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Feb
04
Facing Low Enrollment, Achievement First Shuts a Crown Heights Elementary School

Facing Low Enrollment, Achievement First Shuts a Crown Heights Elementary School

Parents pleaded with Achievement First officials to keep their Voyager elementary campus open. PHOTO CREDIT: Matt Barnum/ChalkbeatBy Christina Veiga,
3 min read
Jan
30
Two Brooklyn Schools Set to ‘Merge’ for Integration, Space

Two Brooklyn Schools Set to ‘Merge’ for Integration, Space

A mural on the wall of Public School 305 in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. Photo: Ben Fractenberg/THE CITYBy Claudia Irizarry Aponte,
4 min read
Jan
29
NYC Spends A Record $28K Per Student, But The State Is Footing A Smaller Portion Of That Bill

NYC Spends A Record $28K Per Student, But The State Is Footing A Smaller Portion Of That Bill

Spring Creek Educational Campus. Nigel Roberts/BklynerOriginally posted on Chalkbeat [https://chalkbeat.org/posts/ny/2020/01/27/nyc-spends-a-record-28k-per-student-but-the-state-is-footing-less-of-that-bill/?utm_
5 min read
Jan
27
Seeing Red: School Blasts City for Ignoring Dangerous Traffic Conditions

Seeing Red: School Blasts City for Ignoring Dangerous Traffic Conditions

The back entrance of PS229 in Dyker Heights, on Bay 7 Street and Benson Avenue. Rachel Baron/Bklyner.DYKER HEIGHTS
6 min read
Jan
23
What are the Long-Term Solutions to Anti-Semitic Hate Crimes?

What are the Long-Term Solutions to Anti-Semitic Hate Crimes?

High School students marched down Eastern Parkway to the Jewish Children’s Museum in January chanting Love, Not Hate. Liena
3 min read
Jan
23
Where to Celebrate Chinese New Year This Weekend

Where to Celebrate Chinese New Year This Weekend

Ring in the Year of the Rat with these special Chinese and Lunar New Year celebrations: make puppets with the
3 min read
Jan
17
Mayor de Blasio’s NYC Budget Proposal Calls for Cuts to Teacher Training

Mayor de Blasio’s NYC Budget Proposal Calls for Cuts to Teacher Training

Mayor Bill de Blasio presents New York City’s Preliminary Budget for Fiscal Year 2021. Blue Room, City Hall. Thursday,
4 min read
Jan
10
After Years of Parent Advocacy, NYC is Piloting Dyslexia Screening Tool at Two Brooklyn Schools

After Years of Parent Advocacy, NYC is Piloting Dyslexia Screening Tool at Two Brooklyn Schools

Imagine Mural at PS130. Bklyner fileOriginally posted on Chalkbeat [https://chalkbeat.org/posts/ny/2020/01/10/after-years-of-parent-advocacy-nyc-is-piloting-dyslexia-screening-tool-at-two-brooklyn-schools/?utm_source=
5 min read
Jan
09
Letter To The Editor: Here’s Why Urban Dove Needs To Find A Different Location

Letter To The Editor: Here’s Why Urban Dove Needs To Find A Different Location

East 21st Street in Midwood. Liena Zagare/BklynerIn response to our articles about Urban Dove charter school renting school space
5 min read
Jan
06
After a Wave of Anti-Semitic Violence, NYC Schools Plans Curriculum to Combat Hate

After a Wave of Anti-Semitic Violence, NYC Schools Plans Curriculum to Combat Hate

First Lady McCray and Chancellor Richard Carranza visit Franklin Delano Roosevelt High School in Brooklyn for a discussion on anti-Semitism
4 min read