EDUCATION STUDIES
Student Achievement on Regents Exams Community Service Society
Analysis Finds That Preparation Prior To High School Is Best Predictor
Of Future Performance. (June 2003)
The Experience Corps: An Intergenerational
Program Flourishes in the South Bronx. (June 2000)
Study Shows Senior Volunteers Promote Reading Improvement. The
Experience Corps volunteers are mostly lifelong residents of
the South Bronx. They work a minimum of 15 hours per week throughout
the school year in various capacities, including as mentors,
tutors, and special assistants.
Making Higher Education Standards Work for All Students. (March
2000)
Education Higher Standards:
The Need for More Time and Money. (August 1998)
New York State has a proud history of setting high standards
for its schools. Until recently, New York administered one
of the nation's few statewide high school exit exams. In
the last
two years, these exams were rewritten, raising the bar for
all of New York's students.
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