Albany Looks to Diversify Stuy
Last May, the West Side Spirit partnered with the Amsterdam News for a special investigation of the Discovery Program, an initiative that had fallen by the wayside of the education system but was intended to increase the substantially low diversity levels at the city’s specialized high schools. Now, citing that investigation as part of his reasoning, Brooklyn Assembly Member Karim Camara will introduce new legislation to address the schools’ admissions criteria, which he says are unfairly biased and don’t account for students who may not be good test takers but are otherwise up to the rigorous academic standards the schools require. Read more
Upper West Success Settles in After Controversial Start
On a dreary weekday morning, a group of about two dozen inquisitive parents sat on stools in a science room and listened ardently as Eva Moskowitz laid down the law for them.
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Getting In to Private School
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In 2008, Jennifer Brozost, then an admissions officer at the Ethical Culture Fieldston School, approached her co-worker Vimmi Shroff with an idea: why not start a business to help New York City parents navigate the notoriously nerve-wracking process of applying to private schools?
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Learning How to Sell Real Estate
By Alan Krawitz
As a profession, real estate has typically drawn New Yorkers from all walks of life, from professionals to career changers, investors and those seeking to earn extra income in their spare time.
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If Life’s Going Well, How About Coaching Others?
A city characterized by its overachieving and career-driven population, New York’s need for life coaching—both in private and corporate settings—is on the rise. For those individuals looking to put their good listening skills, patience and nurturing to use, programs at NYU, Columbia and other educational institutions offer programs in this relatively new, increasingly popular field.
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Be on the Giving Side of Tech Support
In today’s technology-dependent world, information technology professionals and computer technicians can be a godsend—just think of the Geek Squad or those geniuses at the Apple Store’s genius bar—who can cure whatever ails your computer before you have a chance to go into withdrawal. Now, with a growing number of courses in computer technology on offer from different institutions in New York City, you too can become a member of the computer doctor elite. The only question you have to ask yourself is this: Do you have the computer savvy to learn the secret methods to battle glitches like the spinning circle of death?
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Click And Learn
Educational Apps That Inspire Curiosity And Learning
In today’s fast-paced, tech-driven world, savvy parents have turned to mobile apps to entertain (read: occupy and distract) children. However, apps can also serve as learning tools. In the spirit of on-the-go enrichment, we’ve come up with our top 15 educational apps for children.
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New Parent Leader of School Panel
Annechino and other local advocates are focused on the overcrowding problem
This summer, the loudest education battle raging on the Upper West Side was the fight over whether Success Charter Network would be opening its newest elementary school in the Brandeis High School complex. Now that Upper West Success has triumphed over the legal road blocks opponents sought to place in its path, the dust is settling over other, less contentious but still urgent topics for parents of Upper West Side children.
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Long Island School Finds a West Side Alternative
Riverside Church will host classes for New York College of Health Professions
After Pedro Sanchez, a 27-year-old Brooklyn resident, completed his occupational studies associate’s degree in massage therapy this summer, he decided he wasn’t finished.
“The last two trimesters, we go to the clinic,” said Sanchez. “When you treat the people and see them getting better, the reward is so great, it’s almost kind of addictive.”
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Thinking About Becoming a Reiki Practitioner?
By Gerry Gavin
If you have ever considered a career in the healing arts and feel drawn toward alternative or complementary health care, Reiki may be the perfect way to start your new career path.
Reiki (pronounced “ray-key”) is a therapy tracing back more than 2,500 years to ancient India and Tibet, and there are some who believe it has its roots in the healing arts of the Egyptians. Reiki was handed down by a lineage of practitioners until it was rediscovered in Japan in the early 1900s by Dr. Mikao Usui. It is used to complement traditional medical treatment and in the alternative healing arts.
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