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Crown Heights students gun violence walkout

From classrooms to the streets: Crown Heights students to demand action on gun violence with annual walkout

By Jada Camille

NY: Dumbo Drop 2024

DUMBO

‘Dumbo Drop’ delights: Toy elephants take flight over Brooklyn for school fundraiser

By Gabriele Holtermann

catholic school

Kids & Education

Local woman raises money to save alma mater from closure as Brooklyn’s Catholic schools struggle with enrollment

By Jada Camille

announcement of nyc literacy curriculum

Kids & Education

New literacy curriculum faces backlash from Brooklyn parents, educators and students over lack of depth

By Megan McGibney

uncommon schools music class

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Music grows at Uncommon Schools in Brooklyn

Sponsored by Uncommon Schools

Hamilton actor, Anthony Ramos, and Brooklyn Borough President announce the return of after school theater program in Bushwick.

Bushwick

Actor Anthony Ramos and Brooklyn beep team up to revive after-school theater program in Bushwick

By Jada Camille

bishop of brooklyn diocese at catholic school

Brooklyn Diocese to close two Catholic elementary schools due to falling enrollment and poor financials

By Kirstyn Brendlen

Children call for ceasefire in Gaza during a Passover 'Seder in the Streets' and Shabbat ceremony.

Kids & Education

‘Judaism involves social justice’: Brooklyn families call for peace during Passover Seder

By Jada Camille

stevenpollardsteddmunds

St. Edmund Prep honors fallen firefighter Steven Pollard with memorial scholarship

By Meaghan McGoldrick O'Neil

School desks in a Classroom

Politics

State makes record investment in nonpublic schools, enhances security amid rising hate crimes

By Meaghan McGoldrick O'Neil

students in public school

Kids & Education

‘Bright starts and bold futures’: 7 new public schools to open in Brooklyn this fall

By Kirstyn Brendlen

bard high school early college opening

Bard High School Early College to open in East New York this fall

By Kirstyn Brendlen

eid al-fitr celebration at the brooklyn children's museum

Brooklyn Children’s Museum to host annual Celebrate Eid al-Fitr festival

By Meaghan McGoldrick O'Neil

bay ridge playground reopening

Bay Ridge

Bay Ridge playground reopens after $5.4M makeover

By Adam Daly

Sponsored

Williamsburg Elementary celebrates student reading achievements

Uncommon Schools

Pleated Gown

Downtown

Brooklyn Prom Project gears up for 11th annual prom wear giveaway

By Meaghan McGoldrick O'Neil

laguardia community college

QNS

Mets owners award more than $116M to LaGuardia Community College to establish Cohen Career Collective on LIC campus

Joanne Seminara school

Bay Ridge

New Bay Ridge elementary school to be named for Joanne Seminara, former attorney and community leader

By Jada Camille

examples of school lunches

Bath Beach

‘Moldy, unappetizing, slimy’: Brooklyn pol slams quality of public school lunches amid budget cuts

By Adam Daly

Brooklyn Friends School

Downtown

Brooklyn Friends School expands Downtown campus with purchase of former ASA College building

By Adam Daly

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American LGBTQ+ Museum executive director Ben Garcia delivers remarks on stage at the museum's groundbreaking ceremony on Dec. 3 at the New-York Historical Society’s auditorium.

New American LGBTQ+ Museum begins construction with original Stonewall brick

Jamaican Canadian Keondra Tomlinson-Gayle, right, is being presented with her certificate of Ghanaian citizenship by President President Akufo-Addo after being sworn in among more than 200 Afro-Caribbean citizens at a ceremony on Nov. 19, 2024, in Accra, Ghana.

More than 200 Afro-Caribbean Diaspora members obtain Ghanaian citizenship

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