Posted on 15 October 2019. Tags: Department of Education, Education, education policy, gifted and talented
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.
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Posted in Bronx Neighborhoods, East Bronx, Education, Education, Featured, Front Page
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.
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Posted in Bronx Neighborhoods, Education, Morrisania, Southern Bronx
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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Posted in Education, Featured, Southern Bronx
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.
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Posted in Bronx Beats, Bronx Neighborhoods, Education, Featured, Southern Bronx
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.
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Posted in Bronx Neighborhoods, Education, Southern Bronx
Posted on 21 October 2016.
“When we build together, it’s like building a house together.”said programmer Cheyenne Tobar, 16, about her Robotics teammates at St. Catharine Academy in the Bronx.
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Posted in Bronx Neighborhoods, Education
Posted on 24 September 2016.
Around 1,500 middle school children receive books and a boost from the chancellor and City Councilmember Andrew King
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Posted in Bronx Beats, Bronx Life, Bronx Neighborhoods, Community Resources, Culture, Education
Posted on 16 September 2016.
A unique vocational program puts youngsters from the Bronx and Brooklyn on the fast track to labor union membership and a longterm career. First stop, the graveyard.
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Posted in Culture, Education, Featured, Northwest Bronx