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Why You Should Run For A Seat On Community Education Council – Fellow Parents Tell All

Tevina Willis, lead community organizer for the nonprofit Red Hook Initiative, listened to officials explain rezoning plans for District 15 at a meeting that was held at P.S. 676.Are you a parent concerned with the future of public school education in your district? Have the recent decisions on

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Education, Solar Energy, and Student Aid Startups Win Annual Brooklyn Innovation Award

The winners of the Downtown Brooklyn Partnership’s “Make It in Brooklyn” competition: Ilona Wilcox of UrbanEnergy, Tammy Kwan of Cognitive ToyBox, and David Helene of Edquity.Three Brooklyn startups focused on increasing access to green energy, remote education and student financial aid have “made it.” Or, at the very

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A Healthcare Career Hub Coming To Crown Heights

Medgar Evers College will host a Healthcare Career Hub, Mayor de Blasio announced last week. “In the years ahead, we will make New York City the public health capital of the world,” said Mayor Bill de Blasio in his State of the City Address. “We’re going to create opportunities

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Enrollment in NYC schools is down 4% amid the pandemic. How many students has your school lost?

By Alex Zimmerman and Gabrielle LaMarr LeMee, Chalkbeat New York The number of public school students has fallen sharply across New York City this year, declining 4%, or roughly 43,000, according to new city and state data that offer the most detailed portrait yet of enrollment trends during the

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Middle School Screens and G&T Hot Issues at D16 Town Hall With Schools Chancellor Carranza

Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza during D16 Town Hall. Zoom screenshot.Tuesday evening, January 26, saw Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza take part in a town hall with School District 16, which covers the eastern part of Bedford-Stuyvesant. The Chancellor is required to hold town halls with each district in New York

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Council Member Treyger and City Bar Association Call on City to Speed Up Shelter Wifi Installation

Council Member Mark TreygerThe city needs to pick up the pace when it comes to installing wifi in homeless shelters, argue the City Council’s education chair and the head of the NYC Bar Association. In a joint letter sent yesterday, Council Member Mark Treyger and NYC Bar Association president

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Assembly Member Colton Rages Against Proposed Park at Gravesend Schoolyard

Assembly Member William ColtonAssembly Member William Colton is calling on southern Brooklyn residents to take to their cars to protest the conversion of a Gravesend schoolyard into a public park. In a strongly-worded press release sent Tuesday afternoon, Colton called on residents to join “a community motorcade” in opposition to

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Calling All Public School Students: Applications open for the 3rd Annual New York City Public School Film Festival (PSA)

New York, NY – The Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment announces that applications are open for the 3rd Annual New York City Public School Film Festival. NYC Department of Education (DOE) students can apply now through March 16, 2021. The NYC Public School Film Festival, which honors the diversity

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New Chipotle Hosts Sunset Park High School PTA Fundraiser Today!

Today, between 4-8 pm, Sunset Park’s new Chipotle Mexican Grill will be helping the Sunset Park High School PTA raise money for their school. The location opened on January 12th and features a ‘Chipotlane‘, or a drive-thru that allows people to order their meals online and pick them up

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Chancellor To Appoint Trustees To Restore Order to Brownsville’s CEC23

Community Education Council 23 (CEC23) which covers Brownsville, Ocean Hill, and parts of East New York, has only four members out of six required to have a quorum and thus find themselves in the peculiar position of being unable to even restore quorum. The Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza is likely

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Letting Kids Down: Dysfunctional Brownsville Community Education Council Has Lacked Quorum Since October

CECs, which are part of the Department of Education’s governmental structure, are meant to be the parent advocates for their districts. The Councils are “charged with promoting student achievement, advising and commenting on educational policies, and providing input to the chancellor and the Panel for Educational Policy,” according to

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A Shot At A Fair Future: Foster Youth Call on Mayor To Fund Essential Programs

Ericka Francois, Fair Futures Youth Advocacy Youth Coordinator. Image from the virtual rally.Foster youth and elected officials called on Mayor Bill De Blasio yesterday to secure essential funding to support young people in foster care across Brooklyn and NYC. Fair Futures, a coalition of child welfare agencies, nonprofits, and

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District 13 Aims For More Integrated Middle Schools

