Tuesday, March 22, 2011 at 09:48AM Since 2002, Our World Neighborhood Charter School (OWNCS) has been helping children grow, not only in the areas of education, but also in life as a whole. “This charter school is one of the most diverse in all of New York City,” said director of development Mark Crusante. “Students get everything integrated with education.”
Monday, February 7, 2011 at 08:40AM Parents and students from Our World Neighborhood Charter School, 36-12 35th Ave., Astoria are pictured here with Mayor Michael Bloomberg in Albany on February 7, in observation of Charter School Day 2011.
Monday, February 7, 2011 at 08:37AM More than 2,000 city parents, students and teachers arrived by the bus load Monday in Albany. Their message to lawmakers: the charter school lobby is here to stay. (Video)
Wednesday, December 30, 2009 at 08:29AM “What is a charter school?”
That was the question Michael Duffy, executive director of the Department of Education Office of Charter Schools, posed at the outset of a presentation to Community District Education Council 30 (CDEC 30).
“It is a public school, first and foremost, run by a separate board of trustees,” responded Stacey Gauthier, co-principal at the Renaissance Charter School, a well established charter school in Jackson Heights and a co-presenter at the CDEC 30 meeting, held at P.S. 166 on December 17.
There are 99 charter schools in the five boroughs, 30 in Queens. Four charters— Renaissance, Our World Neighborhood, VOICE and Growing Up Green—are located in District 30. “These are among the best that we’ve got in the city,” Duffy said.
Tuesday, June 2, 2009 at 09:36AM At 13 Queens schools, 100% of students passed the exam this year, according to results unveiled this week. "This isn't just one year of gains," said Education Department spokesman Andy Jacob. "New York City students are now performing at the same level as students in the rest of the state."
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