Education Reporting in NYC
Neighborhood: Dyker Heights, Brooklyn Current School: I.S. 187, Borough Park, Brooklyn First Choice High Schools: Stuyvesant High School, Beacon High School, Edward R. Murrow High School Admitted: Stuyvesant High School, Tribeca, Manhattan Friday, March 4 …
Read MoreNeighborhood: Crown Heights, Brooklyn Current School: M.S. 51, Park Slope, Brooklyn First Choice: Brooklyn Technical High School, Beacon High School Admitted: Admitted to Brooklyn Technical High School, Fort Greene, Brooklyn For the last …
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The benefits of good after-school programs are well known for those kids whose parents aren’t yet home from work. But at many schools like Brownsville’s P.S. 446, before-school programs are needed too.
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Looping is when teachers stay with the same class of students for more than one year. At Brownsville’s P.S. 446, teachers say it works well for maintaining discipline, and it’s even better for helping them improve as teachers.
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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 …
Read MoreLong Island University Announces 67th Annual George Polk Awards In Journalism Coverage of Heroin Addiction, Human Rights, and Sexual Assault Among 17 Winners in 16 Categories BROOKLYN, N.Y., Feb. 14, …
Read MoreU.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, who was found dead Saturday at age 79, brought his conservative and originalist outlook to scores of education cases during his nearly three decades …
Read MoreThe death of the longtime Supreme Court justice and conservative stalwart Antonin Scalia has widespread ramifications for American politics and policy. For higher education, the most immediately apparent consequence is …
Read MoreTo be updated throughout the weekend: a roundup of reports and commentary around the web about the Success Academy video leaked by the New York Times this week. Here’s the …
Read MoreAsher Mansdorf is the son of an immigrant restaurant worker, attended New York City public schools, and today serves on a Long Island school board. But his bid to join …
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