Education & Kids

Pre-K and Elementary

“Flower Power,” a 1960s expression popularized by hippies and all but forgotten over the years, is making a comeback, at least in the Brooklyn art world. … Full Article

Puppetry Arts charitable arts organization will host its annual 5th Avenue Family Festival in Park Slope, Brooklyn on Saturday, April 27 from 11 a.m. –3 p.m. … Full Article

Confidential student records could wind up in the wrong hands, violating youngsters’ privacy, because of a move by New York State to open school files to certain organizations, a parent panel is warning.  … Full Article

In Holland Taylor’s current Broadway hit Ann -- about the legendary late Texas Governor Ann Richards –- Richards’ character says, “I’m getting so old I can hide my own Easter eggs.” … Full Article

On Thursday morning, hundreds of Brooklyn kids joined more than 500 children from after-school programs across the city at a rally outside City Hall to urge the Mayor not to cut 47,000 slots from child care and after-school programs. … Full Article

The city is doing nothing to ease overcrowding in public schools and the New York State Department of Education is letting the city get away with it, a panel of PTA leaders charged in a resolution passed unanimously at a recent meeting.  … Full Article

Egg hunts on Easter weekend

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Do you know what the capital of Switzerland is? Charlie Foad knows. It’s not Geneva, but Bern. … Full Article

Same lunch menu from NYC to L.A.

New York City has joined forces with five other big-city school districts in a move to reduce food costs and encourage healthy meals, the city’s Department of Education (DOE) said Wednesday. … Full Article

Who invited the big guy? … Full Article