Empowerment School

For charter schools (which are public but are not Empowerment Schools), see Charter school. For charter schools in New York City, see Charter school (New York).

An Empowerment School was a school using the Empowerment Support Organization of the New York City Department of Education (DOE). Eric Nadelstern was in charge.

## History

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The program was founded in 2004 as a pilot program. Empowerment Schools were a class of schools which claimed to offer more autonomy in choosing a curriculum. Principals of Empowerment Schools had greater autonomy from the DOE in terms of management, instruction, and budget,[1] if they agreed to meet performance goals. The claim was that the transfer of management duties from the DOE to the schools would allow the schools to operate with less bureaucracy, saving money. The DOE offered fewer centralized services, and passed more money on to the Empowerment Schools in increased budget, but charged the schools for services that had formerly been supplied for free.

In April 2006, 332 principals opted into the program. In the spring of 2007, the DOE required each school to choose a school support organization, to take effect for the 2007-2008 school year; the empowerment school program became one of those school support organizations.[2]

At the program's peak in the 2007-2008 school year, there were 22 Empowerment School Networks, supporting 500 schools.

## See also

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* Education in New York City
* Gifted education
* List of public elementary schools in New York City
* Specialized high schools in New York City

## References

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1. ^ NYC DOE: Empowerment Support Organization, School Support Organizations, DOE Organization
2. ^ School Support Organizations at NYC DOE

## External links

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* Empowerment Schools

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New York City Department of Education

* Panel for Educational Policy
* Public Schools Athletic League
* Tweed Courthouse
* New York City School Construction Authority
* Specialized High Schools Admissions Test

Schools|

* List of public elementary schools
* List of high schools in The Bronx
* List of high schools in Brooklyn
* List of high schools in Manhattan
* List of high schools in Queens
* List of high schools in Staten Island
* School of One
* Empowerment Schools

Specialized
high schools|

| The Bronx|

* Bronx HS of Science
* HS of American Studies at Lehman College

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Brooklyn|

* Brooklyn Latin
* Brooklyn Technical HS

Manhattan|

* Fiorello H. LaGuardia HS
* HS for Math, Science and Engineering at City College
* Stuyvesant HS

Queens|

* Queens HS for the Sciences

Staten Island|

* Staten Island Tech HS

Chancellors|

* Melissa Aviles-Ramos (2024-Present)
* David C. Banks (2022–2024)
* Meisha Ross Porter (2021)
* Richard Carranza (2018–2021)
* Carmen Fariña (2014–2018)
* Dennis Walcott (2011–2013)
* Cathie Black (2011)
* Joel Klein (2002–2010)
* Harold O. Levy (2000–2002)
* Rudy Crew (1995–1999)

Unions|

| Labor unions|

* United Federation of Teachers
* Council of School Supervisors & Administrators
* American Federation of Teachers
* National Education Association
* New York State United Teachers

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Parents union|

* New York City Parents Union

Legal cases|

* Agostini v. Felton
* Aguilar v. Felton
* Aspira v. N.Y. Board of Education
* Campaign for Fiscal Equity, Inc. v. State
* New York City Board of Education v. Tom F.
* Zorach v. Clauson

Events|

| Sponsored|

* New York City Science and Engineering Fair

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Not sponsored|

* New York City school boycott (1964)
* Sing!

Systems used|

| Technology based|

* Automate the Schools

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Non-technology based|

* Delaney card
* New York City Teaching Fellows
* Reassignment centers
* Absent Teacher Reserve

In pop culture|

* C. B. J. Snyder
* Mad Hot Ballroom

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New York City Department of Education Empowerment Schools

K-5 Elementary|

* PS 321 and 184 others

K-8 Elementary & Middle|

* The Anderson School and 38 others

K-12 Elementary , Middle & High|

* Michael J. Petrides High School

Junior High, Intermediate, & Middle|

* New York City Lab School for Collaborative Studies and 71 others

Secondary|

* Baccalaureate School for Global Education and 41 others

High|

* Pace University High School
* Brooklyn Technical High School and 144 others

Academies & Programs|

* Harry S. Truman High School and 21 others

Collaborative or Ungraded|

* Benjamin Banneker Academy
* PS 185 John M.Langston

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