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Jan
14
I’m a white teacher who chose a high-poverty school for my daughter. Here’s why.

I’m a white teacher who chose a high-poverty school for my daughter. Here’s why.

Originally posted on Chalkbeat [https://www.chalkbeat.org/posts/ny/2019/01/11/white-teacher-mother-school-choice-segregation-nyc/?utm_source=republish&utm_medium=
7 min read
Jan
09
Landmarked Erasmus Hall Academy Building No Longer In Danger of Demolition By Neglect

Landmarked Erasmus Hall Academy Building No Longer In Danger of Demolition By Neglect

Erasmus Academy in 1879. (Image: The Brooklyn Museum)FLATBUSH – The original Erasmus Hall Academy building in the school’s courtyard
4 min read
Jan
07
James Madison HS Student Writes About Celia Cruz, Being Unapologetically Black And Wins

James Madison HS Student Writes About Celia Cruz, Being Unapologetically Black And Wins

“Don’t bring this check to the bank,” Chaim Deutsch joked. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)MARINE PARK – Every year Altice
4 min read
Jan
02
Citywide Ban On Styrofoam Now In Effect

Citywide Ban On Styrofoam Now In Effect

GOWANUS – The city’s styrofoam ban went into effect Tuesday, January 1, 2019, a law reaching as far back as
2 min read
Dec
28
Emma’s Torch Honored With ‘Hero Of The Month’ Award

Emma’s Torch Honored With ‘Hero Of The Month’ Award

CARROLL GARDENS – Borough President Eric Adams honored Emma’s Torch on Thursday with a “Hero of the Month” award. The
2 min read
Dec
04
Teens Take Charge – Education Panel On What It’s Like To Be Left Behind

Teens Take Charge – Education Panel On What It’s Like To Be Left Behind

High school student experts and education policy adult experts on a panel last night at the Brooklyn Public Library. By
5 min read
Nov
29
After contentious fight, Success Academy middle school will be allowed to open alongside Brooklyn’s P.S. 25

After contentious fight, Success Academy middle school will be allowed to open alongside Brooklyn’s P.S. 25

P.S. 25 Eubie Blake School [/tag/p-s-25/]By Alex Zimmerman [https://www.chalkbeat.org/author/azimmerman/] of Chalkbeat [https:
2 min read
Nov
14
4th Graders Host Empty Bowls Event To Support Food Bank NYC

4th Graders Host Empty Bowls Event To Support Food Bank NYC

COBBLE HILL – Dozens of fourth graders at Success Academy Cobble Hill participated in the school’s first-ever Empty Bowls fundraiser
4 min read
Nov
08

East Flatbush Infants Are Six Times More Likely To Die Than Those From Upper East Side – Local Moms Are Working To Change That

Pedestrians walk the streets of East Flatbush, Brooklyn in October 2018. Photo by Larisa Karr/BklynerDanni Ai dug feverishly with
3 min read
Nov
05
As city starts collecting data on inequities in PTA fundraising, the search is on for potential solutions

As city starts collecting data on inequities in PTA fundraising, the search is on for potential solutions

Families from Community Roots Charter School in Brooklyn hold a bake sale. ChalkbeatBy Reema Amin, Chalkbeat When Susan Moesker’s
7 min read