Definitions
When children who live in a school's area are guaranteed a place at their local school
What is zoning?
The school Toni and Michelle of Digital Girl attended (hint: in our borough)
What is Brooklyn Tech?
The number of specialized high schools in New York City
What is 9?
How we spend our Friday mornings
What is PD?
A school funded by the Department of Education (government)
What is a public school?
How a student gains admission into a specialized high school
What is a standardized test?
The number of specialized high schools that don't require a test to get in
What is 1?
Learning about food and education justice
What is issue area learning?
A school funded by tuition paid by students' families
What is a private school?
Acronym for fields a lot of the specialized high schools focus in
What is STEM?
The state exam score percentile of schools that middle/high-income students attend
What is the 61st percentile?
Providing context before a reading, activity, or learning
What is framing?
An independently run public school granted greater flexibility in its operations in return for greater accountability for performance
What is a charter school?
Specialization of the High School at Lehman College
American Studies
The state exam score percentile of schools that low-income students attend
What is the 42nd percentile?
Giving the group a peek behind the scenes
What is pulling back the curtain?
How zoning for schools is defined
What is by home address?
The specialization of LaGuardia High School
What is Music, Art, & Performing Arts?
Average difference in home value between neighborhoods where schools score high and schools score low
What is $205,000?
A gift
What is feedback?