South Bronx kids learn about digital safety in after-school program
American youth are facing a mental health crisis, but a local group is working to change that. At a cluster of desks near the windows of a brightly-lit classroom, eight…
Code4NYC: Empowering the next generation of young coders in the Bronx
At one Bronx school, a group of students have kick started a new initiative to help them and their peers learn new skills rarely available in low-income communities so they’re…
Safety, drugs, inflation: What’s on the minds of South Bronx teens ahead of a tense election
This fall, reporters from the Mott Haven Herald and Hunts Point Express hit the streets of the South Bronx, attended local events, and led workshops to understand what young people…
New East Side House Settlement Education Center named after local judge
A Bronx Supreme Court Judge joined the grand opening of a new education center named in his honor, in Concourse Village on Sept. 25. The new center, located at 705…
As costs climb, back-to-school giveaway eases financial burdens for families
Alonda Guillen was in the middle of doing her laundry when she found out about the back-to-school giveaway event outside the City of Refuge Church in Port Morris on Saturday.…
$19 million earmarked for South Bronx schools
Local schools can soon expect an infusion of badly needed funding that is expected to help reduce class sizes and upgrade education for students in special needs categories, among other…
Families catch the ‘reading wave,’ as Mott Haven holds a literacy fair
Students, parents and educators kicked off the summer season with books, games and food at Bronx Community Educational District 7’s first annual literacy fair last Tuesday afternoon. Schools in Mott…
Early childcare, youth services are on the mayor’s chopping block, worrying Bronx families
Proposed cuts to early child education in the mayor’s upcoming budget have some Bronx families on edge, in the face of rising costs for child care. At an April 22…