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LaGuardia Community College partners with Fedcap Group to bring educational opportunities to Union Square Civic Hall

Posted on June 1, 2023

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‘We work for peanuts’: UFT members rally for ‘fair’ contract in the Bronx

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With future of affirmative action uncertain, colleges look for other ways to reach diversity goals

Posted on May 31, 2023

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Mystery machete man chases teens near Staten Island high school: NYPD

Posted on May 30, 2023

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Lesbian athletic director accuses Manhattan school of discrimination

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Public school students present city’s newest hand-painted park benches at Washington Square Park, come with inspirational messages

Posted on May 26, 2023

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‘We all matter’: Empire BlueCross BlueShield HealthPlus hosts ‘packing party’ for foster care kids with nonprofit Comfort Cases

Posted on May 25, 2023

Q&A with Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine: MSG, Congestion Pricing, Migrant Crisis

Posted on May 23, 2023

At Lower Manhattan rally, youth and family services providers, pols say they won’t accept ‘one penny of cuts’ to education

Posted on May 23, 2023

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Shortchanged: NYC early childhood care providers still seeing delayed payments for their services, leaving futures in jeopardy

Posted on May 16, 2023

Mayor Eric Adams and Schools Chancellor David Banks at the NYC Reads rollout.

‘Back to basics’: NYC Reads program aims to boost literacy levels for public school students

Posted on May 9, 2023

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Archdiocese puts faith in first-of-its-kind Bronx pilot program to address educational and social gaps

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Here’s what the new proposed history and social studies curriculum on Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander could look like

Posted on May 5, 2023

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Op-Ed | At CUNY, Internships and Academics are Vitally Connected

Posted on May 4, 2023

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New York Family

The Gilder Center at the American Museum of Natural History: A Parents Guide to exploring this Now Open Center

Brooklyn high school leads pilot program training anti-bullying and harassment tactics for students

Posted on May 3, 2023

New York Studio School student Nate Antolik works on a sculpture

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Go inside the New York Studio School of Drawing, where young artists ‘come to look and learn to see’

Posted on May 3, 2023

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Op-ed | A second life for ‘zombie charters,’ and what that means for city kids

Posted on May 2, 2023

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What does the future hold for Bronx CUNYs as enrollment plummets and cuts loom?

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From A to ‘Zombie’: Hochul deal to revive ‘zombie’ charter schools hailed and panned by education advocates

Posted on April 27, 2023

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Personal finance class for students at Stuyvesant HS proves popular, NY lawmakers call for financial courses to be mandatory at all high schools

Posted on April 27, 2023

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Stony Brook University leading climate solutions center project on Governors Island

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Manhattan getting millions in federal grants to boost museum education and research programs

Posted on April 21, 2023

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Brooklyn Friends School to offer new ‘Justice and Transformational Change’ development programs for educators

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Former PTA co-treasurer of Manhattan school sentenced for stealing PTA funds and spending it on lavish lifestyle: DA Bragg

Posted on April 19, 2023

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CUNY and SUNY students could soon be guaranteed on-campus access to abortion pill, after New York Assembly passes legislation

Posted on April 19, 2023

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Parents with public school children with special education needs sue DOE, allege required services are not being provided

Posted on April 19, 2023

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Bike buses offer Brooklyn students a new way to get to school — and it’s a movement that’s gaining momentum

Posted on April 13, 2023

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Bronx school principal calls out state testing plan due to conflict with Muslim holiday

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SUNY ditches COVID vaccine mandate, symbolizing the beginning of the end of the pandemic

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Automatic door-locking devices coming to NYC public elementary schools beginning this spring

Posted on April 10, 2023

New York State Attorney General, Letitia James, speaks during a news conference in New York City

AG Tish James leads multi-state coalition to protect transgender students’ rights to join sports teams based on their gender identity

Posted on April 5, 2023

Children attend a dance and singing class at the PS 130 Summer Rising program.

Applications for the city’s annual free summer camp for kids opens April 17

Posted on April 3, 2023

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Op-ed | Ensuring all New Yorkers can earn a college degree

Posted on April 3, 2023

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Getting dolled up: Brooklyn Prom Project prepares for 10th annual promwear giveaway

High School in Brooklyn rallies against recent gun violence

Posted on March 29, 2023

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Panel for Educational Policy approves near $1M contract for controversial digital math learning program

Posted on March 29, 2023

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Panel approves NYC education spending plan even with fate of school funding formula still unknown

Posted on March 28, 2023

Op-Ed | Adding ‘civic mobility’ to CUNY’s social mobility cred

Posted on March 28, 2023

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Coalition calls for boycott of upcoming standardized tests, touts new legislation offering testing alternatives

Posted on March 27, 2023

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Bronx 4201 Schools juggle specialized needs for students, funding needs in state budget

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House Republicans pass controversial bill that aims to inform parents what’s taught in public schools

Posted on March 25, 2023

Upper West Side high schoolers protest DOE’s plans to relocate their school to East Harlem

Posted on March 24, 2023

Brooklyn Nets and New York Liberty set up basketball clinics at public schools

Brooklyn Nets and New York Liberty partner with NYC Public Schools to host free basketball clinics for Brooklyn youth

Posted on March 23, 2023

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Uptown Manhattan student group holds rally after boy with autism is attacked and beaten near their school

Posted on March 21, 2023

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Council education budget hearing highlights city’s biggest priorities: school safety, immigrant youth, 3-K education

Posted on March 21, 2023

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‘Not a radical idea’: Students, staff, supporters march over Brooklyn Bridge for CUNY funding

Posted on March 20, 2023

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All high schoolers will soon be eligible for reduced ferry fares and greater access to IDNYC cards

Posted on March 20, 2023

More from around NYC

Anthony Rizzo alongside attendants of the marathon.

Anthony Rizzo and CHAM raise money to fight childhood illness

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Long Island firm selected to build construction support facility at JFK Airport to lessen impact on neighbors in southeast Queens

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Parks limits swimming sections in Brooklyn beaches due to lifeguard shortage

Glenn Magpantay speaks at a news conference hosted by Apicha Community Health Center in Jackson Heights on Wednesday, May 31, 2023.

Apicha unveils study on health needs of LGBTQ API New Yorkers