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Looking for a higher education in NYC? Here’s how to find the college that’s right for you

Posted on April 14, 2024

Bronx Times

Bronx Bound Books aims to continue trend of literary resurgence in the borough

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U.S. Education Secretary in Downtown Manhattan for UFT meeting on student loan forgiveness

Posted on April 8, 2024

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Bronx Times

BCC’s new Early Childhood Center program lifts burden for Bronx student parents while they pursue their education

parents and pols want smoke shop shut in Harlem

Health

Not near their children: Why Harlem parents and pols want smoke shop shut down before it even opens

Posted on April 6, 2024

NYC schools chancellor David Banks with Mayor Eric Adams

Politics

NYC schools: Mayoral control extension to be decided after state budget passes, Stewart-Cousins says

Posted on April 3, 2024

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Op-Ed

Op-Ed | Community colleges hold keys to the city’s success

Posted on March 29, 2024

CUNY students talk careers

Business

Mapping out the future: CUNY gets big grant to help students build careers

Posted on March 27, 2024

Lehman College Memorial Lecture with Fat Joe

Bronx Times

Annual Lehman College lecture features Fat Joe, former BP Rubén Díaz, Jr.

school playground in daytime. Transgender athletes could be banned from girls' sports due to a resolution from local school board

Sports

NYC parents rage over resolution seeking to ban transgender athletes from girls’ sports

Posted on March 25, 2024

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Bronx Times

Mayor Adams announces $77M plan to boost city’s electric school bus fleet, build nation’s first truck charging depot in Hunts Point

Actor LeVar Burton from Reading Rainbow in a library holding a book

‘Butterfly in the Sky’: LeVar Burton talks with amNY about new documentary on ‘Reading Rainbow’

Posted on March 19, 2024

Child reaching for medication in poison danger

Health

Op-ed | Take simple steps to protect kids at home during National Poison Prevention Week

Posted on March 18, 2024

Parent signs petition in Brooklyn against child care cuts

Fighting child care cuts, NYC parents organize petition to mayor at local playgrounds

Posted on March 17, 2024

schools rally

Bronx Times

Bronx electeds announce legislation ensuring equitable funding for charter schools

Columbia University

Columbia University urged to ‘immediately’ reinstate pro-Palestine student groups in civil liberties lawsuit

Posted on March 12, 2024

Female High School Students Wearing Uniform Using Interactive Whiteboard During Lesson

Charter school students in New York City demonstrate significant growth in 2023 assessment scores

Posted on March 12, 2024

examples of school lunches

Brooklyn Paper

‘Moldy, unappetizing, slimy’: Brooklyn pol slams quality of public school lunches amid budget cuts

Exhibit at the Museum of Jewish Heritage

Fighting antisemitism: Museum of Jewish Heritage battles hate with new FAQ program for teachers, students

Posted on March 5, 2024

Origins High School in Brooklyn, where antisemitism claims have been made

Brooklyn

Swastikas, death threats and Nazi lingo: Inside claims of rampant antisemitism at Brooklyn high school

Posted on March 4, 2024

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Bronx Times

School-based food pantry serves three South Bronx schools

A person walks by the Albert Einstein College of Medicine one the NYC Health + Hospitals Jacobi campus on Friday, Feb. 2, 2024.

Bronx Times

‘Worthy cause’: Bronx Albert Einstein College of Medicine receives $1B donation for free tuition

Child care program

Politics

How will millions in NYC child care budget cuts impact thousands of families?

Posted on February 28, 2024

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Opinion

Op-Ed | CUNY’s expanding nursing footprint fills big N.Y. need

Posted on February 27, 2024

Packed summer meals at NYC schools

Health

New York pols push bipartisan bill to boost summer meal programs, fight child poverty

Posted on February 25, 2024

Finance

Students and parents are frustrated by delays in hearing about federal financial aid for college

Posted on February 20, 2024

Brooklyn Children's Museum to host festival for Black History Month

Brooklyn Paper

Brooklyn Children’s Museum hosts ‘Black Future Festival’ during midwinter recess

sex ed workshop

Bronx Times

Bronx high school senior gives back to community by leading sex ed workshops

Health

How NYC, former Mayor Bloomberg and a healthcare giant are looking to grow medical careers at a new Queens high school

Posted on February 14, 2024

Group of diverse young students standing together in classroom

New York City Charter School Center celebrates 25 years of charter schools

Posted on February 14, 2024

Schools Chancellor David Banks

Politics

Blame game: Mayor, schools chancellor point fingers at IBM for remote learning snafu – but critics point back at City Hall

Posted on February 13, 2024

Student frustrated with remote learning

Politics

Snow day snafu: NYC parents fume over remote learning system failure for public school students

Posted on February 13, 2024

Police and Queens high school students after stabbing

Queens

Double stabbing at Queens high school leaves two students seriously wounded: cops

Posted on February 1, 2024

AMNY

United Charter High Schools embraces new identity with celebratory event

Posted on January 31, 2024

Schools Chancellor David Banks

Chancellor Banks doubles down on plan to battle hate in NYC schools: ‘I’m taking this very seriously’

Posted on January 31, 2024

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Politics

Adams wants to tackle social media’s negative effects on youth — advising restrictions, fostering conversations

Posted on January 26, 2024

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Op-Ed | CUNY students stepping up to support asylum-seekers

Posted on January 26, 2024

Best Charter Schools in NYC

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Best Charter Schools in NYC

Posted on January 25, 2024

Schools Chancellor Banks addresses antisemitism

‘Meet this moment head-on’: Schools Chancellor Banks rolls out program to address antisemitism in NYC public schools

Posted on January 22, 2024

Gun violence summit

Bronx Times

‘The Bronx needs this’: Angellyh Yambo Foundation’s Youth Gun Violence Summit shows support for borough’s youth

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Adams backpedals on cuts to Community Schools, student summer program

Posted on January 12, 2024

Some Americans will get their student loans canceled in February as Biden accelerates his new plan

Posted on January 12, 2024

Finance

What to know about changes to this year’s FAFSA application for college students

Posted on January 12, 2024

Gov. Kathy Hochul, joined by the state's Office of Mental Health Commissioner Ann Sullivan, announced "sweeping investments" in mental health services, especially for youth, in a press conference on Jan. 11, 2023.

Bronx Times

Gov. Hochul announces $50M to expand inpatient mental health care

James Madison HS

Brooklyn Paper

Parents, pols to rally outside James Madison High School after Floyd Bennett Field migrant relocation forces students online

Governor Kathy Hochul announces new reading initiative

Politics

‘Back to basics’: Hochul proposes overhaul to how New York schools teach reading

Posted on January 3, 2024

Harvard President Claudine Gay resigns amid plagiarism claims and backlash from antisemitism testimony

Posted on January 2, 2024

Homeless student

Politics

‘Bittersweet’ Christmas for NYC schools who receive low funding boost to help educate homeless students

Posted on December 24, 2023

More from around NYC

permits

Permits filed for 12-story residential building with 54 residences in Fordham Heights

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Jamaica man sentenced to life for brutal triple murder of girlfriend, her son and cousin in 2022: DA

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BP Weekender: 6 things to do in Brooklyn May 2-4

The Kingsboro Temple of Seventh-day Adventist placed two small flyers on the gates outside the temple and its office on 7th Street in Park Slope announcing that the Watoto Children’s Choir will perform at the temple on May 3.

Brooklyn church to host Ugandan children’s choir linked to ‘kill the gays’ bill