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Say Yes scholar Ellie Law adventures in Africa
Thursday, June 13, 2013
Read about Say Yes scholar Ellie Law's adventures in Africa in Jackals, Sands, and a Fractured Tibia?Say Yes to Education Inc. Adds Five Marquee Universities to its Roster of Partners, as it Celebrates Class of 2013
Monday, June 10, 2013
Say Yes to Education Inc., a national non-profit organization that helps children in low-income school districts to apply to college, pay for it and...Say Yes Honors Young Authors in Syracuse
Friday, May 31, 2013
Syracuse students are now published authors. Read the story here: http://www.9wsyr.com/news/local/story/Young-authors-in-Syracuse-publish-5-new-...In Their Own Words: Reflections from 10 Say Yes Scholars
Thursday, May 30, 2013
Say Yes to Education has recently featured 10 Say Yes Scholars on their website. Become acquainted with their stories here.Say Yes' Pat Driscoll comments on Syracuse School Discipline
Thursday, May 30, 2013
On May 26, 2013, Say Yes' Pat Driscoll blogged on Syracuse.com about Syracuse school discipline. Read Pat's commentary here.Michael Strahan waxes eloquent about Say Yes to Education on national TV
Thursday, March 7, 2013
By Paul Riede | priede@syracuse.com on March 07, 2013 at 3:36 PM, updated March 07, 2013 at 4:51 PM View video here: http://www....Say Yes Announces New Paper on Creating City-wide Change
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Say Yes to Education today released a new paper by acclaimed journalist Gene I. Maeroff, providing an inside look at one of the most...SCSD, Say Yes Launch Parent University
Sunday, October 7, 2012
The Syracuse City School District and Say Yes to Education are hosting a kickoff summit for the district’s Parent University. The summit will...Investigative Post: Say Yes Buffalo's David Rust
Saturday, October 6, 2012
BUFFALO, N.Y. - Say Yes to Education is a national, non-profit education foundation committed to dramatically increasing high school and college...Say Yes to Education president speaks at Buffalo City Forum
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Mary Anne Schmitt-Carey, the president of Say Yes to Education, spoke before a studio audience at Buffalo City Forum Tuesday evening.The hour-long...Say Yes to Education Featured on AOL.com
Monday, August 13, 2012
AOL Impact Puts Say Yes in the Spotlight
NEW YORK--Say Yes to Education is spotlighted this week on the AOL.com homepage, giving millions an opportunity to learn about the life-transforming...Boeheim visits Say Yes summer camp
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- Nearly 3,000 children with the Say Yes to Education summer camp got a visit from Syracuse University head basketball coach Jim...The promise of Say Yes: "Something else out there for me."
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Jaquiel Ash was a senior at Nottingham High School when he heard George Weiss, founder of the Say Yes to Education program, offer a simple challenge...School Is In — and still SAYing YES
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
School Is In
First, let me make this disclaimer. I have, in the past, been paid by Say Yes to Education, Inc. to photograph their events. In 2009, I was also...Syracuse leaders say Say Yes to Education is making a difference in the city schools
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
The Syracuse mayor, school superintendent and teacher union president, the Onondaga County executive and Syracuse University chancellor were among...Say Yes to Education founder is in Syracuse to give a progress report
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
George Weiss, the multimillionaire founder of Say Yes to Education, is in Syracuse to rub shoulders with some of the students who are in college...Schools and Communities: Stronger Together
Monday, May 21, 2012
The person recently selected as one of the nation’s top teachers has used her bully pulpit to give the nation a window on the realities confronting...Retired M.D. and soon-to-be master gardeners add a bit of green to after-school program
Thursday, May 17, 2012
I walked into the classroom in the basement of Edward Smith Elementary School, in the Westcott neighborhood, one afternoon last week and there was...Say Yes President Mary Anne Schmitt-Carey Named to NY Ed Reform Commission
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Governor Cuomo Establishes New NY Education Reform Commission
Commission Brings Together Education, Community, and Business Leaders to Recommend Reforms in Student Achievement and Management EfficiencyAlbany,...It Takes A Community To Sustain ELT Reforms
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
No one has done more than the Obama administration to stimulate schools and communities to expand the frozen-in-time schedules of the traditional...