Category: Education Justice

Students rip de Blasio for ignoring their concerns on school safety during town hall

March 8, 2018 2:15 pm Published by Regina Hodge Leave your thoughts

Mayor de Blasio’s post-Parkland student town hall on gun violence turned into a referendum on the city’s school safety agents…

February 6, 2018 3:44 pm Published by mrnyteam Leave your thoughts

On Monday the New York State Assembly passed the New York Dream Act. For immigrant youth like me, this legislation…

September 22, 2017 12:00 am Published by admin Leave your thoughts

La lucha por la igualdad en las escuelas y la no discriminación policial continúan siendo dos grandes objetivos de la Ciudad, pero…

June 21, 2017 12:00 am Published by admin Leave your thoughts

A group of lawmakers have been pushing legislation that would end some of the harsher disciplinary practices in public schools…

April 17, 2017 12:00 am Published by admin Leave your thoughts

Advocates ripped the city for arresting and suspending students in a withering report that claims those policies cost the city…

October 5, 2016 12:00 am Published by admin Leave your thoughts

An intersection near the Grand Central Parkway in East Elmhurst will soon be the site of a new middle school,…

September 26, 2016 12:00 am Published by admin Leave your thoughts

A new middle school will be built in East Elmhurst to help fight overcrowding in local schools, announced Council Member…

April 27, 2016 12:00 am Published by admin Leave your thoughts

El año pasado, durante la temporada de postulación a la universidad, los directivos de una escuela secundaria en Bushwick, Brooklyn,…

March 24, 2016 12:00 am Published by admin Leave your thoughts

ALBANY — As the April 1 deadline for the state budget approaches, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo appears close to victories…

February 3, 2016 12:00 am Published by admin Leave your thoughts

Community groups and unions gather at the state Capitol in Albany, NY on Tuesday, Feb. 2 to outline a $2.3B…