Posts by Jenny Mann

Next year will be a big year for the TASC test program. What you have accomplished at your TASC test center is rewarding to see, and most importantly, rewarding for all the adult learners you serve. We are now excited to share some news about TASC test as we look forward to working with you…

THE STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT / THE UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK / ALBANY, NY 12234 TO: Adult Career and Continuing Education Services (ACCES) Committee FROM: Kevin G. Smith SUBJECT: First Year Implementation of the new High School Equivalency Exam DATE: February 2, 2015 AUTHORIZATION(S): Elizabeth R Berlin SUMMARY Issue for Discussion To provide…

The de Blasio administration announced today the publication of a resource and referral guide specially created to connect recently-arrived immigrant children and their families to New York City government and nonprofit services. The guide is available in both English and Spanish at nyc.gov/immigrantchildren. The resource and referral guide provides information about health insurance and access…

Thursday, October 30, Eddie Small, DNA Info THE HUB — High school wasn’t working out for Viatris Balbi. Although she enrolled at a school in Manhattan late in 2012, she found the material boring, the classes too large, the students unfriendly and the individual attention from teachers lacking, so more often than not, she would…

The YMCA of Greater New York and Opportunities for a Better Tomorrow (OBT) celebrated today the Bronx borough expansion of the Y Roads program, which puts New York City’s “opportunity youth” on paths towards higher education and careers. On hand to celebrate the new center were Bronx Deputy Borough President Aurelia Greene, District 16 Council…

Thursday, July 10, Jaclyn Anglis, NY Daily News Getting some of the city’s most disadvantaged students on the straight and narrow path requires creativity — and Robert Zweig is just the man for the job. The 55-year-old deputy superintendent of District 79, a citywide support program, pulls out all the stops for his students with…

Tuesday, July 1, Eddie Small, DNA Info  The YMCA plans to expand a program meant to help city youths earn education and job credentials into the Bronx this fall — the organization’s second outpost since the initiative started in Queens last year. The program, called Y Roads, is a collaboration between the YMCA of Greater…

Monday, April 1, Ewa Kern-Jedrychowska, DNA Info Shakila Monk was 17 years old when she became pregnant and later dropped out of Jamaica High School to take care of her daughter. “I was super scared and didn’t realize how much work it was,” Monk said. “It was very difficult being a teenage parent.” Months later,…

Friday, March 7, Pamela Granda, Borough Buzz The new exam is called TASC (Test Assessing Secondary Completion) and it’s different from the GED in several ways. For starters, in compliance with federal standards, TASC is common-core aligned. Schools and educators throughout the city are trying to prepare students for the new test, but uncertainty and…