Small Schools Spread Wings As Two Giants Close

After this past school year, the city's Department of Education (DOE) closed both Evander Childs in Williamsbridge and Walton in Kingsbridge Heights - two storied, but recently underperforming high schools in District 10. Both schools stopped accepting students in 2005. In their absence, the 11 smaller schools on the two campuses - including Hoffman's - which have been phased in over the past four years, will gain some much needed elbow room. |  Read More

Kids Craft Their Own Superheroes

The latest crop of superheroes to hit the Bronx won't all come from the box office this summer. A stop by the bare corner in front of the recreation center at St. James Park reveals a lunch table chock full of brand new neighborhood superheroes created by students from MS 399 in Fordham on East 184th Street. |  Read More

More Schools Top Back-to-School Shopping List

The daily routine of many Bronx public high school students goes something like this: get to school an hour early to be herded through metal detectors, eat lunch at 10 a.m. in a crowded cafeteria, and go home without having had any art, music, or science classes. Experiences like these brought more than 60 Bronx youth, educators and activists to a press conference and rally on the steps of City Hall on Aug. 7 |  Read More