Image Credit: Take A Look…The Universe Is Yours!, 2019. By Jennifer Mack-Watkins On Juneteenth weekend, the Festival will bring together book lovers and their favorite authors for a community-wide celebration. This event expands on the Center’s 97-year tradition of championing authors of African descent from across the nation and theContinue Reading
Photo by CDC on Pexels.com Schools Across NYC Celebrate First-Ever New York City Scholarship Month Participating Families Encouraged to Activate and View NYC Scholarship Accounts New York City Mayor Eric Adams today announced investments in the future of New York City children, giving 97 percent of kindergartners across the cityContinue Reading
Legislation S.5924-C/A.6938-B Ensures Students Have Access to Transcript Data Necessary to Complete Their Degree and Obtain Employment Governor Previously Ordered SUNY and CUNY to End this Practice Accomplishes 2022 State of the State Goal of Ending Transcript Withholding Statewide Governor Kathy Hochul today signed legislation S.5924-C/A.6938-B that prohibits colleges fromContinue Reading
Legislation (S.6744/A.7981) Removes Archaic Stigmatizing Term ‘Incorrigible’ to Protect Students Legislation (S.6529/A.9391) Prohibits Intimidation and Retaliation Against Students Who File Complaints Against Proprietary Schools Governor Kathy Hochul today signed legislation to protect the rights of students in New York by eliminating a sexist and racist term from certain sections of education law. LegislationContinue Reading
Photo: @JimmyAwards 2022 JIMMY AWARDS CEREMONY TAKES PLACE ONMONDAY, JUNE 27, 2022AT BROADWAY’S MINSKOFF THEATRE The Jimmy Awards® is pleased to announce the 2022 INSPIRING TEACHER AWARD presented by WELLS FARGO will be given to Kristin Winchester, Durham School of the Arts (Durham, North Carolina), and Ian Sullivan, Hickory Ridge High School (Harrisburg, North Carolina). TheseContinue Reading
Photos: Bloomberg Philanthropies Support is Part of $750 Million Five-Year National Effort to Advance Public Schools Bloomberg Philanthropies today announced $100 million in support to Harlem Children’s Zone Promise Academy and $100 million in support to Success Academy, two leading public charter schools in New York City. The funding willContinue Reading
Program Will Improve Air Quality, Advance Clean Energy and Reduce Carbon Emissions in Pre-K-12 Public Schools Would be Significantly Expanded Under $4.2 Billion Clean Water, Clean Air, and Green Jobs Environmental Bond Act Going Before Voters This Fall Builds Upon New York’s First in the Nation Requirement for All NewContinue Reading
Ucross Artist Residency Campus in Spring, Photo by Bill Megalos Ucross’s spring session is in full swing through June 3, 56 artists from a variety of disciplines will be in residence at the historic 20,000-acre ranch in the foothills of the Bighorn Mountains in northern Wyoming. “We are always energizedContinue Reading
Photo: Jonathan Blanc Elliott’s book, Invisible Child, follows eight dramatic years in the life of a girl raised in a New York City shelter The New York Public Library announced today that Andrea Elliott is the winner of its 2022 Helen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in Journalism for her powerful book Invisible Child:Continue Reading
Summer Boost NYC will reach approximately 25,000 New York City K-8 students whose learning loss has been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic All New York City public charter schools serving K-8 students are eligible for a total $50 million in funding Bloomberg Philanthropies announced today Summer Boost NYC, a new programContinue Reading