Education
Bushwick Public School Parents: Run for CEC!
Internet-connected parents with children in public schools doesn't seem like a big demographic in Bushwick -- that's why if you fit the bill you should be running for Community Education Council! The registration and voting are conducted online only, so the odds of you actually getting in could be higher than you expect.
CECs review the curriculum, approve school boundaries, advise the Chancellor and have meetings with the Superintendent each month to discuss the state of schools in their district. If ...
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NYU Too Expensive? Move to Bushwick
If you have read any of the New York City blogs the past few days, you have probably seen posts about ... -
Local School Closes as Catholic Population Wanes
An empty classroom at recently closed St. Cecilia's Catholic School in Williamsburg. Ridgewood's St. Aloysius School will close at the end of this school year.-- ... -
In Bushwick Schools, Police State Persists
PS 384 on Cooper Street, by specmotors The Village Voice's heroic Nat Hentoff wants to know the Bloomberg Administration's logic behind handcuffing children under 16 for ... -
In Bushwick Schools, a Peace Dividend
Bushwick High, by A Guy in Brooklyn I have been hard on Bushwick community organization Make the Road NY, and we do disagree on many important ...
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Bushwick's Brightest
I mentioned in my introductory post that I teach at The Brooklyn Latin School, located near the intersection of Bushwick and McKibbin, in the handsome old P.S. 147 building. We are a specialized high school, which means that students must take an exam to gain admission to TBLS. Though this exam has earned the unfortunate nickname of the "Stuy exam," ... -
