Strong, caring relationships with adult and peer mentors have long played a crucial role in helping young people thrive academically and overcome challenges they face while at school and at key points in their educational journey. These mentoring relationships for students can be provided at school through volunteer programs embedded in the school…

This is a conversation with Randy Asher, principal of New York City's Brooklyn Technical High School. Brooklyn Tech is a selective science high school in New York City, founded in 1922 as a school for boys with potential for careers in engineering and applied science. Today, it provides full-time education for both male and female students from…

An outgrowth of the New York City Annual Storytelling Festival, this handbook presents a framework upon which to build a storytelling program for children. The handbook is intended to prompt additional exploration of the literature on storytelling and folklore and help start storytelling programs, contests, and festivals in schools. The handbook…

Describes some of the activities of the New York City Association of Teachers of English designed to reach out to new colleagues. Describes a survey of the needs of new teachers, as well as in-depth interviews with 11 new K-12 teachers. Discusses plans for supporting new teachers based upon these findings. (SR)

This report was prepared to disseminate information to the community on the activities and goals of elementary and junior high schools of District 13 in Brooklyn, New York. A brief description of highlights of the 1977-78 school year are presented for each of the 23 schools in the district. An overview of the district for improvement in basic…

This annual report describes, in English and Spanish, District 3's individual school and multiple school program activities undertaken in the 1977-78 school year. The accomplishments of more than twenty elementary and intermediate/junior high schools are highlighted. Among the programs described are: the New York State Experimental Prekindergarten…

Discusses the origins and operation of The Manhattan New School, an alternative elementary school in New York City that opened in 1991, with a focus on the extensive staff development and literacy programs conducted by the school. (MDM)

Details how one urban middle school took an active stand against violence by establishing programs in student leadership, conflict resolution, peer mediation, and violence prevention. Highlights benefits, student participation and training, and several innovative alternatives to suspension and traditional school discipline measures of the program,…

This paper discusses the potential of school district-based and community-wide approaches to dropout prevention, and provides a summary of the goals and expected outcomes of the Consortium on Dropout Prevention, and the Urban Dropout Prevention Collaboratives Program. The Consortium on Dropout Prevention was formed to cooperatively gather and…

This Spanish/English guide was written by parents for high school parents. The guide's first section deals with how to select the right high school. This is followed by a lengthy section on the high school years, which covers the following topics: how to keep up with what the student is doing; how to connect with the school; requirements for…