parenting
Kohl’s at Caesar’s Bay Shoping Center (Source: Google Maps)Love shopping at Kohl’s? Well, Kohl’s loves you too, and now the department store is giving back. Kohl’s has announced it will award nearly $400,000 in scholarships and prizes to more than 2,500 students
1100 Newkirk Avenue
If you’ve been curious about whether PS 217 [http://ps217brooklyn.org/] is the right fit for your child, Wednesday, November 19 is a great time to find out. PS 217 (1100 Newkirk Avenue, between Westminster Road and Coney Island Avenue) will host an open house for parents from 8:
Education
Sure, public schools open tomorrow. But maybe you’re a last minute kind of person – or one of any number of things got in the way – and you still need to get your kid registered for school, pre-k or free lunch. Fortunately, the Department of Education is making things a
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Colgan (Source: P.S. 254)Teachers, students and faculty gathered in the cafeteria of P.S. 254 (1801 Avenue Y) yesterday to honor the passing of a longtime school aide by renaming the facility Mary Colgan cafe in her memory. Colgan served 43 years in the New York City school
Education
[/blog/education/help-ditmas-is-62-journalism-students-win-up-to-30000-in-the-follett-challenge/attachment/anchor-1-background] “Would you have taken a bullet just to get your education?” This is the question, prompted by the story of Pakistani girls’ education advocate Malala Yousafzai [http://www.biography.com/people/malala-yousafzai-21362253], that Ditmas Network News [http://www.ditmas.tv/#Homepage] reporters asked fellow students
activism
Source: GoodNCrazy/FlickrBensonhurst resident Iljirijana Glavatovic recently started a virtual book drive to raise money for students at a Brooklyn public elementary school. A sophomore at City College, Glavatovic and her three siblings decided to open an online book drive using the services of a charity organization called First Book.
Bensonhurst
PS 212 (Source: nyc.schools.gov)A teacher at P.S. 212 Lady Deborah Moody Elementary School in Bath Beach (87 Bay 49th Street) is looking for help from the community to raise funds for a project that will help break barriers and make learning fun for dozens of school
1601 80th st
New Utrecht High School (Source: Google Maps)Ivy Lin, a 34-year-old science teacher, has filed a lawsuit against the Department of Education (DOE) and the city over allegations that she was fired for not letting a student cheat a Regents exam at New Utrecht High School (1601 80th Street). The
2630 benson ave
Photo courtesy of Brooklyn Expeditionary Learning SchoolThe Brooklyn Expeditionary Learning School (2630 Benson Avenue) received a library makeover and a College Access Center as part of an $80,000 grant from Capital One Bank and the Heart of America Foundation. According to a press release, the grant covered a full
2001 oriental blvd
Photo by Erica ShermanKingsborough Community College (2001 Oriental Boulevard) continues to earn top honors, now ranked as one of the four best community college in the United States of America by the prestigious Aspen Institute. The announcement follows our report last October, when Kingsborough was named one of the best
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Leon M. Goldstein High School. Source: InsideSchools.orgIf you are a reader of the New York Daily News, you might have noticed a peculiar trend emerging in their regular coverage: an unending fascination with sex and high schools. Just last month, we covered such a story [/christian-del-re-goldstein-hs-texts-phone-calls-scandal/], more out of
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Source: lmghs.orgChristian Del Re, an assistant principal at Leon M. Goldstein High School for the Sciences, is facing disciplinary charges after allegedly sending nearly 3,000 text messages to an 18-year-old female student over a 90-day period. Reports also say Del Re engaged in marathon late-night phone sessions with