Ripe Leaves by Howard Stein
“Ripeness is all.” King Lear. William Shakespeare. Tough lives, tougher hides,Texture of perseverance –Scrub oak leaves,Mature by late spring,Await a...
Education
NYC Chancellor David Banks says schools have become like ‘testing mills’
New York City Chancellor David Banks has expressed worry that some schools have become “testing mills” and that student engagement...
NYC high school teacher helps teens understand the war in Ukraine
A high school teacher has taken up the obligation to help teenagers understand the war in Ukraine. Sari Beth Rosenberg...
NYC Schools Chancellor blames software company in data hack
The city schools chancellor is calling for an investigation of a software company after data of 820,000 students was hacked...
Brooklyn school welcomes Ukranian refugee family
Inside a classroom at St. Athanasius Catholic Academy in Brooklyn, you can find 11-year-old Theodore Gaynullin. Gaynullin is the first...
Essence of Lost Breath by Priyanka Banerjee
Lost breath, one tale of nostalgic love. She Speaks up truth defying the Dullness of the prison house of untruth....
NYC teens caught with loaded gun in Bronx schoolyard
Two Bronx teenagers were caught in their schoolyard handling a loaded gun Tuesday afternoon, police said. The 16- and 17-year-old...
Mayor Adams to drop NYC school mask rule for kids younger than 5
Amid concerns that a new COVID variant will cause cases to rise, Mayor Adams announced on Tuesday that as long...
Reverend removed from NYC education policy panel due to anti-gay views
A Staten Island pastor who once equated homosexuality to pedophilia was removed from Mayor Adams’ education policy panel within hours...
New York moves to change ‘emotional disturbance’ label to ‘emotional disability’ to reduce stigma
Roughly 8,400 of New York City students with disabilities are classified as having an “emotional disturbance,” a term that has...
Nigeria: Governor Zulum rejects naming of school project after him
Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum has rejected the naming of two blocks of hostel at the Ramat Polytechnic...
Queens high school students rejoice, to receive cyber security, military training
Jessica Baba, 15, a student of Queens High School knows little about computer science. However, by next fall, she hopes...
CUNY student petitions to cancel opera written by white playwright
A petition to cancel a City University of New York (CUNY) school production of an opera about Emmett Till written...
Bronx students to speak at U.N. virtual forum
A group of students from the South Bronx is getting ready to address the world. They'll be speaking at a...
Charter school advocates push lawmakers to expand seats in city
Charter school advocates rallied in City Hall Park Wednesday to push state lawmakers on action that would increase the number...
NYC Schools Chancellor promises to empower city schools principals
New York City Schools Chancellor David Banks has repeatedly promised to transform New York City’s schools “from the bottom up.”...
Middle school assistant principal commits suicide
A middle school in California was evacuated on Monday after a beloved assistant principal shot himself to death while alone...
High school launches ‘calm room’ to help students’ mental health
A high school is taking an extra step to help students battling anxiety and depression, creating a safe space for...
US public schools to stop serving free meals to all students once pandemic waiver expires
Public schools have been serving all students free meals during the COVID-19 pandemic, but that is likely coming to an...
Sonnet Mondal’s “An Afternoon in My Mind”: a delightful afternoon read: Book review by Poorna Singh
Publisher: Copper Coin In "An Afternoon in My Mind," Sonnet Mondal invites readers to curl up on the couch and...
Yeshiva University students heading to Austria to help Ukrainian refugees
Students of a private university located in New York City have extended a kind gesture to Ukrainian refugees. More than...
Chancellor Banks leaves admission criteria unchanged, parents express dissatisfaction
Schools Chancellor David Banks has decided not to change the high school admissions process for next year. This has angered...
NYC brings back Summer Rising, offers academics and enrichment for all students
New York City is bringing back last year’s summer school model, with academics in the morning and enrichment in the...
O My Brothers, O My Neighbours by Sushant Kumar B.K.
I hate weapons I hate bombs And so do you, I hope. O my brothers , O my neighbours Only...
Student loan payments may not restart in May — DOE says
The U.S. Department of Education has directed the companies that service federal student loans not to send out notices about...
Proposed bill to ban NY colleges from using legacy preference
A bill set to be introduced in the state legislature would prohibit New York colleges from using legacy preference or...
52% of NYC public school students fully vaccinated, latest DOE data confirms
According to the latest data from the Department of Education, just a bit over half of New York City public...
How NYC schools spend $7 billion in COVID federal relief
Recall that the federal government approved billions of dollars in relief to local governments and school districts, including more than...
DOE to pay school administrators for hours of overtime from COVID cases
The city Department of Education has agreed to pay five hours of overtime to school administrators for every COVID-19 case...
NYC Amazon workers to access college-degree programs through CUNY partnership
Tech giant Amazon has pledged to subsidize the cost of tuition and fees for roughly 30,000 of its hourly workers...
