Tag: education

Uncommon Schools training college students to become Brooklyn teachers

Aug. 4, 2023 Sponsored post by Uncommon Schools

More than a decade before he became principal of a high-performing middle school in Brooklyn, Quinterrence Bell was a fresh-faced college student who just completed his junior year at Morehouse College and found himself in front of a classroom for the first time.

New Brower Park Library opens at Brooklyn Children’s Museum

Jul. 24, 2023 By Ximena Del Cerro

The new Brower Park Library, with seven different spaces filled with an extensive collection of books, DVDs,  laptops, desktops, screens and many objects of cultural and historical value, is now open to everyone at the Brooklyn Children’s Museum in Crown Heights.

‘An unprecedented opportunity’: Charter school plans new campus on Floyd Bennett Field

May. 9, 2023 By Isabel Song Beer

A Brooklyn charter school has unveiled plans for a new seven-acre campus at the historic Floyd Bennett Field in Southern Brooklyn designated for experiential learning, where students will receive hands-on experience about socioeconomic issues and gain the skills necessary to succeed in future career paths.