Dozens of families attended the annual Kids Comic Con event held at Bronx Community College Saturday—the first one held in-person since 2019. This year’s convention, named Sci-Fest, was focused on the relationship between comics, science and technology. The event was co-founded and organized by comic book writer Alex Simmons and Bronx Community College Director of […]
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Bronx Community College Hosts Kids Comic Con Sci-Fest
Posted on 19 September 2022.
Posted in Arts, Bronx Life, Culture, Education, Education, Multimedia, Northwest Bronx0 Comments
Residents Voice Concerns Over Planned School and Housing Development
Posted on 17 September 2022.
Bronx residents voiced concerns Tuesday, over a proposed development that would include a new school and apartment complex at the site of the former Church of the Visitation at the first in-person Community Board 8 meeting since the pandemic. Tishman Speyer, a real estate investment firm, purchased part of the former site of the Church […]
Posted in Bronx Beats, Bronx Neighborhoods, Education, Housing0 Comments
Back-to-School Giveaway Helps Williamsbridge Families
Posted on 15 September 2022.
Approximately 400 students in New York’s 36th district will start this school year with new supplies after The Office of State Senator Jamaal T. Bailey hosted a back-to-school giveaway on Saturday. Children from preschool to high school received backpacks, drawstring bags, folders and writing utensils. Katian Henderson, a Bronx resident for over ten years whose […]
Posted in Bronx Neighborhoods, East Bronx, Education0 Comments
The Future of Gifted Education in the Bronx
Posted on 15 October 2019.
A recommendation that Mayor Bill de Blasio phase out all New York City gifted programs has left the fate of gifted education in the Bronx uncertain. If implemented, the programs, which are comprised predominantly of black and Latino students, would come to an end.
Posted in Bronx Neighborhoods, East Bronx, Education, Education, Featured, Front Page0 Comments
Mentors key to getting kids to school in the Bronx
Posted on 17 October 2018.
One in three kids miss too much school in the South Bronx, and the rate climbs to one in two as students reach their senior year — a new mentorship program aims to reduce chronic absenteeism by paring caring adults, who check-in daily, with absent students.
Posted in Bronx Neighborhoods, Education, Morrisania, Southern Bronx0 Comments
Hurricane Maria Survivor to Paint Climate Change Mural with Local Students
Posted on 28 September 2018.
Patricia Lewis, who was forced to flee Puerto Rico in the wake of Hurricane Maria, is teaching a workshop on the impacts of climate change at a Mott Haven highschool. She’ll be helping the students paint a mural depicting their reactions to what they learned.
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New DOE Chancellor Cleans House, Replacing Two District Superintendents
Posted on 07 September 2018.
Just days before schools opened, the Department of Education removed Superintendent Rafaela Espinal-Pacheco from her post in Crotona’s District 12.
Posted in Bronx Beats, Bronx Neighborhoods, Education, Featured, Southern Bronx2 Comments
Private Money Flows Into Schools for Computer Science Expansion
Posted on 23 October 2016.
City officials announced $20 million in new private sector funding to bring computer science classes to every school in New York City by 2025.
Posted in Bronx Neighborhoods, Education, Southern Bronx0 Comments