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Daily Archives: January 7, 2020

Teunis G. Bergen School, the school The Sarah Smith Garnet School, P.S. 9, Gifted and Talented Program, Prospect Heights
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Why Did this Prospect Heights School Vote to Eliminate its Gifted and Talented Program?

by Brooklyn Reader January 7, 2020January 28, 2021

Public School 9 in Prospect Heights has taken a bold first step in eliminating its Gifted and Talented Program. The school’s leadership voted on the change last June, around concerns […]

Ben Lerner, Helen Phillips, Ocean Vuong, Brooklyn College, The Topeka School, The Need, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
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Three Brooklyn College Authors Make 2019 ‘Best Books’ Lists

by Brooklyn Reader January 7, 2020January 28, 2021
Posted inIn Other Brooklyn News

A new film pays tribute to one of Brooklyn’s oldest bars

by Brooklyn Reader January 7, 2020January 28, 2021
Posted inIn Other Brooklyn News

A Mistake At A Ticket Machine Cost Me $100. Fining Me Didn’t Make the Subway Safer.

by Brooklyn Reader January 7, 2020January 28, 2021
A Near-Extinct Language Finds a Home in One Brooklyn Building
Posted inIn Other Brooklyn News

A Near-Extinct Language Finds a Home in One Brooklyn Building

by Brooklyn Reader January 7, 2020January 28, 2021

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