Education

Frustrated with the lack of help and services for the Hispanic community Circulo de la Hispanidad was born.

The Board of Education has banned processed meat from being served in public school cafeterias following a resolution by the New York City Council.

A high school principal has resigned amid fallout over the district's handling of a rape case.

Bridge Preparatory Charter School on Staten Island opened its doors for the first time this September, becoming the first and only public school in New York State dedicated to serving students with dyslexia and language-based learning disabilities. 

The teacher asked students to come up with a funny caption for photographs of slavery, allegedly because she didn't want to be bored.

It's not every day you see a professor doing their laundry in the dorms but for freshmen at Hofstra University it's not unusual. Dr. Katrina Sims is the Faculty in Residence in the main first year residence hall. The assistant professor of history is a resource to some 600 students and she calls Hofstra her home, literally. 

The letter claimed that the students were getting together and breaking up too quickly and that was leading to 'many broken hearts' and distractions in the classroom.

For many of the students in Brooklyn’s M.S. 50, Spanish is their first language. Five years ago, Principal Benjamin Honoroff decided that no child would be left out of debating on a national stage, making the school’s debate team bilingual and challenging English-only norms at tournaments.

Two white girls are accused of a racial attack on a black girl.

There’s a new puppy with a purpose joining the staff of the Henry Viscardi School on Long Island.