Tough Times for Holiday Toy Drives
Donations are down at Toys for Tots amid the recession. Meanwhile, one local educator is struggling to find holiday gifts for 600 children in Brooklyn homeless shelters.
Tag: New York City Department of Education
via Brooklyn Daily Eagle
Getting Physical – and Physics – on Playground
The new science-themed, student-designed playground at Public School/Middle School 394 in Crown Heights also will serve as a neighborhood park.
School v. View in Bklyn Bridge Fight
The developers of a planned 18-story condominium are offering to give DUMBO a free school – but critics say the building would block views of the Brooklyn Bridge.
Principal Issues at Hebrew School
Brooklyn’s first publicly funded Hebrew-English dual-language school is set…
via Brooklyn Heights Courier
E-Gadgets Spark Youth Crime Spike
A pocket of Brooklyn has the highest juvenile crime rate in the city – and police say robberies of iPods, fancy cell phones and other expensive electronic devices are at least partly to blame.
via New York Daily News
New School Confronts Dual Tragedy
The school stands out as a bright symbol of hope in a struggling Bronx neig…
Teacher Pin Blame For Campaign Ban
A Department of Education ban on school workers wearing campaign pins and other election paraphernalia while on the job has some teachers smarting.
'All-City' Student Band Plays On
Public high school musicians from around the five boroughs rehearse long hours with the All-City concert group, whose gigs include an annual show at Lincoln Center. Even as the program struggles with funding issues, the band plays on.