Education

Parents in Brooklyn's District 20, including Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights, Borough Park, Sunset Park, and parts of Bensonhurst, have called for a return to merit-based middle school admissions. In 2020,...

New York City faces yet another battle in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. Shockingly, recent studies show that nearly 56% of the city’s 12th graders have been chronically absent...

“Thank you so much Chancellor Banks for finally bringing phonics back to the school system of the City of New York so that our children will be able to read...

New York City has the largest public school system in the nation, and we are proud of our dedicated teachers and administrators who do so much to educate our talented...

On Thursday, May 11th, Schools Chancellor David Banks convened a roundtable with ethnic and community media to present New York City Reads, a new initiative to tackle declining literacy rates...

On Tuesday, May 9th, Mayor Eric Adams and New York City Public Schools Chancellor David Banks announced the launch of a new literacy campaign called “New York City Reads.” The...

As the election period for the New York City’s school boards is coming to an end Tuesday, one could have expected a low-key campaign similar to the one two years...

Read the original article on The African Journal website at https://theafricanjournalonline.com/democracy-prep-public-schools-conversation-with-african-leaders-we-educate-the-whole-child-we-value-their-identity/ -------------------------- Democracy Prep Public Schools’ superintendent and several principals held, on April 28, 2023, a virtual conversation with African...

Public schools and their sports teams in New York State have been banned from using Native American-related mascots and logos by the New York State Department of Education. The Board...