ARTS and CULTURE
Paths More Traveled: Youths Distill Migration
Michelle S. Han |
When you’re young and new to New York, a move between continents — or boroughs — makes an impression.
Bronx
Doing It For Themselves: NYC Teens Take On Sex Ed
Alice Proujansky |
The spring season brings birds and bees and … youth-led sexual education workshops.
Bronx
The Fall And Rise Of The South Bronx
Roberta Brandes Gratz |
This look back at the successes and missteps of the Banana Kelly Community Development Association offers lessons for community organizers everywhere.
Brooklyn
Battered Twice?: Victims Offer Critique Of Courts
Bosede Adenekan |
A compilation of the experiences of 75 survivors of domestic violence shows that many feel Family Court adds to their families’ problems.
ARTS and CULTURE
Bronx Boys of Summer Hunt For Space To Play
David Greene |
The borough’s parks are all being renovated at once, so local teams are sharing crowded turf.
Center for an Urban Future
Vocational Education Means Schools That Work
David Jason Fischer |
A report from the Center for an Urban Future finds that New York is neglecting the potential of career and technical high schools.
ARTS and CULTURE
THE CITY'S LATEST HIRINGS AND RETIRINGS
Matt Schwarzfeld |
Personnel changes abound in Albany as one governor leaves and another arrives, while city and nonprofit agencies also make moves.
Brooklyn
Turn On, Tune In, Stay In: Lowering The Dropout Rate
Helen Zelon |
From beyond the DOE, advocates offer ideas about how to get more students to graduation.
ARTS and CULTURE
Bronx Newspaper Project Gives Teenagers New Voice
Tram Whitehurst |
A community media group spins off a new supplement written by youth — with stories to interest all ages.
Bronx
A Group Portrait Emerges Of the Young and Homeless
Tram Whitehurst |
A survey of homeless youth yields the first new estimate of this population in more than two decades.
