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Schools, Nonprofits Urge Girls to Reach for STEM
Vidya Gawade’s classroom is home to her living environment class and to a chapter of the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers. In 2011, when Chandanie Ramjit started her first year at a new high...
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School Athletic Fields are as Segregated as the Classrooms
Dozens of students from the International Community High School protest in front of the Tweed Courthouse on March 25th. The banner reads “Civil Rights Matter.” Like many high school students in New...
View ArticleNew Language Classes for Kids Teach Swahili and Culture of African Diaspora
A new course offered by a Brooklyn cultural learning center is hoping to help build a “cultural foundation” for children by teaching toddlers Swahili and languages of the African Diaspora. Crayons...
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Beyond the Test Scores at the Harlem Children’s Zone
Shawnda and Shawanda Jefferson attend first grade at Promise Academy I, a Harlem Children’s Zone charter school that gives priority to residents at the neighboring Saint Nicholas Houses. Seven-year-old...
View ArticleU.S. 12th graders’ math scores fall, reading stalls: Education Dept
U.S. 12th graders’ average mathematics score in 2015 was lower than two years before, and reading performance had stagnated, the Education Department said in releasing the “nation’s report card” on...
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As a College Option, the Broadway Bound Aren’t Just Opting for Conservatories
As a first-year at Pace University in New York, 18-year-old Ammarie Grassle discovered liberal arts education was not for her. Like thousands of students every year who opt to spend much of their high...
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