Children Determine Curriculum at Tribeca Preschool
By Emma Thorne
At the TriBeCa Community School, an unusual sentry guards the front door: not a teacher, not an administrator, but a giant pink and blue papier-mâché cow.
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Early Start on Great Education
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Three Decades of Cooking Up Great Ideas at Epiphany
Parents and Community Pitch in at Landmark School
Children Determine Curriculum at Tribeca Preschool
By Josh Rogers
Blackboard Awards Contributing Editor
Our annual salute to extraordinary schools and principals, the Blackboard Awards, begins this week with profiles of the Brownstone School, TriBeCa Community School and Wendy Levey, the longtime head of Epiphany Community Nursery School.
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Parents and Community Pitch in at Landmark School
Parents and Community Pitch in at Landmark School
The Brownstone School, a preschool located in a landmark building, has been serving the Upper West Side for 48 years. Emphasizing play-focused teaching while maintaining a warm, positive atmosphere for students and their families, Brownstone earned recognition from the Blackboard Awards committee this year as an outstanding school.
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Community Board Puts Brakes on License Law
By Megan Finnegan
The Upper East Side’s Community Board 8 often grapples with how best to share their crowded streets among pedestrians, bicyclists and vehicles, and the board doesn’t shy away from declaring its ideas in strongly worded resolutions. At last week’s meeting, however, the full board declined to adopt a resolution that would ask the city and state to mandate licenses for bike riders.
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For Unemployed, a Chance to Work
More and more job seekers are turning to continuing ed programs
By Laura Shin
As the national unemployment rate remains stubbornly high at 9.1 percent, more unemployed New Yorkers are considering continuing education courses to help pave the way to a new job.
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Getting In to Private School
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In 2008, Jennifer Brozost, then an admissions officer at the Ethical Culture Fieldston School, approached her co-worker Vimmi Shroff with an idea: why not start a business to help New York City parents navigate the notoriously nerve-wracking process of applying to private schools?
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Be on the Giving Side of Tech Support
In today’s technology-dependent world, information technology professionals and computer technicians can be a godsend—just think of the Geek Squad or those geniuses at the Apple Store’s genius bar—who can cure whatever ails your computer before you have a chance to go into withdrawal. Now, with a growing number of courses in computer technology on offer from different institutions in New York City, you too can become a member of the computer doctor elite. The only question you have to ask yourself is this: Do you have the computer savvy to learn the secret methods to battle glitches like the spinning circle of death?
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If Life’s Going Well, How About Coaching Others?
A city characterized by its overachieving and career-driven population, New York’s need for life coaching—both in private and corporate settings—is on the rise. For those individuals looking to put their good listening skills, patience and nurturing to use, programs at NYU, Columbia and other educational institutions offer programs in this relatively new, increasingly popular field.
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Learning How to Sell Real Estate
By Alan Krawitz
As a profession, real estate has typically drawn New Yorkers from all walks of life, from professionals to career changers, investors and those seeking to earn extra income in their spare time.
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Click And Learn
Educational Apps That Inspire Curiosity And Learning
In today’s fast-paced, tech-driven world, savvy parents have turned to mobile apps to entertain (read: occupy and distract) children. However, apps can also serve as learning tools. In the spirit of on-the-go enrichment, we’ve come up with our top 15 educational apps for children.
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