Officials Step Up Efforts Against Cyber-Bullying

Traditional schoolyard bullying has moved from campus grounds to the computers, and cell phones, of many teenagers. After a rash of bullying-related deaths last year, the public’s awareness of cyber-bullying has grown, and local schools and government officials are taking more serious actions to prevent it.

Calling All Future Bronx Journalists!

The Bronx Youth Journalism Initiative, a free high school journalism after-school program run by the Norwood News, is now accepting applications for the Spring 2012 semester. Founded in 2008, the Bronx Youth Journalism Initiative is open to any high school student who lives or goes to school in the Bronx. Spring classes will start at the end of February and are held every Wednesday afternoon from 4 to 6 p.m. at Hostos Community College, on the Grand Concourse. The application deadline is February 15. The course runs for 12 weeks, and teaches the ins and outs of reporting, writing, and

While students are forbidden from having cell phones in school, some say their teachers use them in class. They find the double-standard distracting and unfair.

A Trip Through Metal Detector Means Late for Class

At 9:05 a.m. on a recent cloudy and windy Monday morning, a large crowd of students are eager to get inside of Morris High School Campus in the Bronx. They are already five minutes late for their first period and the process of going through the school’s metal detectors will make them even later.

Bronx Councilman Cabrera Plans March to Protest City Schools’ Church Ban

Bronx Councilman Fernando and a group of the city’s religious leaders are planning a press conference and protest march tomorrow, their latest effort to fight the city’s decision to ban houses of worship from convening in public school spaces during non-school hours.

Bronx Councilman Arrested During ‘Prayer Protest’; More Rallies Planned

Bronx Councilman Fernando Cabrera and six other demonstrators were arrested last week in Manhattan during a peaceful protest designed to highlight what they say is the city’s increasingly discriminatory policies against religious groups that rent public spaces for worship.

Bronx Science Students, Alumni Protest Against Principal

A group of current and former students from the Bronx High School of Science, organizing under the name “Take Back Bronx Science,” rallied across the street from the prestigious public school last Thursday. (Photo by Jeanmarie Evelly)

Bronx High School Students Wanted for Free Journalism Program

The Bronx Youth Journalism Initiative, a free high school journalism after-school program run by the Norwood News, is now accepting applications for the Spring 2012 semester.

Bronx Science Group Plans Protest Against Principal, Administration

A group of current and former Bronx High School of Science students and faculty are planning to stage a protest tomorrow afternoon, across the street from the prestigious public school, in opposition to administrative policies that they say are harming the school’s reputation and causing a number of well-respected teachers there to resign, or retire prematurely.