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Gun violence summit

Bronx Times

‘The Bronx needs this’: Angellyh Yambo Foundation’s Youth Gun Violence Summit shows support for borough’s youth

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Adams backpedals on cuts to Community Schools, student summer program

Posted on January 12, 2024

Some Americans will get their student loans canceled in February as Biden accelerates his new plan

Posted on January 12, 2024

Finance

What to know about changes to this year’s FAFSA application for college students

Posted on January 12, 2024

Gov. Kathy Hochul, joined by the state's Office of Mental Health Commissioner Ann Sullivan, announced "sweeping investments" in mental health services, especially for youth, in a press conference on Jan. 11, 2023.

Bronx Times

Gov. Hochul announces $50M to expand inpatient mental health care

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Brooklyn Paper

Parents, pols to rally outside James Madison High School after Floyd Bennett Field migrant relocation forces students online

Governor Kathy Hochul announces new reading initiative

Politics

‘Back to basics’: Hochul proposes overhaul to how New York schools teach reading

Posted on January 3, 2024

Harvard President Claudine Gay resigns amid plagiarism claims and backlash from antisemitism testimony

Posted on January 2, 2024

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Politics

‘Bittersweet’ Christmas for NYC schools who receive low funding boost to help educate homeless students

Posted on December 24, 2023

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Bronx Times

New York Cares coat drive, gift distribution brings smiles to students at PS/MS 31 in Melrose

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In private texts, NYC Ed Council reps, congressional candidate demean LGBTQ kids

Posted on December 14, 2023

Inspector Kevin Taylor, Commanding Officer of the Department’s School Safety Division with school safety agents.

NYPD to beef up security at city schools following series of violent incidents

Posted on December 12, 2023

Gov. Kathy Hochul proposed spending $2.4 billion on migrants.

Hochul threatens legal action against New York colleges that fail to combat antisemitism

Posted on December 12, 2023

Columbia University's Low Memorial Library in 2022.

Politics

This new bill could mean the end of a lofty property tax exemption for Columbia, NYU

Posted on December 11, 2023

Nandy Del Castillo, member of the Brooklyn Kindergarten Society parents network,

Brooklyn Paper

Toddlers and entrepreneurial parents find support network at the Brooklyn Kindergarten Society

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Opinion

Op-Ed | Thankful for CUNY

Posted on November 21, 2023

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Schneps Podcasts

Fostering Equity for NY’s K-12 After School and Summer Programs w Rachel Gazdick

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Bronx Times

NYC’s free after-school culinary program is serving up more than just a SNACC

Arts & Entertainment

Classes on celebrities like Taylor Swift and Rick Ross are engaging a new generation of law students

Posted on November 13, 2023

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Business

Op-ed | New York needs to boost financial education in our schools

Posted on November 11, 2023

New York is developing education program to raise awareness of the dangers of medically unnecessary surgery on intersex children

Posted on November 10, 2023

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Bronx Times

Family of city DOT commish sues Bronx private school over claims of repeated ‘racist incidents’

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Op-Ed | Boosting student success

Posted on October 31, 2023

Politics

Biden administration is moving toward a narrower student loan relief targeting groups of borrowers

Posted on October 31, 2023

Nation

More antisemitism at NY colleges: Cornell University investigates online violent threats to Jewish students

Posted on October 30, 2023

Students, faculty, parents, and police are at odds over an alleged antisemitic incident that took place inside Cooper Union College on Oct. 26.

Editorial | What are they teaching at NYC college campuses where antisemitism thrives?

Posted on October 29, 2023

Politics

War in Israel | Students protest alleged antisemitism at Columbia University

Posted on October 26, 2023

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Lost in numbers: As NYC educators look to overcome dyslexia, some wonder what will be done to help those with the math disability dyscalculia

Posted on October 26, 2023

First New York City chapter of Moms for Liberty launches in Queens

Posted on October 19, 2023

MetroCards

Op-Ed

Op-ed | The city should provide free MetroCards to CUNY students

Posted on October 16, 2023

Schools near a Maui wildfire burn zone are reopening. Parents wrestle with whether to send kids back

Posted on October 15, 2023

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NYC test scores: Chancellor Banks touts higher math, English marks among students

Posted on October 5, 2023

The US is forgiving more federal student loans in a bid to tackle ‘unsustainable debt’ for borrowers

Posted on October 4, 2023

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Opinion

Op-Ed | Attention NYC seniors! CUNY has a degree and a place waiting for you!

Posted on October 3, 2023

NYC Schools Chancellor David Banks

Op-ed | The purpose of school: Bright starts and bold futures

Posted on October 2, 2023

A teacher at Flushing High School has been reassigned after allegedly hurling anti-gay remarks towards an individual during a road rage incident.

Gay City News

NYC teacher reassigned from students after homophobic tirade

Books

DOE launches new HIV curriculum across all grades in New York City public schools

Posted on September 27, 2023

The Museum of the City of New York’s new exhibit, “Beware of Foreign Influence,” studies the history of immigration and the backlash to new arrivals in the 1800s.

NYC museum launches new exhibit on City’s immigration history and nativist backlash

Posted on September 26, 2023

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Civil liberties group calls on DOE to publicize sex-ed curriculum

Posted on September 25, 2023

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Op-Ed

Op-ed | The impact of the New York City Reads curriculum

Posted on September 25, 2023

The New York City Council’s Black, Latino and Asian Caucus and the Day Care Council of New York held a press conference about a new report detailing the salary disparities between the city's early childhood education programs and their counterparts at school-based programs at City Hall on Thursday, Sept. 19, 2023.

City Council report finds that pay parity is still an issue for early childhood educators

Posted on September 22, 2023

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School bus strike largely avoided after agreement is reached with most companies: ATU Local 1181

Posted on September 21, 2023

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Literacy, programming and career prep among focal points of Chancellor Banks’ ‘State of Our Schools’ address

Posted on September 20, 2023

Police officers gesture towards the scene of a triple stabbing outside of Brownsville Academy High School.

Brooklyn Paper

Three stabbed outside Brownsville Academy High School: NYPD

First GED test center

First GED test center for people with disabilities in New York City now officially open

Posted on September 13, 2023

Inspector Kevin Taylor

Back to school: Commanding Officer of NYPD School Safety Division talks new protocols, youth employment initiative

Posted on September 10, 2023

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Ten new New York City school buildings opened with over 4,400 new seats for the 2023-24 school year

Posted on September 8, 2023

Politics

‘What I want for him is a future’: NYC migrant parents send their children off on their first day of school

Posted on September 8, 2023

More from around NYC

What’s happening | Ballet, tree planting and more

97th Annual Oscars – Arrivals

Adrien Brody and Zoe Saldaña bring Oscar glory to Queens at the 97th Academy Awards

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Nurses at NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn receive immediate raise after reaching contract agreement, avoiding strike

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Manhattan DA’s Office looks to reverse trend of anti-LGBTQ hate crimes