Drawbacks of Cuomo’s Excelsior Scholarship
Brooklyn News Service reporter Deidra Brisco explores some of the drawbacks in Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Excelsior Scholarship program, which provides free tuition at public universities …[read more]
Education
NYC Schools Resist US Immigration Authorities
By JOSEPH DE LA CRUZ New York City School Chancellor Carmen Fariña visited P.S. 58 in Maspeth this week to assure parents that their children …[read more]
Ditmas Park Teacher Cleared of Sex Abuse
Editor’s note: This story first appeared at Bklyner.com in collaboration with Brooklyn News Service. By LISA FLAUGH A former teacher at a Ditmas Park elementary …[read more]
Ditmas Park Teacher Denies Sex Abuse Charges
By LISA FLAUGH and PAUL FRANGIPANE Closing arguments were set for Wednesday in the trial of a former teacher who went to the witness stand …[read more]
As Seen in Bklyner: Teacher’s Sex Abuse Trial Begins
By PAUL FRANGIPANE A former teacher accused of groping five girls at a Ditmas Park public school agreed to a guilty plea on Monday – …[read more]
CCNY Prez: I Don’t Mind the Hot Seat
By PAUL FRANGIPANE Amid financial investigations into the City College of New York, Interim President Vincent Boudreau is looking to promote financial transparency and increase …[read more]
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]
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]