How NYC parents want $38K per public school student spent next year
As the number of New York City public school students continues to shrink for the 2023-2024 academic year — 767,500 are projected to be enrolled next fall, down from a high of 1.1 million in 2018 — the Department of Education is planning to spend a record $38,000 per child. While politicians and experts argue…
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Funkmaster Flex’s recipe for success
Earlier this week, the non profit organization Windows of Hip Hop alongside the Bronx borough president Vanessa L. Gibson invited Hot 97’s Funkmaster Flex to the Bronx School for Law, Government, & Justice to speak…
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Meet the G.O.A.T of simple & easy college planning
Amber Peters, aka Mizz P, is a former college counselor who created a college & career info app as a remedy to the gaps in knowledge around post-high school options. Peters currently works as a…
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CUNY is inviting all NYC high school students to apply
For the first time, the City University of New York (CUNY) system will personally invite all New York City public students who are on track to graduate to apply to a CUNY school. Seniors will receive information…
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Where have all the librarians gone?
The librarian at my daughter’s school is a local celebrity. Students always pop their heads in the door throughout the day looking for her anytime we’ve hosted an event in the library. She knows hundreds…
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Small things parents can do to produce big changes at their child’s school
With elections for Community and Citywide Education Councils (CEC) happening now through May 9, New York City is asking public school parents to vote on who will be their voice with the superintendent — as…
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Changes proposed to lockdown drill mandates
Last month, New York state Senator Andrew Gounardes and Assemblymember Jo Anne Simon proposed changes to New York’s mandate of four lockdown drills each year. They propose the following: Since the number of mandated drills increased from…
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Issues with coed swimming class
New York Times writer Troy Closson summed it up best: freedom of religion against the goal of social integration. That is how he described the conundrum which is coed swimming classes at Stuyvesant High School in…
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