By Christina Veiga, Chalkbeat New York Middle schools in a diverse corner of Brooklyn will implement admissions changes this year in hopes of creating more integrated classrooms. At all 10 middle schools in District 13, students who come from low-income families or live in temporary housing will be given an

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The Brooklyn Book Bodega Looks to Fill the Borough with “100 Book Homes”

Volunteers from the Brooklyn Navy Yard distribute books at a Brooklyn Book Bodega event in Fort Greene in November. The event was organized in partnership with the Ingersoll Residents Association and Ingersoll Cornerstone Community Center. Book Bodega co-founder Seema Aghera is second from the left; co-founder Rebecca Cohen is on

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The Brooklyn Nets Campus Food Pantry Opens in Bed-Stuy

The Brooklyn Nets Food Pantry at PS/IS 308 presented by HSS. (Photo by Michelle Farsi)A public school in Bed Stuy is getting a campus food pantry, thanks to the generosity of the Brooklyn Nets and the Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS). P.S. / I.S. 308, Clara Cardwell

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Southern Brooklyn Parents React To Ending of Gifted & Talented Screenings

When it was announced Monday afternoon that the Department of Education (DOE)’s Gifted and Talented (G&T) exams would cease after this school year, many parents were outraged, particularly those who live or have children attending schools in Southern Brooklyn. Carrie, a single mom who’s son attends

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No More G&T Screening After This Spring, Plan Calls For Changing Teachers Perceptions?

Mayor Bill de Blasio holds a media availability with Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza. City Hall. Wednesday, January 13, 2021. Credit: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office.Following yesterday’s breaking news that NYC DOE will no longer administer the Gifted & Talented test to select children for academic tracking after this

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COVID-19 Cases Rising Faster Among Teachers & Staff

By Matt Barnum, Chalkbeat In New York, Texas, and a slice of the rest of the country where data is available, teachers and other staff where school buildings are open have higher COVID-19 infection rates than their surrounding communities. Critically, the data does not show whether teachers caught the virus

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Lester Young Jr. makes history as NY’s first Black chancellor for Board of Regents

New York’s Board of Regents elected Regent Lester Young Jr. as its first Black chancellor. New York State Education DepartmentBy Reema Amin, Chalkbeat New York. The state Board of Regents made history Monday, electing Lester Young Jr. as its first Black chancellor. A former New York City educator and

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Your Booklist in Response to Capitol Invasion, Courtesy of BPL

Greenpoint Library via BPL’s websiteIn response to the invasion of the Capitol on Jan 6, Brooklyn Public Library has put together a list of books for Brooklynites to read to better understand the historic moment. The list includes both modern and historical fiction and nonfiction books surrounding socio-political upheaval

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Hot Lunches To Take Home For Schoolchildren Finally An Option

While the majority of schoolchildren are learning remotely, many of them depend on school food for nutrition. To make sure no kid goes hungry, the city set up pickup locations for free breakfasts and lunches – grab and go kits that can be picked up by kids or their parents. Unfortunately,

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Affordable Housing To Be Built At The Site of Former 19-Century School Building

Flatbush District #1 School Building in 1931. (Photo: Brooklyn Public Library)The city is looking to develop the former site of P.S. 90 at the corner of Church and Bedford avenues in Flatbush into affordable housing and community space. The New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development

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“Dog-and-Pony Show” – Brooklyn Parents Criticize The Search For New Schools Superintendent

Entrance to D20’s headquarters. Megan McGibney/BklynerWhen Karina Costantino, the longtime superintendent of District 20 (D20) in Southern Brooklyn, retired late last summer, the search for her replacement was imminent. However, Alan Aja, the IEP representative on the district’s Community Education Council (CEC), noticed he was not invited

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COVID-19 Rates Around 9%, Pathetic Vaccine Rollout, Schools Remain Open

The news this Monday morning could be better. January 3 numbers reported by NYS.Instead, New York state is approaching 9% infection rates (8.34%), City is at 9% by its own count, and the curve looks awfully close to exceeding the peak of what we saw in the spring.

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‘Nutcracker’ Performance Sweetens Brooklyn Students’ Pandemic-Wracked Year

Anna CampanelliBy Claudia Irizarry Aponte, THE CITY. This article was originally published by THE CITY It was looking like the annual student performance of “The Nutcracker” at the PS9 The Sarah Smith Garnet School in Brooklyn would meet the same fate as the canceled spring recital. But dance teacher Iris