High school SING! competition grows
By SOPHIE DWECK On the outside, Brooklyn’s James Madison High School looked empty and quiet—after all it was a Saturday night. Who would be going …[read more]
Education
The debate over schools’ metal detectors
For the past 24 years, students from around New York City have waited on long lines every school day morning to undergo a tedious search …[read more]
Teaching math for social justice
By SOPHIE DWECK Move aside algebra and geometry. Some students in New York public high schools are learning a new math curriculum—Math for Social Justice. …[read more]
At Brooklyn church, de Blasio unveils school plan
By KECIAH BAILEY Quoting from the Book of Psalms, Mayor Bill de Blasio delivered his plan for education reform to thousands of churchgoers at Christian …[read more]
Small Businesses Get City Help
Lloyd Cambridge and the Queens NYC Business Solutions provide counseling and advice to small businesses. Similar services are available throughout the five boroughs of New York …[read more]
Students: Rocky start for CUNY computer system
By MICHAEL HEUSNER When Brooklyn College senior Jessica Voinov noticed she had an outstanding balance on her tuition for some reason, she wanted to find …[read more]
CUNY Dreamers hold fast to their hopes
By GABRIEL PARIENTE Monica Sibri sits in the middle of the brown rectangular table with her Macbook Pro to her left and cell phone to …[read more]
For Chinese parents and kids, obstacles to life in U.S.
By ELIZABETH COLUCCIO Lim Quing is a soft-spoken mother of two sons, aged seven and one, whose older son attends P.S. 69, an elementary school …[read more]