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Gym class and recess have become a shrinking part of the New York City public school curriculum over the last three decades. Our guests are Lori Rose Benson, the DOE’s Director of Fitness and Physical Education and Jean Harris, Assistant Professor of Health and Physical Education at Adelphi University. They join us to discuss the challenges that public schools face in meeting city’s guidelines.
Producer: Angela Hill
Reporters: Megan Kelty, Chika Osaka
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After 20 years of working for the city, Melvina Vandross doesn’t have a pension and hasn’t accumulated one day of paid vacation.
She’s one of more than 10,000 home-based child-care providers in the Bronx who contract with the Administration for Children’s Services to care for the children of low-income parents.
“The child-care system needs to be completely overhauled, from the way we’re paid to the respect we receive,” said Vandross.
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Darnell Finisterre and three of his classmates at the School for Arts and Business in Corona have a bright future in advertising - and public safety.
Their ad about the dangers of reckless driving beat out entries from 24 other city high school teams last week to win the fourth annual Advertising Futures competition, which pairs students with local firms to create public service ads targeting teens.
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A Long Island City elementary school is celebrating the transformation of a barren lot into a state-of-the-art playground that students played a big role in designing.
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A group of elected officials called on the city’s mayor and schools chancellor to reinstate the former principal of the embattled Khalil Gibran International Academy, a Brooklyn school that emphasizes Arab studies, culture and language.
The demand, made Sept. 19 outside Department of Education headquarters in lower Manhattan, marked the first time local elected officials have publicly backed ousted educator Debbie Almontaser.
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The reporters and cameras swarming the new Khalil Gibran International Academy in Brooklyn yesterday and the controversy surrounding the school in recent months didn’t bother Najat Handou. What mattered to her is that her son is to learn Arabic.
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In the South Bronx, where miracles are short in supply, somebody up there must really like St. Pius V High School. It also has a few Earth-bound angels on the case. Read more
