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Schools in, Phones out?

By Nayaba ArindeEditor-at-Large@NayabaArinde1“We are very much leaning towards banning cell phones,” said New York...
Black History

65 Years After Brown: We Are Doing Worse Than Ever

“Let me be clear: Black and Latino children do not need to sit next...
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City Politics

The Most Racially Progressive any NYC Teacher can be is to be Effective

  By Michael A. Johnson As a principal, I’ve met teachers I wouldn’t want anywhere near...

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Community News

Education of Our Children Is Moving Front & Center In Bedford-Stuyvesant And Beyond

Due to the pioneering efforts of such scholars as Dr. Andrea Taylor (left), interest...

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Community News

Dr. Joy DeGruy: An Intimate Conversation at MEC

By Mary Alice Miller An overflow crowd gathered at Medgar Evers College to welcome Dr....

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Education

Highly Touted Gifted & Talented Program In Bed-Stuy Has Two Grades Cut

City Councilman-elect Robert Cornegy holds summit with P.S. 3 Principal Beecher By Stephen Witt A Bedford-Stuyvesant...

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City Politics

DOE Under De Blasio Administration Remains A mystery

Hints given from interview with  key de Blasio education ally By Stephen Witt In a switch...
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Black’s “Slip” at Meeting is Slap Across the Face of Millions — Every Student in NYC Public Schools and Their Parents

For the Sake of the Children, Cathie Black Must Go The latest Freudian juxtapositions of...
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At Witt's End

New York City WikiLeaks I'd like to see... If  Julian Assange ever gets out of...
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Parents and Teachers Express Outrage at Mayor's Choice of Chancellor

Former Hearst Executive Cathie Black, Mayor Bloomberg's selection as chancellor to run the 1.1...
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At Witt's End: Two Moguls Talk Turkey About Diversity and Education

By Stephen Witt Mike Bloomberg and Rupert Murdoch would make great street hustlers.   Especially with...
Other News

John Liu takes aim at Bloomberg's DOE Contracts

By Andrew J. Hawkins Much like his predecessor, Comptroller John Liu has focused on contracts...
Other News

P.S. 20 Parents Oppose Arts & Letters Expansion

Eliza Ronalds-Hannon, CUNY J-School (Publishers Note: This article first appeared October 28) Tensions ran high...
City Politics

Parks Commish Jack Linn Halts Soil Dump In Charlie’s Place Court as Area Residents Play Hardball Against Unsanctioned “Green” Effort

"You're telling me, someone came to our community, took a pile of dirt, didn't...

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Book Review

Desiree Cooper’s Black Summers. Growing Up in the Urban Outdoors

“Black Summers also became a powerful, tender, and hopeful collection about the personal and...
Editorial

Citizenship in the Age of Emerging Technologies

By Mary Alice MillerYour friendly neighborhood tech bro may know something the rest of...
Community News

Brooklyn Books and Bullets

By Nayaba ArindeTeens shot by teens. The NYPD said that this year, up to...
In Tribute

Remembering Diana King, Flo Anthony, and Pauline Barfield

Fern GillespieThis summer was a season of loss in New York City communications. Between...