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FILE PHOTO: A Virginia School board meeting reflects a battle playing out across the country over a once-obscure academic doctrine known as Critical Race Theory, in Ashburn

Many Americans embrace falsehoods about critical race theory

Posted on July 15, 2021

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Education advocates call for more clarity in City’s Academic Recovery Plan

Posted on July 14, 2021

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Roughly 2,400 four-year-olds receiving G&T offers, city Education Department reports

Posted on July 14, 2021

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New York City families to start seeing Child Tax Credit payments hit bank accounts this week

Posted on July 13, 2021

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New York Public Library giving away book kits to keep kids active all summer long

Posted on July 13, 2021

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De Blasio keeping school mask requirement in place despite new CDC recommendations

Posted on July 12, 2021

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Queens

Live from Queens, it’s ‘Saturday Night Lights’: Youth sports program expands at 17 locations

Posted on July 10, 2021

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Vaccinated teachers, students don’t need to wear masks in schools, CDC says

Posted on July 9, 2021

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Long Island City’s Materials for the Arts launches citywide tour

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Summer Youth employment returns to New York City

Posted on July 8, 2021

Happy black teacher giving exam paper to her student while wearing protective face mask in the classroom.

City announces universal academic recovery plan

Posted on July 8, 2021

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QNS

Queens Community House navigates through COVID-related hurdles for summer youth program

The New York State Supreme Court Building in Manhattan, where Jose Espinoza was indicted on Tuesday.

Queens father sues Department of Education for failing to stop homophobic bullying

Posted on July 8, 2021

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DOE offering grab-and-go meals at 400 sites this summer

Posted on July 2, 2021

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DOE offering travel reimbursements to Summer Rising programs for children with disabilities and in temporary housing

Posted on July 2, 2021

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DOE: More than 33,000 NYC families offered spot in 3-K for All program

Posted on July 1, 2021

New York Board of Regents approved a plan that allows Puerto Rican teachers to easily join a school district until June 2018.

Five NYC public school educators take home FLAG Award for Teaching Excellence grand prize

Posted on June 29, 2021

Special education teacher assisting elementary students in art class

Politics

NYC education advocates call on mayor to boost pre-k special education teacher salaries

Posted on June 28, 2021

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Op-Ed | American dreams begin in community colleges

Posted on June 28, 2021

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City pols rally against proposed CUNY budget cuts

Posted on June 27, 2021

Reading Adventure

New York Family

Summer reading list for kids of all ages 2021

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Lower East Side

On last day of school year, Chancellor Porter sends off students with words of optimism

Posted on June 25, 2021

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New York City high school teacher wins C-SPAN Educational Fellowship

Posted on June 25, 2021

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Governor Cuomo extending free state college scholarship raffle for one more week

Posted on June 23, 2021

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Gay City News

New York City’s high school students show the way to acceptance

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Chancellor Porter tells seniors to end hatred, violence ‘in all its forms’ at Queens high school graduation ceremony

Posted on June 18, 2021

Apple awards grants for computer chip courses to historically Black schools

Posted on June 18, 2021

The Hassebroek family prepares for the end of the school year and digital graduation in Brooklyn

New York City lifts capacity requirement for outdoor graduation ceremonies

Posted on June 17, 2021

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Health

New York children who missed out of free school lunches due to COVID can now qualify for some back pay

Posted on June 17, 2021

City honoring 20 teachers with Big Apple Award for going above and beyond for their classes

Posted on June 16, 2021

MacKenzie Scott is seen at the Vanity Fair Oscars Party in Beverly Hills, California

MacKenzie Scott gives $15 million grant to South Bronx’s Hostos Community College

Posted on June 16, 2021

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Brooklyn College professor Tania León one of 22 Pulitzer Prize winners this year

Posted on June 15, 2021

African-American teacher reading to school children

Op-Ed

Op-Ed | Returning to in-person learning is important for teachers and parents as well as students

Posted on June 15, 2021

Back view of group of students raising their arms during a class at lecture hall.

Clock ticking on registering for fall classes at colleges in NYC

Posted on June 13, 2021

A game of after school soccer at Park of the Americas between 103rd and 104th street near 41st Ave. in North Corona, Queens, Tuesday, April 21, 2015.

Mayor could scrap DOE building permit fees for after school programs

Posted on June 11, 2021

Students are greeted as they return to New York City’s public schools for in-person learning, as the global outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, at P.S. 506 in Brooklyn, New York

IBO: De Blasio’s plan to add 500 new school-based social workers falls short

Posted on June 10, 2021

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A slice of democracy: de Blasio’s pizza ballot showcasing ranked-choice voting sparks heated debate

Posted on June 10, 2021

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Queens

AT&T launches challenge to match $100K donation to YMCA for STEAM day camps

Posted on June 10, 2021

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Church Street School for Music and Art celebrates the return of Tribeca

Posted on June 10, 2021

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Over 1,200 preschoolers with disabilities left waiting for special education seats last year

Posted on June 9, 2021

East Harlem teacher one of 20 Big Apple Award recipients for work with her students

Posted on June 8, 2021

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New York State relaxing school mask requirements for outdoors

Posted on June 7, 2021

The Hassebroek family prepares for the end of the school year and digital graduation in Brooklyn

New York City school graduations and proms can take place indoors with restrictions

Posted on June 4, 2021

A woman holds a small bottle labeled with a “Coronavirus COVID-19 Vaccine” sticker and a medical syringe in this illustration

Health

New York City COVID-19 positivity rate reaches record low

Posted on June 4, 2021

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‘Child in crisis’ interventions on the rise, disproportionally involve Black and District 75 students

Posted on June 3, 2021

Commuter receives free vaccination for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at subway station in Brooklyn borough of New York City

Health

NYC lawmakers look to boost mental health care for CUNY students

Posted on June 3, 2021

Children receive Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in New Hyde Park, New York

Youth movement: NYC to administer COVID-19 shots in select schools this Friday

Posted on June 2, 2021

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Op-Ed | A summer of renewal for our students

Posted on June 1, 2021

More from around NYC

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Adams uses first land use veto to override City Council rejection of Bally’s application

Residents of Middle Village are in shock after a 4 alarm fire on Monday, July 28, destroyed several local businesses.

‘It’s devastating’: Middle Village residents mourn loss of beloved businesses following four-alarm fire

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Man struck, killed by train at Prospect Park station after argument on platform

The sun rises behind the Empire State Building and the New York City skyline as a person stands along the riverfront in Hoboken, New Jersey, U.S., July 25, 2025.

What to do in queer NYC this weekend