Last month in her State of the City address, freshly minted Mayor Stephanie Miner displayed a self-deprecating sense of humor that many of us hadn’t seen before. I am not tall, said the mayor. “I did not run for this office on the grounds that Syracuse needed a tall mayor and, thankfully, a majority of the voters agreed with me.” As far back as we can tell, no mayor of Syracuse has ever admitted to being short. Since all 52 of her predecessors were male it is also highly likely that none of them stopped to ask for directions either. Read More...
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Syracuse, NY - A pending request for a $2 million federal grant for Syracuse Say Yes to Education has the support of U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, Mayor Stephanie Miner announced Tuesday after meeting privately with the freshman Democrat.
Gillibrand stopped in Syracuse for a 4 p.m. question and answer session with community leaders at Syracuse City Hall Commons. Afterward, she headed to St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center for a tour and presentation of its expansion plan. It was her third visit to Syracuse since being appointed senator by Gov. David Paterson. Read More...
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Spring is here...
At the city greenhouse.
“Things are just starting to pop,” according to Jim Cowburn, the team leader at the greenhouse. Jim’s the man responsible for turning our city into one big bouquet of flowers, once the season turns. Spring officially arrives March 20, more than a month away.
Things were popping on Onondaga Avenue at the greenhouse the other day when Jim hosted an after-school class from Roberts School, a neighbor from the Strathmore district on Glenwood Avenue. The pupils were in the charge of Jessica Earley, who is program coordinator of the Roberts Say Yes to Education program. Tom Zaborsky, Roberts science teacher, was there, too. Read More...
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What if any Rochester high school graduate (regardless of family income) could go to any state college tuition-free, or to any Rochester-area private university? How would that change the culture of city schools? Would it reinvigorate city neighborhoods, retaining or drawing back middle-class families who might otherwise move to the suburbs? Would free college drive the graduation rate from 50 percent to 80 percent or higher? Read More...
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By Amy Speach
One sunny day just after school started in September, Jessica Early sat with elementary kids in the lunchroom at the Roberts School in Syracuse, inviting their ideas for interesting and fun after-school programs. Early, a program coordinator for Say Yes to Education—a national initiative aimed at improving student achievement in city schools—was bombarded with imaginative suggestions ranging from science experiments to cooking classes. Later that week, in another part of town, Say Yes site director Asomgyee Pamoja met
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By Stephanie Miner
Mayor of Syracuse
On Election Night, as I stood on the podium to declare victory, I was suddenly transported to my Upstate New York childhood. For me, one of the best parts of growing up in Central New York was sledding down a steep hill after a fresh snowfall — the thrill of the ride that was also scary and tested your courage.
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Syracuse Real Food Co-op hosted a group of students from the Say Yes to Education After School Program. 2nd and 3rd graders from the program visited the community owned food co-op to learn about healthy eating habits. Say Yes to Education students got a tour of the co-op (including our produce department where they saw pictures of the farmers that grow their local food), painted pumpkins, purchased healthy snacks, and created posters highlighting healthy food.
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SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- Volunteers hit the streets of Syracuse Sunday to tell residents about the Say Yes to Education program.
The organization teamed up with members of 40 Below and other community groups to go door to door. Say Yes to Education offers free college tuition program, health and wellness services and after school programs for City School District students.
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Syracuse, New York (WSYR-TV) - Six-hundred students from Syracuse are midway through their first tuition-free semesters in college and volunteers with the Say Yes to Education program worked Sunday to ensure thousands more will follow.
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Syracuse is proud to be host to a new program that promises higher college graduation rates. It's called Say Yes to Education. As our Joleene Des Rosiers tells us, the U.S. Secretary of Education was on hand at Doctor King Elementary to highlight the program. Read More...
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Syracuse, NY -- Among the people filling Goldstein Auditorium for the Middle Class Task Force forum is a group of about 40 young adults clad in bright blue T-shirts. They are staff and members of the Generation Yes Volunteer Corps, a group formed by Syracuse University to link students of all ages with volunteer services across Syracuse, according to Rachael Gazdick, executive director of Say Yes to Education at SU. Read More...
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Duncan got a closer look at how the program is run Wednesday after the meeting at SU, and tells us about how he thinks it can be a model for other cities in the country. Read More...
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SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- With school back in session in Syracuse, the district has renewed its commitment to the Say Yes to Education Program. That explains the huge Say Yes banner hanging from the Carousel Center addition. The sign is visible from Route 81, which is the route Vice President Joe Biden and members of President Obama's cabinet will travel in the morning on their way to Syracuse University Read More...
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WSYR 570 will be running a "radiothon" Tuesday from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. to raise money to rebuild the Wallie Howard Jr. Memorial Playground, which was destroyed by vandals. The video was made by Clear Channels Communications as a way of promoting the event. Read More...
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“Psychometrics” is the field of study concerned with the theory and technique of educational and psychological measurement. It includes the measurement of knowledge, abilities, attitudes, and personality traits, and is primarily concerned with the study of measurement instruments such as questionnaires and tests. It involves two major research tasks: the construction of instruments and procedures for measurement and the development and refinement of theoretical approaches to measurement. Read More...
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Associated Press - August 15, 2009 3:05 AM ET SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) - Some 10,000 donated backpacks full of school supplies to students in Syracuse later today. Many of the backpacks will come from Say Yes to Education, a nonprofit that just completed its first year working with Syracuse public schools, having given out more than 600 college scholarships in June. Read More...
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