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News

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

By Barbara Russo-Lennon

NY: Teen Health Summit at Brooklyn Borough Hall

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

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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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Kids & Education

Brooklyn childcare centers facing sudden closure say city is behind on payments, used incorrect enrollment data

By Kirstyn Brendlen

Music Brings Life Blood Awareness Assembly

Rapper-turned-director Keenan Bristol raises awareness of blood shortages through film, ‘Students Are Heroes’

By Lauren Rapp

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Last year's Cherry Grove Weekend of Women event at the Belvedere.

Second annual Cherry Grove Weekend of Women slated for Oct. 3-5

Lady Da Flame inspires listeners with timely "You Can Do It."

Lady Da Flame: ‘I Know What It Is’

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Meet A2O May: How this Chinese girl group proved they are ‘Bigger, Badder, Better’