Central Brooklyn
Photo by Charles Deluvio on UnsplashI have lost count how many hours this summer I have devoted to zoom calls and group chat conversations with fellow parents about how each of my three kids’ schools is planning for reopening. It approaches full-time employment. The list of questions unanswered stretches down
Announcements
Naomi Nesmith (left) and Ayan Rahman. (Photos were given by Nesmith and Rahman) BROOKLYN – For Naomi Nesmith (18) and Ayan Rahman (18), March 13 — the day the NYC Schools shut down in the face of COVID-19 pandemic — was their last day of high school before college. Their last semester of
Central Brooklyn
The Democratic Primary election for the Mayor of New York is less than a year away, and it’s starting to get hard to keep track of all the people running or thinking of running. There are talented public servants, like Speaker Corey Johnson, Comptroller Scott Stringer, our Borough President
Education
Mapleton School /P.S. 48. Liena Zagare/BklynerBy Amy Zimmer, originally published in Chalkbeat New York The following is a collaboration between Streetsblog [https://www.streetsblog.org/], which covers the movement for livable streets, and Chalkbeat [http://ny.chalkbeat.org], which covers education. A Brooklyn lawmaker has joined the growing
COVID-19
Photo by Ben Mullins [https://unsplash.com/@benmullins?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] on Unsplash [https://unsplash.com/s/photos/school-test?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] By Reema Amin, originally published in Chalkbeat New York [https://ny.chalkbeat.
COVID-19
Mayor Bill de Blasio holds a media availability. Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office.For the past few weeks, Mayor Bill de Blasio has been lauding the incredible response rate from parents in response to the Back to School survey the city’s Department of Education (DOE) conducted between June 15
Brooklyn Heights
St. Francis College in Brooklyn Heights. Courtesy of the college.St Francis College [https://www.sfc.edu/]‘s President Miguel Martinez-Saenz believes in creating ‘conditions for hope.’ The pandemic has made his work even more urgent. “Our students can’t afford a gap year. A gap year is a luxury.
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Jamel Floyd protest. (Photo: Adrian Childress/Bklyner)BROWNSVILLE – To bring the conversation of race inside the classroom and to give a platform for the community to voice their feelings and be heard, students, mental health counselors, and the administration at Brooklyn Collegiate Preparatory High School created a social justice task
Central Brooklyn
PARK SLOPE – On Tuesday morning at the corner of 4th Avenue and 9th Street, dozens of families stood outside the Holy Family – St. Thomas Aquinas Church. The families were from the Queen of the Rosary Catholic Academy in Williamsburg [https://queenoftherosarybrooklyn.org/] and were chanting and waving signs. As trucks
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A student from P.S.257 made this poster to encourage people to fill out the census. (Photo via HITN)BROOKLYN – To encourage residents to fill out the 2020 census and to raise awareness of the need for children to be counted, HITN, a non-profit organization, launched the ¡Tú Cuentas!
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Mayor Bill de Blasio holds a media availability. City Hall. Thursday, July 16, 2020. Credit: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office.By Christina Veiga, Originally published in Chalkbeat New York [https://ny.chalkbeat.org/2020/7/16/21327364/nyc-vows-to-open-child-care-part-time-school] With students poised to be in school buildings only part-time this fall,
community
Unite NY Rally on Juneteenth 2020. Adrian Childress/BklynerStudents may be drawn first to the calming impacts of mindfulness, but mindfulness can also be seen as empowerment – a way to eliminate the internal obstacles that stop them from stepping fully into their power, dignity, and creativity – essential tools on the