Category Archives: Harlem schools

Harlem Prep School Kids’ “Vote for Somebody” (video)

After last night’s debate, you may still be wondering who to vote for. Well, a group of children from Harlem‘s Democracy Prep School have some advice for you, and they put their encouragement in the form of a song. Continue reading

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New York Cares Revitalizes Harlem Schools

6,000 New York Cares volunteers will spread out across the city to revamp public schools on New York Cares Day Fall, Saturday, October 13, 2012.  Continue reading

Bring It On Benefit, Honoring Luis A. Miranda, Jr., Will Fund Harlem Charter School

Members of the Bring It On creative team, including Tony-winning writers Lin-Manuel Miranda, Tom Kitt, Jeff Whitty and Amanda GreenContinue reading

Prime Minister of Thailand, Yingluck Shinawatra Visits Harlem

Prime Minister of Thailand, Yingluck Shinawatra came to visit Harlem Children’s Zone (HCZ) on 125th Street last week. Continue reading

Paid Youth Internships In Harlem

PARENTS, AUNTS, UNCLES…If you are between the ages of 16 and 24, not working, not in school, without an Associates or Bachelors degree and are looking for experience that will lead to a career; Continue reading

Qoute Of The Day: “93 percent of the students live in poverty….”

With less than a month before students return to school, not all families count down with excitement to the first day of classes. Continue reading

Harlem’s Forced Marriage of Charter & Public Schools is not Jeffersonian

The NY Daily News reports that a walk through Public School 241 and you’ll find contrasting spaces; one bathroom is gray and dingy, with urinals that overflow. Continue reading

Dr. Hazel Dukes receives honorary degree at the Apollo

In a commencement ceremony that had the audience clapping to tunes from the Tony award-winning musical “MEMPHIS,” 131 candidates for the doctor of osteopathic medicine (DO) degree received their diplomas on June 5 from the Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine (TouroCOM) in Harlem. Continue reading