IN THE NEWS
Westchester Business Journal/March 8, 2010
Viewpoint: Why Businesses Should Invest in Public Education
Yonkers Partners in Education Executive Director Wendy Nadel speaks
about how investing in public education not only helps children break
the cycle of poverty, but also serves as a vehicle for economic
development.
Yonkers Rising/January 29, 2010
YPIE Offers College
Prep Series for Yonkers' Spanish-speaking Families
Yonkers Partners in Education, with support from Westchester County, is
offering a five-part series for Yonkers’ Spanish-speaking families,
Coaching for College: A Program for Latino Parents.
Journal News/September 22, 2009
Yonkers Partners in Education Opens College Center at Lincoln High School
Yonkers Rising/May 8, 2009
Education Summit 2009 Highlights America’s Promise to Keep Kids on
Graduation Track
Yonkers youth were well represented at last Friday’s Education Summit, co-hosted by the Yonkers Public Schools, Yonkers
Partners in Education (YPIE) and America’s Promise Alliance Dropout Prevention. Public dignitaries from the city, county
and state showed up to contribute to the conversation of dropout prevention, but the true guests of honor were the several
dozen Yonkers public high school students who presented, performed and offered great insight during the breakout sessions that marked the mid-morning events. more
Journal News/May 2, 2009
Education Summit 2009 - Yonkers groups discuss school dropouts
Educators, parents and business leaders held a dropout-prevention summit yesterday to develop ideas for keeping students
in school. The event, co-hosted by Yonkers Partners in Education and the Yonkers City School District, sought promises from
the 350 attendees that they would take steps to help children stay in school.
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Home News & Times/December 6, 2008
YPIE’s YonkersReads! Program to Deliver 9,000
Books to Elementary Students
The City of Yonkers cares about the education of its kids. This undeniable fact — proven recently, in part, by the
advent of the Yonkers Student Grapevine — has once again been underscored; this time, by Yonkers Partners in Education
(YPIE)’s recent launch of “YonkersReads!,” a new citywide literacy program that will put thousands of books into
the hands of Yonkers elementary students. more
Journal News/December 3, 2008
Nonprofit gives 9,000 books to Yonkers K-3 pupils
A nonprofit delivered 9,000 donated books to 292 of the city's public school classrooms yesterday as part of a children's
literacy program. Children in the Yonkers public schools' kindergarten through third-grade classes were given a
package with a book and other materials for parents about the importance of reading with a child.
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YPIE on News 12
The Journal News/April 7, 2008
Yonkers group releases report on public school parents'
and students' top needs
Greater college and career access, increased parental involvement in schools and more community information about
social services for children are city parents' top needs, according to a new report. Yonkers Partners in Education
recently released its findings of parents' needs in its report on a January education summit organized by the nonprofit
group. more
New York Times/January 20, 2008
Private Aid Sought for Public Schools
As the Yonkers public schools emerge from years of financial shortfalls and acrimony over desegregation and cutbacks,
the school district, the state's fourth largest, is now looking to the private sector to assist its campaign to
improve student achievement. School officials and local business and city leaders dined on spinach-and-wild-mushroom
frittatas last Tuesday morning at X2O Xaviars on the Hudson while listening to Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg of New
York talk about his city's partnerships with the business community. They later attended the city's Education Summit
2008, sponsored by Yonkers Partners in Education and the Yonkers school board.
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The Journal News/January 16, 2008
Yonkers education summit features talk by Bloomberg
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg urged Yonkers residents to be bold in their efforts to reshape public education
during a fundraising visit yesterday. Bloomberg spoke at the Yonkers Public Library's Riverfront branch as part
of an education summit organized by the Yonkers Partners in Education, a private nonprofit that raises money to
enhance public education in Yonkers. A breakfast fundraiser before Bloomberg's speech collected an estimated $35,000
to $40,000, according to Wendy Nadel, the nonprofit's executive director.
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The Journal News/December 5, 2007
Yonkers education summit to feature speech by Bloomberg
A $500-a-plate breakfast featuring New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg will launch a nonprofit organization's
2008 fundraising drive for Yonkers schools. Yonkers Partners in Education will host the Jan. 15 breakfast and education
summit at the Yonkers Public Library's Riverfront Branch. About 400 city residents are invited to attend the post-breakfast
event that will feature an address by Bloomberg, followed by work sessions where community representatives will
discuss how to improve education in the city. more
Westchester County Business Journal/December 3, 2007
Wendy
Nadel – Partner in Excellence
Remember the SATs? Bird is to steamboat as frying pan is to … ? Or: Train A leaves the station heading south at
72 m.p.h. … ? Your palms could be sweaty just recalling the ordeal. When the next round of the student-dreaded SATs
take place, the Yonkers public school system stands ready to deliver a shock to the system an extremely positive
shock. Through the efforts of the public-private Yonkers Partners in Education and its Executive Director Wendy
R. Nadel, students who might otherwise have taken the college entrance exams cold will now arrive hot.
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The Journal News/September 6, 2007
Yonkers Nonprofit Dedicated to Public Schools Opens Offices Downtown
Mayor Phil Amicone and other officials today inaugurated the offices of a foundation that will raise private money
for the city's public schools. A small crowd gathered at new offices of the Yonkers Partners in Education at 86
Main St, downtown this morning to reaffirm the nonprofit group's commitment to enhancing the quality of education
for the city's 25,022 public school children. more
Yonkers Tribune/August 15, 2007
Yonkers
Partners in Education to Provide Free SAT Tutoring in Yonkers High School
Yonkers Partners in Education, (YPIE) a newly formed non-profit organization that supports the Yonkers public schools
through alliances with the private sector and the community, announced the kick off of an innovative program, designed
to benefit disadvantaged Yonkers public school students.
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Westchester1.com/August 15, 2007
Yonkers
Partners in Education Kicks off Kaplan Test Prep Partnership
(YPIE) a newly formed non-profit organization that supports the Yonkers public schools through alliances with
the private sector and the community, is pleased to kick off an innovative program, designed to benefit disadvantaged
Yonkers public school students.
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