Author: Cassie Giraldo
Ethan Moskowitz
Age: 13 Neighborhood: Park Slope, Brooklyn Middle School: Park Slope Collegiate High School: Park Slope Collegiate (first and only choice) It was September 2013, the first day of sixth grade at …
Read More
Learning to Behave: One School Cuts Suspensions Using Empathy
Teachers at a Brooklyn 6th through 12th grade school believe students lack the skill, not the will to behave. A new approach to discipline brought its suspension rate down from 23 to 2 percent in 4 years.
Read MoreIn Photos: Students “Not Suspects” Paint in Protest
Students at Park Slope Collegiate, a small 6-12 public school in Brooklyn, have been working for the last year to bring a new mural to their school walls. This …
Read More
Building a Student Movement One Paint Stroke at a Time
A “Students Not Scanners” movement at Park Slope Collegiate begins with a student-made mural, and a dose of outrage.
Read MoreNewark the Next Flint? Newark Schools Begin Testing Children’s Lead Levels
The New York Times reports that a week after finding unsafe lead levels in the water in Newark, New Jersey, 30 of the district’s 67 schools have shut off their water and …
Read MoreBuzzFeed Investigates Rape Case at Brooklyn Middle School
“Sent Home From Middle School After Reporting A Rape,” an investigative piece by BuzzFeed News breaks down what happened to a middle school girl referred to as “G” after her …
Read More
In Their Own Words: The volatile world of high school admissions, round two
Covering Education students speak to middle school students who did not get into their first choice high school for next year. Some heartbreaks, some hope. Read the story in Chalkbeat.org
Read MoreVoices of high school admissions, round two
Columbia Journalism students from our 2016 Covering Education class teamed up with Chalkbeat New York to speak with middle schoolers and their families about the high school admission process at …
Read MoreChancellor Fariña takes preemptive steps against Opt-Out Movement
According to the New York Daily News who obtained a letter addressed to school principals Tuesday night, NYC Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña has urged principals to remind parents that the upcoming state …
Read More