at the classroom level across the United States funded by the Spencer Foundation -- an effort intended to fill a serious gap in research evidence on this policy-championed innovation. The article illuminates components of data use systems most associated with success in boosting student learning. It concludes that this sensible but complicated innovation can likely not be implemented well without distributed on-site leadership that includes teachers.

An Important Armenian MS. with Greek Miniatures

1942 ◽  
Vol 74 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 155-162
Author(s):  
H. Kurdian
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
York City ◽  
Christian Iconography

In 1941 while in New York City I was fortunate enough to purchase an Armenian MS. which I believe will be of interest to students of Eastern Christian iconography.

Hospitals: N.Y. Appellate Court Denies Move to Privatize Public Hospital

1999 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 202-203
Author(s):  
Robert Chatham
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
York City ◽  
Public Health System ◽  
Municipal Hospital ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Benefit ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Benefit Corporation ◽  
The City

The Court of Appeals of New York held, in Council of the City of New York u. Giuliani, slip op. 02634, 1999 WL 179257 (N.Y. Mar. 30, 1999), that New York City may not privatize a public city hospital without state statutory authorization. The court found invalid a sublease of a municipal hospital operated by a public benefit corporation to a private, for-profit entity. The court reasoned that the controlling statute prescribed the operation of a municipal hospital as a government function that must be fulfilled by the public benefit corporation as long as it exists, and nothing short of legislative action could put an end to the corporation's existence.In 1969, the New York State legislature enacted the Health and Hospitals Corporation Act (HHCA), establishing the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation (HHC) as an attempt to improve the New York City public health system. Thirty years later, on a renewed perception that the public health system was once again lacking, the city administration approved a sublease of Coney Island Hospital from HHC to PHS New York, Inc. (PHS), a private, for-profit entity.

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