Clear skies, light winds, sun out and all you can ask for is a hot dog and a bag of cracker jacks to describe the ultimate baseball feeling. For Poly Prep High School, it was just that kind of day and an emotional day for their shortstop Anthony Prato. Prato, a senior at Poly […]readmore
By Victoria Horsford NEW YORK CITY The 5/29 NY Sunday Times news section cover story, “Dreams Stall as City’s Engine of Mobility Sputters: Woes at CUNY Mirror a Trend in Higher Education,” is a disturbing account of public college culture. the essay gives a laundry list of woes, not the least of which is […]readmore
By Akosua K. Albritton The week of May 23, 2016 was an eventful one in the world of education. Columbia Professor Celia Oyler was e-mailed questions from the upcoming fourth-grade reading assessment, scheduled for May 23, 2016 – June 10, 2016, from an anonymous teacher who also gave a critique of the questions. Professor Oyler […]readmore
The Rev. Dr. Curtis L. Whitney, retiring after 32 years in the pulpit of Mt. Sinai Baptist Church in Clinton Hill, was born in Ivor, Virginia, is a graduate of Queens College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology and holds a Master’s of Divinity from Union Theological and a Dr. of Divinity from […]readmore