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The New York Specialized High School Institute (SHSI) is a free program run by the City of New York for middle school students with high test scores on citywide tests and high report card grades. The program's original intent was to expand the population of Black and Hispanic students by offering them test-taking tips and extra lessons.
B. Altman and Company was a luxury department store and chain, founded in 1865 in New York City, New York, by Benjamin Altman. Its flagship store, the B. Altman and Company Building at Fifth Avenue and 34th Street in Midtown Manhattan , operated from 1906 until the company closed the store at the end of 1989. [ 1 ]
The B. Altman and Company Building is a commercial building in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, that formerly served as B. Altman and Company's flagship department store. It occupies an entire city block between Fifth Avenue , Madison Avenue , 34th Street , and 35th Street , directly opposite the Empire State Building , with a primary ...
Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898 (Oxford UP, 1999). Cohen, Sol. Progressives and Urban School Reform: The Public Education Association of New York City 1895-1954 (1964) Commission on Educational Reconstruction. Organizing the Teaching Profession: The Story of the American Federation of Teachers (1955)
Karen Gay Silkwood was born in 1946 in Longview, Texas, and raised in Nederland, Texas.She lived with her mother Merle, father Bill, and sisters Rosemary and Linda. [1] In high school, Karen was a straight 'A' student and a member of the National Honor Society.
23 Wall Street is in the Financial District of Manhattan in New York City, at the southeast corner of Broad Street to the west and Wall Street to the north. [5] The building's land lot has a frontage of about 113 feet (34 m) along Broad Street and 157 feet (48 m) along Wall Street.
The John Jay College of Criminal Justice (John Jay) is a public college focused on criminal justice and located in New York City. It is a senior college of the City University of New York (CUNY). John Jay was founded as the only liberal arts college with a criminal justice and forensic focus in the United States. [4] [5]
Benjamin J. Hill began his Civil War service as colonel of the 5th Tennessee Volunteers in the Provisional Army of Tennessee. [3] He resigned to enter Confederate States Army service as colonel of the 35th Tennessee Infantry Regiment by Tennessee Governor Isham Harris, which was the designation given to the 5th Tennessee Volunteers when they were mustered into Confederate service.