Jul
21
To expand NYC’s ‘gifted’ programs, one nonprofit turns to after school
To expand NYC’s ‘gifted’ programs, one nonprofit turns to after school Kelly didn’t think of herself as particularly smart when a teacher told the rising sixth grader that she would be joining the Excellence Project, an after-school program at P.S. 189 in the Bronx for “gifted” students. But she started attending the daily sessions, where […]
Jul
21
A graduate of NYC schools, this is my story.
A graduate of NYC schools, this is my story. Throughout elementary school, I would come home, change out of my uniform, open my workbook on a child-size wooden table, complete my assignments, and bring the book to my mom. Only after she rigorously double-checked my work could I plant myself down in front of the […]