Many NYC high schools are off limits to students with disabilities, says concerned mother
Picking a high school means finding not just the right fit in terms of academics and interests, but a whole...
NYC teachers with vaccine exemptions are being treated like outcasts
Some New York City teachers with COVID-19 vaccine exemptions have expressed contempt towards how they were treated like outcasts when...
Small schools fear for survival as NYC school enrollment shrinks
Several claims from different school owners in New York City have confirmed a shrink in rate of enrollment. Harlem High...
Queens nonprofit opens new adolescent mental health clinic
World Teen Mental Wellness Day, celebrated on March 2nd is a day to raise greater awareness about the mental health...
Queens Public Library sets to reopen in April
After being closed for two years, the Queens Public Library branch in Flushing has confirmed on Friday plans to reopen...
Student-led project helps build shelter for Rochester’s homeless community
A student-led project has proven worthy to help fight homelessness in a local community in Rochester, New York. Considering the...
NYC school safety agents to remain with NYPD
New York City school safety agents have been confirmed to remain with the New York Police Department (NYPD) as plans...
A Plea for Peace by S. A. Yitta
Of all men can count of bliss, peace is peak without superior. Of all men could live without, air devoid...
Financial Focus: Ready for Financial School? Join us every Friday at Financial Focus University!
By Professor Anthony Rivieccio MBA PFA In today's virtual times, many, I am sure, would love to go to finance...
Differently- About Spirituality and Poetry by Rozalia Aleksandrova
The Poet lives in the moment of creation. It's more than a smile and a hug. He opens the heavenly...
Waves by Aziza Dahdouh
When i asked the waves Since when have you started visiting the shore The tide whispered Count... Count the grains of...
Sea of Trees by Gregory Richard Barden
jade canopy waving while it whispers the lush secret, compelled delicious word of myriad words casting shadowed merriment at a...
You Are Not Alone, Act One, Spring by Jill Sharon Kimmelman
In a large house with hidden closets aplenty where my precious children once played you could enjoy hide and peek...
World Inkers Network interview information
Here you will find answers to many questions we are asked about World Inkers Network interviews. They are free to...
J.S. Anand’s ‘The Monster Within’: A Clarion Call to the Devastated and Torn World
Dr. Dalvinder Singh Grewal God created nature for a continuous flow for universal good; man started changing the nature using...
LUCID INTIMATIONS OF FAIR AND FLAWED: REVIEWING LALIT MOHAN SHARMA’S ‘PARABLES’
The greatest issue before a work of art is ‘for whom’ and ‘how long’. All art, I believe, is autobiographical,...
She’s a Woman, a Woman is She by Moitreyee Raju
Her curvaceous physiognomy a subtle coalescence of eternally seasoned thoughts. Being anatomically vivacious from time immemorial... she evokes the strength ...
Beautiful Things are never Perfect by Mannit Mann
Beauty is not bound in the clutches of perfection. Let it flow seamlessly like a river. Let it radiate its...
The Mirror by Eva Stamatopoulou
A mirror which is cracking. It is cracking slowly, quietly, lonely into loneliness The crack begins at one edge, but...
Thieves of Time by Abdumominov Abdulloh
My name is Doniyor. My neighbor Abdullah and I have become close friends. One day we couldn't find any way...
Quietly Subversive Verses: a micro-review of Tom C. Hunley’s What Feels Like Love: New and Selected Poems by Dustin Pickering
Tom C. Hunley’s What Feels Like Love: New and Selected Poems employs irony in the same manner as Bob Hicok....
Never dull under my skull: an interview with Koos Verkaik
interviewer: Dustin Pickering Good day, Koos! I am grateful for the opportunity to speak to you about your literary work....
Lockdown Litanies by Sultana Raza
Have we collectively lost our luck? Will unemployment rise, small businesses close? Corona has taught some to dance on their...
The Seed by Tareq Samin
“They Tried to Bury Us, They Didn’t Know We Were Seeds” - Mexican Proverb. Hello seed, how long do you...
A Shattered Dream by Harinder Cheema
I grew with a dream in my eyes Of a green Earth and clear blue skies Where I would roam...
An anecdote of mother bat by Rupsingh Bhandari
One day, I was strolling around the old palace in the busy city. Which is surrounded by tall trees like...
Please Don’t Shade Your Love by Richard O. Ogunmodede
You picked me up from the choky garden, Amidst thousands of beautiful and scintillating flowers, Not minding my thorns and...
Boorish Bonhomie! by #madmusings
Bind them, keep them chained! Squash their thinking, lock their brains! Least you supply them knowledge any They would then...
I Am Tali/ Tali Cohen Shabtai
I read prose only in the third person, and only translated prose, poetry, I also read in Hebrew. I love...
Metamorphosis by Monalisa Parida
There was a girl Who lived in a querencia A secret garden, Where love, light surrounds. Enchantress soul uses passionate...
