Archives - May 2012
Turning the switch: jumping neighborhood hurdles to get through college
Getting into college was once the main goal for urban educators and nonprofits. Now, the focus is on staying in college.
Opportunity locked
Students at Opportunity Charter have speech therapy in the hallway while other classrooms in the building are empty and locked. These are the space wars in New York City.
Nihao Newark! [VIDEO]
Chinese is being taught for the first time in a new public high school in Newark, and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s high-profile $100 million donation two years ago can take some of the credit.
Once suspended, always suspended: Chronic suspensions through the eyes of a student
Part of a series on how New York deals with its so-called "bad" kids, on School Stories.org
Out in the world: García Lorca in New York
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Thanks to Lorca in New York (April 5-July 21 2013), a celebration of Lorca’s American sojourn, the Spanish poet is receiving renewed interest in the city he once described as the “vomiting multitude
The living dead are evolving: The Zombie apocalypse takes over media
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Zombie research experts – yes, they exist -- debate the validity of zombie films based on an expanding definition of the undead.
For religious actors, a clash of cultures
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Mona Shaikh must balance a dedication both to the theater and to religious observance.
Playing the fool: An interview with Broadway “Cinderella” star Greg Hildreth
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Hildreth plays the fool for a living, and wouldn’t have it any other way.
A prized Italian painting makes its American debut
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A painting by Diego Velázquez is the lone artwork in a new exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum.
The second coming: Christian dubstep in the digital age
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The music known as Christian dubstep is an unlikely pairing of two worlds.
