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Kensington

Three Brooklyn schools awarded $40K each to boost literacy through state grants

By Gabriele Holtermann

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Carroll Gardens

Temporary Carroll Gardens Library to open in ‘underutilized’ Community Board 6 office space this summer

By Kirstyn Brendlen

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News

City to open seven new public schools in September, including two in Brooklyn

By Barbara Russo-Lennon

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Kids & Education

‘Summit to Success’ empowers Brooklyn high schoolers with life skills at Borough Hall

By Gabriele Holtermann

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Walt Whitman Pop-Up Library opens on Nassau Street while main branch is shuttered for renovations

By Kirstyn Brendlen

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Bedford-Stuyvesant

After four-year closure and renovations, the Bedford Library is open again

By Kirstyn Brendlen

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Grave work: Students learn masonry by restoring Green-Wood’s monuments

By Susan De Vries

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Arts & Entertainment

Letting colors fly: Brooklyn Children’s Museum gears up for annual Holi celebration

By Meaghan McGoldrick O'Neil

Regina Martinez

Daughters of civil rights icons call for action and remembrance at Medgar Evers College

By Regina Martinez

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Greenpoint

City to build 450-seat elementary school in Greenpoint, across from former NuHart Plastics site

By Kirstyn Brendlen

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Sponsored

Learning Blooms in Kindergarten at Achievement First

By Brooklyn Paper’s Advertising Partner

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Kids & Education

Catching up with St. Joseph’s University, New York president Dr. Donald Boomgaarden

By Kirstyn Brendlen

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Carmelo Anthony surprises youth basketball practice ahead of McDonald’s All American Games in Brooklyn

By Cooper Albers

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Sponsored

Math Reimagined: Achievement First’s Approach to Deep Learning and Student-Led Problem Solving

By Melissa Lachman

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Health

Grant for NYJTL after-school program expands mental health support in Brooklyn schools

By Lauren Rapp

Kids & Education

‘Rightly fearful’: Teachers and parents rally against ICE at FDR High School

By Lauren Rapp

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Bushwick

Landlord of Bushwick childcare center slated to close ‘wants to make a deal’ with the city, though the future remains uncertain

By Kirstyn Brendlen

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Facing ‘unsustainable’ low enrollment and financial struggles, Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Academy will close in June

Kirstyn Brendlen & Adam Daly

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Kids & Education

City Hall to meet with Brooklyn childcare centers fighting closure as providers, pols slam Mayor Adams

By Paul Frangipane & Kirstyn Brendlen

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‘I am not useless’: Fort Greene teacher fights to keep job after DOE denies disability accommodation request

By Megan McGibney

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