Education

E. River Waterfront Project design by SHoP ArchitectsImmigrant Social Services (ISS) announced Wednesday that it has joined forces with local ecologists and architects to create "This Is Our River", a free hands-on project for students at PS126, in...

It was back to school for a million students in the New York City public schools today. Schools chancellor Joel Klein, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Councilmember Alan Gerson were at PS 142 to greet a few of them....

As this month marks 400 years since Henry Hudson sailed into New York harbor, Tenement Talks will feature Russell Shorto tonight at 6:30p at the Tenement Museum. He is the author of Island at the Center of the...

Three students from the Educational Alliance's Teen Center are recipients of the 2009 Allan Morrow College Scholarship Awards. Pictured from top to bottom are Augustine Gnalian, Sherice Goodwine and Karen Lee. Also pictured are Educational Alliance Trustees...

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Parenting experts Hannah Wiltshire and Ruth Wyatt will discuss how to set limits for your children at a workshop the Education Alliance is sponsoring July 8th. Wiltshire and Wyatt, of Everyday Parenting,  will talk about how to incorporate discipline...

We've been following the campaign, led by the Educational Alliance, to restore funding for 88 community-based after school programs cut by the Bloomberg administration. Late last night, they got some good news. 80-percent of the funding for the "OST-2"...

As we reported earlier, Mayor Bloomberg has decided to cut 100% of the city's after-school youth programs supported by OST2. These cuts will affect 88 programs and almost 11,000 students city-wide, leaving many disenfranchised youth without a safe place...

A large group of students and staff from dozens of community organizations came to City Hall this afternoon to fight for continued funding of after school programs (see our earlier coverage here). Mayor Bloomberg decided to cut off money...

Teens did the mambo... seniors danced to Lady Gaga at the Educational Alliance Friday afternoon. It was an intergenerational dance performance in the Mazer Theater. The event brought together teens from the Edgies Teen Center with adults...