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Students gather at Maimonides Medical Center

Kids & Education

Bringing the heat! Maimonides Medical Center launches new student internship program

By Jada Camille

teacher in classroom GoFundMe

Kids & Education

Faced with tight school budgets, Brooklyn parents and educators turn to GoFundMe for support

By Megan McGibney

Prospect Park Boathouse on the water.

Kids & Education

A different kind of back-to-school: University Open Air offers free classes from teachers around the world in Prospect Park

By Isabel Song Beer

students on first day of school in bed-stuy

Kids & Education

Brooklyn students, parents juggle anxiety, excitement, and late-summer heat on first day of school

By Kirstyn Brendlen, Adam Daly, Ximena Del Cerro & Isabel Song Beer

Bishop Bishop Robert Brennan welcomed students

Kids & Education

‘A very inspiring moment’: Bishop Brennan welcomes Bensonhurst students on first day of school

By Jada Camille

First day of school brings concern about effectiveness of lockdown drills.

Pols fight to reform ‘terrifying and traumatizing’ lockdown drills ahead of first day of school

By Isabel Song Beer

giveaway at NYU langone

Kids & Education

NYU Langone and Empire BlueCross BlueShield host free back-to-school giveaway in Sunset Park

By Brooklyn Paper

maimonides summer youth program ceremony

Health

‘When Action Meets Compassion’: Maimonides celebrates Summer Youth Employment Program volunteers

By Brooklyn Paper

uncommon schools principal

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Uncommon Schools training college students to become Brooklyn teachers

Sponsored post by Uncommon Schools

The King's College poised to close after years of financial woes.

Downtown

The King’s College loses accreditation, poised to close after years of financial woes

By Isabel Song Beer

brower park library at Children's museum

Kids & Education

New Brower Park Library opens at Brooklyn Children’s Museum

By Ximena Del Cerro

teaching excellence award winner with students and check

Kids & Education

Two Brooklyn science teachers win $25k ‘Award for Teaching Excellence’ for dedication to students

By Adam Daly

kids in the Soccer program by City Parks Foundation

Kids & Education

School’s out: City Parks Foundation offers free summer sports programs in parks across Brooklyn

By Ximena Del Cerro

Jean-Michel Othoniel, view of Treasure Gardens at Seoul Museum of Art and Imperial Palace Garden, Seoul, South Korea, 2022.

Prospect-Lefferts Gardens

Brooklyn Botanic Garden unveils new sculptural installations

By Isabel Song Beer

tracy bonham teaching music

Kids & Education

‘An advocate for music education’: Singer-songwriter Tracy Bonham works to teach, save music at Brooklyn preschool

By Megan McGibney

Bay Ridge 5th Avenue fair returns for a fifth year of celebration.

PHOTOS: Bay Ridge 5th Avenue fair returns for a fifth year of celebration

By Isabel Song Beer

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Former Jamaican Prime Minister Bruce Golding.

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