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Only about one in three city students have met New York State arts education requirements by the end of middle school, prompting calls for more funding Thursday.

Roberta Lehrman, 70, was trying to rush across the street at Broadway and E. 13th St. in Union Square Wednesday afternoon when she was hit by a Staten Island-bound MTA express bus, said police.

Stuyvesant High School gave officers to 11 Black students this year and 7 accepted. Specialized high schools continue to be segregated.

The underrepresentation of Black and Latino students in prestigious institutions like Stuyvesant High School, Brooklyn Tech, and Bronx Science has been a long-term problem for the city.

During this holiday weekend, if you are looking for an interesting and uplifting story of fulfilling the American dream, you might consider the new book by John Catsimatidis, How Far Do You Want to Go: Lessons From a Common-Sense Billionaire (Matt Holt 2023). Full disclosure -- I have met Mr. Catsimatidis and members of his

I was surprised that BJX now has close to fifty public high school students from Murrow, Madison, Midwood and Brooklyn Tech attending weekly Torah

THE CITY and Chalkbeat hosted a session at Brooklyn’s Central Library about how to get appropriate mental health support for kids in NYC public schools.

NEW YORK: In Manhattan, one high school freshman said he is trying to cut down on scrolling through TikTok, but questioned whether age restrictions on social media use could ever effectively stop tech-savvy teenagers.

After the surgeon general warned that social media harms young people, young New Yorkers agreed. Some also said that the government — and their parents — should back off.

It is only fitting that a female high school student from one of the most prestigious institutions in New York City is the first recipient of the Celia Stein Kiwanis Club of Riverdale scholarship in honor of the chapter’s first female Kiwanian.