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Lessons from New York Knicks’ Alvarado
The Knicks got their hero’s welcome at Thursday’s ticker-tape parade. But for 12-year-old Kaitlyn Rosa, her Canyon of Heroes-like moment had come a week before the playoffs, when Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso hosted a “Welcome Back to Brooklyn” event for Knicks guard Jose Alvarado. While Alvarado isn’t the biggest name on the roster (if…
NYC’s free 2-K childcare applications are open. Here’s what to know.
Families of children born in 2024 can now apply for 2-K with eligible providers. Applications close June 26, and offers will be released Aug. 4. On Friday, the city released its initial list of 2-K programs on the MySchools portal page. They include over 550 home- and center-based early childhood programs across eligible school districts. …
How a Brooklyn nonprofit uses robotics, mentorship and mediation to support gun violence prevention in NYC
One morning in 2016, Camara Jackson was walking to the Livonia Avenue station in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn when she heard gunfire. Kids heading to school fled, but no one seemed to know where the shots came from. She continued the rest of that walk as if things were normal, but when she got…
New York City schools released next year’s calendar. Nobody will be happy.
You can now make your vacation plans for next year. The long-awaited NYC Department of Education calendar has been released. The three key dates to know: The school calendar determines the rhythms of city life far beyond the families served by New York City public schools, from commutes to commerce. In recent years, meeting the…
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