Mayor Bill de Blasio again declined to say who he will back as the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee, in a national television interview set up as a cliffhanger. Fully half of new housing in the area will be affordable to locals, wrote City Planning in the proposal. According to CBS New York, only 30 percent of the city’s students in grades three through eighth are now proficient at reading and only 35 percent pass the math tests.
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“I think with the candidates we have, we’ll do very well”. “That has always been what’s the strength of the city, and that’s what our destiny is in my belief”.
Although the National Science Foundation has said it plans to train 10,000 teachers to teach computer science, more are needed nationwide. “But I do want to say, since she announced, she has consistently put forward a stronger and stronger vision, literally each week, and that’s very encouraging”, he said to ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos.
Even if students choose not to enter the technology field, de Blasio said that by learning computer code, robotics, web design and other tools, students can be better prepared to use technology in many fields, which would help foster creative and critical thinking, problem solving and teamwork.
“I’m a believer in high standards because the modern world and the modern economy require it so I want a New York City public school diploma to reflect high standards and college readiness”, he said, adding that the implementation and training was wholly inadequate.
The same gender divide was reflected in the demographics of New York City’s AP computer science test this past year: the test-takers were 71 percent male.
He said these skills will make students “much more able to be a part of the workforce of the future”. In May 2014, de Blasio came to the Orthodox Jewish enclave to attend a private fundraiser for The Mayor’s Fund at the home of Jeremy Reichberg, a known philanthropist and community activist, on 56th street between 12 and 13th avenue.
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Two other American cities have pledged to offer computer science courses to their students. The mayor said he was also cognizant of the need to step up support for arts, athletics, Advanced Placement classes and literacy experts.
