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As School Options Shift, UWS Families Are Looking Ahead
8+ hour, 54+ min ago (325+ words) As families across the Upper West Side begin planning for the upcoming school year, many are taking a closer look at their options and considering what environment will best support their child's growth. Located in the heart of the Upper…...
Member of Panel That Will Decide Fate of Three UWS Schools: 'It Clearly Wasn't Enough Time'
1+ week, 5+ day ago (1026+ words) Upper West Sider Naveed Hasan is in the middle of his fourth term as a member of New York City's Panel for Educational Policy, otherwise known as PEP, whose members include former teachers, school advocates, parents, and education specialists. Throughout…...
Affordable and Unique Classes for Seniors in the Heart of the Upper West Side
4+ week, 8+ hour ago (183+ words) Here in New York, there is no shortage of opportunities for seniors looking for ways to spend their time. But so many of those opportunities come at steep, inaccessible fees. Council Lifetime Learning is different. Council Lifetime Learning (also known…...
Upper West Side Gets Expansion of Free School Seats For 3-Year-Olds
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (496+ words) ZIP codes on the Upper West Side are among more than 50 across New York City that will add more seats for 3-K schooling, Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced earlier this week. The 3-K program is free, full-day education for 3-year-old children…...
City Halts Plan To Close Upper West Side Middle School: 'Our Focus Must be on Healing"
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (608+ words) Last month, countless people heard the "abhorrent" remarks made by an adult as an Upper West Side student was speaking at a local schools meeting, which was first reported on by West Side Rag. In the subsequent coverage and public…...
UWS Middle School Fights Against its Possible Elimination: 'We Are Not Just Going to Roll Over"
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (856+ words) Tiffany Rodriguez's family has been connected to P. S. 191 on the Upper West Side for more than a decade. She has a pair of kindergartners at the school, another in the sixth grade, and a fourth child who graduated and is currently…...
You're Not Doing It Wrong'You're Parenting a Young Child
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (523+ words) A new workshop series at Rutgers Presbyterian Church helps parents of young children think like early childhood educators'and stress less in the process. Anna Sobel spent years on the other side of the classroom door. As a preschool and Kindergarten…...
Columbia University Names Its Next President, the Fourth Since 2023
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (236+ words) By West Side Rag Columbia University has appointed Jennifer L. Mnookin, the current chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, to serve as Columbia's next president " the fourth person to hold that job since 2023. Mnookin dealt with pro-Palestinian protests on the Madison…...
UWS School Superintendent Named New NYC Schools Chancellor
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (521+ words) Kamar Samuels, who has led schools on the Upper West Side and in Morningside Heights since 2022, will now oversee the entire New York City public school system as the new Schools Chancellor under Mayor Zohran Mamdani. Mamdani announced the appointment…...
Upper West Side School Set for June Closure After 236 Years
1+ year, 4+ day ago (1836+ words) The Alexander Robertson School is in its final weeks of operation after failing to come to a lease agreement with the Second Presbyterian Church, which owns the building it operates within. The school, which is connected to the church on…...