South Bronx – School Stories

Newly Arrived Immigrant Teens Learning Math Through Language

May 4, 2016March 25, 2020 - by Anjali Tsui

“In the Dominican Republic, two plus two equals four,” said a sophomore in the Bronx’s International Community High School for brand new immigrant kids. “Here, you have to explain why it’s four.”

Bookshelf

Book Review: Stories of Survival Along the City’s Margins

March 16, 2016March 25, 2020 - by Jamie Martines

Adrian Nicole LeBlanc’s Random Family explores a range of themes: cyclical poverty, failure of the social services system, the value of education and inequality of women and girls, just to …

Sub-Featured / Teacher Project

Surviving the First Year, Day by Day, in the South Bronx

March 28, 2014May 13, 2014 - by Dartunorro Clark

Just getting through the first year is an accomplishment for a new teacher, but Emma Schneider, 31, is determined to make a difference in the lives of her students at the Urban Assembly School for Applied Math and Science in the Bronx.

Voices

Passing on a Sense of Mission

May 1, 2012May 10, 2012 - by Celia Llopis-Jepsen

Akilah Irvin, 24, now runs the same community organization that she helped found as a teenager.