By BlackNews Nationwide — Faith Odunsi, a 15-year old Nigerian high school student, has won the 2021 Global Open Mathematics competition. She bested contestants from many countries around the world including the U.S., China, Australia, and others. Odunsi excelled in all rounds of the competition and even got to answer more questions than her competitors in […]
A Day in the Life of a Real Estate Salesperson A real estate agent, as defined by Cambridge Dictionary, is a person whose business is to arrange the selling or renting (learn more about renting here) of houses, land, offices, or buildings for their owners. While that is a technically accurate definition of a real […]
By Reema Amin, Chalkbeat, THE CITY New York is cancelling most spring and summer high school Regents exams. State education officials approved the move on Monday along with removing the high school exit tests from this year’s graduation requirements, citing the myriad challenges students have faced during the pandemic. Only Regents exams in Algebra I, […]
View of the Rosenthal Library at Queens College in New York City. – Queens, NY – March 2, 2014 (Shutterstock) By QC CUNY — New Business and Arts Schools Further Expands Student Opportunities and Career Paths — QUEENS, NY, March 10, 2021—President Frank H. Wu delivered his first State of the College address today, Wednesday, […]
AFA Teens for Alzheimer’s Awareness Scholarship Essay Contest
NEW YORK (January 26, 2021)— The Alzheimer’s Foundation of America (AFA) is offering scholarships to college-bound high school seniors affected by Alzheimer’s disease of up to $5,000 as part of its annual Teens for Alzheimer’s Awareness Scholarship Essay Contest. Entries can be submitted at www.alzfdn.org/scholarship and must be received by February 15th. AFA’s scholarship essay contest invites […]
Stuyvesant High School. The most selective of the specialized high schools in the NYC public school system. – New York City, New York / USA – November 2019 (Shutterstock) By Christina Veiga, Chalkbeat, THE CITY The coronavirus pandemic will force major changes in the ways students are admitted to New York City’s competitive middle and […]
The big idea Our recent survey found that schools can affect the mental health and well-being of not just students but their parents, too. From April through June 2020, we surveyed 152 parents – primarily mothers – in Detroit, Michigan, who were managing the new demands of remote schooling for their children. Not surprisingly, they reported high […]
NYPD School Safety Officer in front of school in Lower Manhattan. – New York – May 3, 2018 (Shutterstock) By Stanley S. Litow, The Conversation Since COVID-19 forced many of America’s schools to teach kids remotely, parents and elected officials have been rightly concerned about when things will get back to normal. But there are […]
Students attend first day of in-person learning at Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of New York at Immaculate Conception Catholic Academy. – New York, NY – September 09, 2020 (Shutterstock) By Eliza Shapiro, NY Times Mayor Bill de Blasio’s monthslong effort to reopen New York City classrooms was complicated by major logistical challenges, staunch political […]
By Kui Xie and Sheng-Lun Cheng, The Conversation If you take classes online, chances are you probably procrastinate from time to time. Research shows that more than 70% of college students procrastinate, with about 20% consistently doing it all the time. Procrastination is putting off starting or finishing a task despite knowing that it will seriously compromise […]