THE SCHOOLS On last year's progress report for Public School 17, on North Fifth Street, 62.5percentt of fourth graders were proficient in English, 90.6percentt in math, versus 61.3 and 79.7percentt citywide.
Last year's progress report found shortcomings in the judicial system and the public administration that Romania has done little to correct.
Commercial food waste is an even bigger missed opportunity, city officials said in this year's progress report of PlaNYC, the mayor's environmental agenda.
The new checks were announced yesterday in the Home Office's progress report on the implementation of the Soham inquiry's recommendations, which looked at the vetting and intelligence failures that allowed Ian Huntley, the murderer of 10-year-old girls Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman, to get a job as a school caretaker.
Unicef's progress report (October 2013) repeated the litany, concluding "violations are ongoing".
Still, the school ranks No. 1 in math scores among middle schools in its district, and it received an A on the city's progress report this year.
(Chinen) JASON LINDNER'S PROGRESS REPORT (Tonight and tomorrow) A pianist and composer best known for his vamp-oriented big band, Mr. Lindner leads a smaller but no less polyphonic outfit here; in addition to his keyboards, the group features Jacques Schwartz-Bart on saxophones, Tony Escapa on bass, Baba Israel on vocals (spoken) and Claudia Acuña on vocals (sung).
Heartened by its sudden ascent in student performance — the school went from a D to an A on the city's progress reports this year — its executive director, Lester Long, is considering opening a second school in a few years.
I take issue with how Michael Winerip's column "On Schools' Performance, Invisible Line Between 'A' and 'F' " (On Education, April 30) represents the methodology of New York City's progress reports and characterizes how they are used in decisions about changes in school leadership and structure.
