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Dec
17
60 City Council Candidates Promise To Support Free & Fully Funded CUNY

60 City Council Candidates Promise To Support Free & Fully Funded CUNY

Broken ceilings at Brooklyn College. (Photo via the cuny_brokelyn_college Instagram page, which highlights broken facilities on the CUNY
3 min read
Dec
16
Snow will keep school buildings closed Thursday, but remote learning will continue for all

Snow will keep school buildings closed Thursday, but remote learning will continue for all

Snow in Bensonhurst. Liena Zagare/BklynerBy Alex Zimmerman, Chalkbeat New York [https://ny.chalkbeat.org/2020/12/16/22179223/snow-day-nyc-remote-learning]
2 min read
Dec
15
GallopNYC Gets New Yorkers with Disabilities Back in the Saddle

GallopNYC Gets New Yorkers with Disabilities Back in the Saddle

Approximately two dozen horses live at GallopNYC’s stables, including privately-owned boarder horses like this one. Cheyenne Ligon/BklynerIn The
4 min read
Dec
10
Brooklyn Student Wins College Scholarship

Brooklyn Student Wins College Scholarship

Laura Rendon Albarracin at her internship at the Whitney Museum.Laura Rendon Albarracin, 19, is a freshman at St. Joseph’
4 min read
Dec
03
Wiley’s Gun Violence Prevention Plan Sees All Kids As “Worthy And Deserving”

Wiley’s Gun Violence Prevention Plan Sees All Kids As “Worthy And Deserving”

Mayoral hopeful Maya Wiley (Flatbush) unveiled her gun violence prevention plan [https://mayawileyformayor.com/gun-violence-prevention/] yesterday. The announcement comes as
4 min read
Dec
03
Opinion: Parent Engagement for a Remote World

Opinion: Parent Engagement for a Remote World

Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza, courtesy of NYC DOE.As we approach the end of an unprecedented year, I reflect on
2 min read
Dec
02
$4.6 Million Secured For Coney Island High School Greenhouse

$4.6 Million Secured For Coney Island High School Greenhouse

A rendering of the greenhouse.CONEY ISLAND – A total of $4.6 million has been secured for a brand new
3 min read
Nov
30
Middle & High Schools Will Not Return In-Person Before 2021

Middle & High Schools Will Not Return In-Person Before 2021

Photo by Sharon McCutcheon on UnsplashWhat is the City doing to improve and serve and teach the vast majority of
3 min read
Nov
30
NYC Elementary School Students Can Head Back to Buildings Dec. 7

NYC Elementary School Students Can Head Back to Buildings Dec. 7

Photo by Kelly Sikkema [https://unsplash.com/@kellysikkema?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] on
5 min read
Nov
24
New Building Coming To Medgar Evers College Prep

New Building Coming To Medgar Evers College Prep

Mayor Bill de Blasio announces the groundbreaking on the 681-seat school building for the Medgar Evers College Preparatory School in
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