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    NYC Black Students Excelling On NYS Reading Tests

    Adams, Aviles-Ramos Celebrate Test Score Data Showing Increased Proficiency New York City Mayor Eric Adams and New York City Public Schools Chancellor Melissa Aviles-Ramos today celebrated newly-released test data from the state showing a substantial increase in reading and math scores for public school children,...

    9 Students Awarded 46th Annual Randolph Evans Memorial Scholarship

    It’s been 49 years since a New York City police officer shot and killed 15-year-old Randolph Evans returning from the store with last-minute items for his mother’s Thanksgiving Day spread in their Brooklyn apartment in 1976. But his name and legacy lived on at...
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