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First the mayor moved to cancel SYEP. Then it was belatedly restored. Providers say the rush to get it up and running has made the summer harder than it needed…

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Jul 2020

Education

Summer Camp Amid COVID: Fewer Kids, More Clorox and Make Your Own S’mores

Could NYC schools learn from how day camps have adapted to the pandemic?

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Jun 2020

Opinion

Opinion: Want Young People to Vote? Let Them Organize Themselves

‘In our conversations with Gen Z New Yorkers about what keeps them from the polls, they cite three main factors: socioeconomic barriers, a sense of personal or community disenfranchisement, and…

ByMaya Vesneske

ByOlivia Brady 0Comments

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Mar 2020

Opinion

Opinion: Youth Homeless Are Falling Through Cracks in COVID-19 Response

‘Providers have had to close four drop-in centers, some have rolled services back to the most basic pieces, and still others have ceased overnight hours.’

ByCraig Hughes 0Comments

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Mar 2019

Health Opinion

Opinion: New York City Students Need Wellness Education

‘Put simply, setting aside time for meditation each week makes people better learners and better human beings. Isn’t that what we want for all our children?’

ByRafael Espinal 1Comment

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Oct 2018

In Depth Investigations Justice

The Kids are Leaving Rikers. Is it Really a New Day for Juvenile Justice in NYC?

Not so fast. With Raise the Age going into effect this week, the city’s 16- and 17-year-olds in custody are just moving from one jail to another.

ByHarry DiPrinzio 10Comments

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Jul 2018

Opinion

CityViews: Black, Female and Neglected, 19th-Century Hero Became Students’ Cause

‘Now the nation faces an issue of preserved history through the debate over the removal of Confederate statues. My class decided that we should not minimize history but instead add…

ByTiara Coleman 1Comment

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Jul 2018

Opinion

CityViews: Weep Over the Death of a Child in the Bronx. Then Act.

‘Before this happens again, all the elected officials, school teachers, journalists, priests, ministers and rabbis should look in the mirror, and assume the responsibility for human life we have been…

ByRaymond Schroth 3Comments

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Jun 2018

Opinion

CityViews: NYC’s Youth March to Sound the Alarm on Climate Change

‘We betray our values by neglecting the global and pervasive threat climate change poses to humanity.’

ByIlana Cohen

ByAmy Torres 4Comments

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May 2018

Opinion

CityViews: New York’s Sex Ed Classes Need to be About More Than Sex

‘If we are truly committed to building a future where all people, regardless of gender, are empowered to live with agency and free from violence, it starts with comprehensive sex…

ByAlessia Milstein 0Comments

Summer Youth Programs Still Reeling From Funding Cut and Late Reversal

Summer Camp Amid COVID: Fewer Kids, More Clorox and Make Your Own S’mores

Opinion: Want Young People to Vote? Let Them Organize Themselves

Opinion: Youth Homeless Are Falling Through Cracks in COVID-19 Response

Opinion: New York City Students Need Wellness Education

The Kids are Leaving Rikers. Is it Really a New Day for Juvenile Justice in NYC?

CityViews: Black, Female and Neglected, 19th-Century Hero Became Students’ Cause

CityViews: Weep Over the Death of a Child in the Bronx. Then Act.

CityViews: NYC’s Youth March to Sound the Alarm on Climate Change

CityViews: New York’s Sex Ed Classes Need to be About More Than Sex

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