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The New York Charter Schools Act of 1998, as amended, is codified as Education Law, §§ 2850–2857. Regulations appear in New York Codes, Rules and Regulations (NYCRR). Any locality that has authorization to establish charter schools may have local law governing the process. The 1998 State statutory provisions passed when then- Governor ...

Phillips Academy was founded during the American Revolution as an all-boys school in 1778 by Samuel Phillips Jr.. Phillips Academy's traditional rival is Phillips Exeter Academy, which was established three years later in Exeter, New Hampshire, by Samuel Phillips' uncle, Dr. John Phillips, who was also a major contributor to Andover's founding.

The space policy of the Barack Obama administration was announced by U.S. President Barack Obama on April 15, 2010, at a major space policy speech at Kennedy Space Center. He committed to increasing NASA funding by $6 billion over five years and completing the design of a new heavy-lift launch vehicle by 2015 and to begin construction thereafter.

The Pingry School is a coeducational, independent, college preparatory country day school in New Jersey, with a Lower School (K-5) campus in the Short Hills neighborhood of Millburn, and a Middle (6-8) and Upper School (9-12) campus in the Basking Ridge section of Bernards Township.

Founded in 1872 by Julius Sachs as part of the Sachs Collegiate Institute, Dwight School was first known as "The Sachs School," then The Franklin School. Originally located on West 34th Street and Broadway, it relocated several times as it grew, ultimately moving to 18 West 89th Street in 1912. Sachs, a noted educator and author (and scion of ...

Legoland New York Resort is a theme park in Goshen, New York, themed after the Lego toy brand. Consisting 150 acres (61 ha) of seven themed lands on a property of 500 acres (200 ha). The park contains numerous structures made of Lego or designed to resemble Lego. Though the park is targeted toward kids 2 to 12 years old as well as Lego ...