via Juvenile Justice Information Exchange
Call for Ex-Cops at Schools
Former NYPD Lieutenant Mike Reilly is the co-author of a controversial proposal to station armed, retired cops at city schools.
Tag: Education
via The Queens Courier
Library Classes Aid Immigrants
The Queens Library’s English for Speakers of Other Languages program is soon set to mark its 35th anniversary.
Viewing Songs in the Key of Life
Laurie Rubin, a mezzo soprano who has been blind from birth, trumpeted the pivotal role that music can play in young lives during a visit to a Bronx school.
via Voices of NY
Lonely Landing for ‘Parachute Children’
Alex Yoo, 14, is one of thousands of Korean children and teens who travel to North America to study without their parents, a practice known as “chogi yuhak.”
via Mott Haven Herald
Kids Get Schooled in Business
Budding entrepreneurs at a Mott Haven middle school pitched ideas to their peers, teachers – and business people.
via The Queens Courier
Crew Helps Girls Row to College
The Young Women’s Leadership School in Astoria teaches girls rowing with an eye toward college scholarships.
A Dropout Tries to Defy Statistics
Tony Flores, an 18-year-old high school dropout and father, is struggling to get his life back on track. The young Bronx man is part of a troubling trend of high dropout rates among Latinos.
via New York Daily News
Lunch Lessons at East Harlem School
An executive chef was tapped to create a new cafeteria menu using only fresh ingredients.