It's like a second home. Every weekday, around 150 seniors gather inside a lively community center at 189 Allen Street. Some come for a hot meal -- others for ballroom dancing -- or a friendly game of checkers. On...
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...
New York City school principals receive their budgets from Chancellor Joel Klein's office today, Klein says the schools face cuts of about 5-percent next year, not as deep as he feared. While there will be no major layoffs, he...
