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...
Principals across New York City are having to make some tough choices. Last month the Department of Education announced $405 million in budget cuts, averaging 4.9 percent per school. But recently a group of principals told the New York...
Andrea Scott has an infectious smile. She rattles off a list of activities - dance, poetry club, raising money for kids in Africa -- faster than I can write them down. Like most teenagers, she's a little bit torn...
We recently visited a fantastic show on the roof of New Design High School. The school's third annual Rooftop Legends show included graffiti artists from around the world and resulted in an array of fabulous art on the walls...
We caught up with Principal Scott Conti and Dean Jesse Pais at New Design High School's Rooftop Legends show over the weekend. They told us why they love the Lower East Side. We'll be posting a piece about their...
Photo credits: Sarah Palmer
Rooftop Films will be celebrating their opening night tomorrow with an evening of live music and short films down here on the rooftop at the New Design High School on Grand St. Don't miss the Open...
