In the Media   Enter SRA/Open Court: Success with Open Court: Public School 161, Crown Heights, Brooklyn SRA/Open Court Seven Promising Programs for Reading and English Language Arts The American Federation of Teachers.org Winners of the 2002 Ezra Jack Keats Foundation / NYC Board of Education Bookmaking Awards Ezra Jack Keats Foundation (2/1/03) Writing Webpages with Wesley "GOOD" Good School Web Sites By Wesley A. Fryer (2/1/03) Senate Democratic Conference School District 17 Parents Bring Education Concerns to Senator Velmanette Montgomery (3/22/02) P.S. 161 in the Press: Inside Schools: P.S. 161 Crown School (Updated 2002) INAUGURAL RECIPIENTS OF “PRIDE OF SRA” AWARDS ANNOUNCED Winners this year include: PS 161 Crown Heights, Brooklyn, N.Y. (June 2001) Book: PowerTools for Women in Business: "10 Ways to Succeed in Life and Work" Janet Young (Technology Dept.) is profiled in the context of motivating and inspiring women to Tackle Technology (Chapter 5.) Author: Aliza Sherman (October 2001) Educational Publisher SRA/McGraw-Hill Champions Crown Heights' Public School 161 as a "Profile In Success" (PDF) (3/14/01) Da*Di "Promoting Academic Excellence" Children For Children "Children's Advisory Board Gears Up" (MS Word doc.) Push for literacy helps parents help their children SYBIL FIX, Of The Post and Courier staff (3/2/00) Townhall.com No Excuses By Walter E. Williams (5/3/00) McGraw-Hill profiles P.S. 161 Crown School Results... (PDF) scroll to page 11) Converge Magazine Making the Most of What You Have by Marlene Hamerling The New York Times Editorial Notebook; Giving Public Schools a Good Name (4/24/99) A Report on Minority Student Achievement In the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools The Excellence in Education Award Awarded by Brooklyn Borough President, Howard Golden - (5/22/97) Town Meeting at P.S. 161 This item (by Diane Ravitch) is on the page of Education Week  (4/16/97) Teacher Magazine Storybook School by Jessica Siegel (10/8/97) Teacher Magazine Connections: Failure and Success by Ronald A. Wolk (10/97) Forbes Magazine In the Classroom by Diane Ravitch (6/2/97) The New York Teacher/City Edition A Couple of Crown Jewels by Ellie Spielberg (11/3/97) Separate and Unequal: Making the Grade: 6th Grade High-Minority Schools* Where 90% or More Scored Above Minimum on Grade 6 Reading Test, 1996 The Public Policy Institute is CARIB NEWS PS 161- A School Functioning To Perfection by Seymour Ien (5/18/93)    This site was rated "Safe for all ages."