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Hoboken High School In Crisis - District and School Adminstration Questioned; Hoboken Reporter claims: "She also said she had told a school official in the past that she had had problems with the boys"

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Click to Enlarge The following is a post by the HUDSON COUNTY  CHRONICLES which is a local news site that attempts to distribute information and news of various things going on and taking place in Hudson County, New Jersey. This post asks the administration and district leadership of Hoboken High School and the Hoboken Board of Education for more information concerning the incident and asks for a public hearing.  The most recent post centers on an alleged sexual assault/rape that occurred in Hoboken High School during the school day on November 30, 2017. This assault came a year after a previous assault in the school of a 12 year old female who was fondled in a supposedly secured elevator . Despite media coverage from WCBS, WNBC, WABC, and NEWS12-NJ, there has been little to no interaction between the district administration and the media although evidently a joint email was sent to some district parents sometime after news of this incident hit the Tri-State metropolitan area this pa

WCBS TV- Hoboken High School Victim Speaks Out About Alleged Sex Assault at Hoboken High School During School Hours

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CLICK HERE TO WATCH VIDEO HOBOKEN, N.J. (CBSNewYork) —  Four Hoboken High School students are facing sexual assault charges after being accused of attacking a classmate inside the school. The victim, a 17-year-old junior, said four of her male classmates forced her into a storage closet at Hoboken High School on Nov. 30. She said she was leaving one class and about to head to another. Hoboken police confirm the 18-year-old is one of the classmates and was charged with aggravated sexual assault.  The other three are juveniles so their names aren’t being released. “He kind of got behind me and pushed me towards the room. I tried to stop him with my feet but that didn’t work,” the victim said in an exclusive interview with CBS2’s Lisa Rozner. “I repeatedly said to stop or I tried to scream but my mouth was covered. They pulled my shirt over my head and I tried to get it back off but my hands were being held so I couldn’t do that. My bra was pulled down, my pants were pulled down and I cou

News 12 New Jersey, NJ.COM, and WNBC-4 Report on Sexual Assault in Hoboken High School During School Hours

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Screen shot from News 12 NJ- December 20, 2017 News12 NJ Reports that "On December 19, 2017 four male students are facing charges after a 17-year-old female student was allegedly raped at Hoboken High School, according to police." They further explain, "Hoboken police say that a male student, age 18, was charged in the sexual assault of another student on Nov. 30. Three other teens are facing charges that they allegedly aided the 18 year old in the assault. Their names were not released because of their ages." See Video from News 12 New Jersey:  http://newjersey.news12.com/clip/13995293/police-4-face-charges-after-alleged-sex-assault-at-hoboken-hs Screen shot from News 12 NJ- December 20, 2017 Police say that the four teens forced the victim into a room. The incident was reportedly captured on the school’s surveillance video. Police say that the victim was then forced to perform a sexual act on one of the students.  The incident was also allegedly recorded on one of

Data Modeling for Pre Service Teachers and Everyone Else (Petrosino and Mann, 2018)

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SantaCon in Hoboken, NJ 2017 ( Read Story from WNBC News ) This is a final draft copy of a forthcoming article on data modeling with college students. The article will appear in The Journal of College Science Teaching . JCST is a peer reviewed journal on college teaching in STEM that is published multiple times a year by the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA). The work published here centers on data modeling activities by over 100 undergraduate students as they struggle to make sense of the use of data in their everyday activities as well as preparation for the possibility of teaching this subject matter to K-12 students in our nation's schools. My colleague and co-author Michele Mann was instrumental in overseeing major portions of this study and in helping out with the analysis of the data and editing of the final manuscript.    Data Modeling for Pre Service Teachers by Anthony Petrosino on Scribd

Using Computer Science to Model Inclusion and Diversity in STEM Content Area

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Troy's Athletic Club- Little League Team (circa 1961) Explaining segregation is more difficult than one might imagine due to the deeply rooted inequities based on historical policies and practices that have carved and shaped this city. The ability for all learners to understand the legal (“de jure”) and social (“de facto”)   process of segregation is imperative for uncovering misconceptions and addressing narratives about equitable participation in society. To address this need, Dr. Anthony Petrosino leads the Group-based Cloud Computing (GbCC) for STEM Education project , which works to develop curricula using cognitive tools to help all learners understand complex problems like segregation. GbCC is a collaborative agent-based modeling program based on NetLogo ( Wilensky, 1997 ). These agent-based models allow students to engage in simulations that explore how actions and interactions of autonomous agents have an effect on the system as a whole. This platform empowers students to

Merging Literacy and Science Methods: A New Database Developed by Dr. Petrosino Helps Pre-Service Teachers

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This is a recent article ---it discusses a database I designed and developed centering on children's science books. Its essentially a resource for teachers and parents wishing to introduce their students and children to scientificlly appropriate literature. -Dr. Petrosino  Because of the foundational importance of literacy to education, teachers are increasingly expected to integrate reading across various subjects, including science. But choosing appropriate texts can be a challenge for teachers, who may not be well-versed in how to critically evaluate them.  Associate Professor Anthony Petrosino of the College of Education at The University of Texas at Austin’s STEM Education program and doctoral student Sarah Jenevien have developed a solution that addresses this challenge. The two collaborated with the college’s  Office of Instructional Innovation to develop an online Children’s Science Book Database , where pre-service elementary teachers

Kids First didn't want a dual language program in the district when they were presented the opportunity and Kids First-Forward Together members have tried to use the courts to put aside Hola's renewal and expansion ever since...while claiming threats of bankruptcy with a $5 million dollar surplus

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Various members of the Kids First-Forward Together Political Group from Hoboken, NJ responsible for the current state of public education in the town Below is a list of all the schools and learning centers in the City of Hoboken, NJ. I have placed an asterisk next to the schools that then Hoboken Board member and President Leon Gold determined is/was the reason for bankrupting the school district ...even though the district enjoys a $5,400,000+ surplus this year according to its annual audit . Dr. Leon Gold is also a member and supporter of the political group known as "Kids First"- a group   who voted against a dual language program in the Hoboken Public Schools in 2009  (Dr. Gold was not on the Board at the time) and then a few years later initiated a lawsuit to terminate the school and its efforts to renew its charter and expand . The Hoboken Dual Language Charter School (HOLA) has been twice recognized by the State of New Jersey as an exemplary dual language school . It