By Emily Batista Starting in the 2025–26 school year, New York state law prohibited in-school usage of personal internet-enabled devices. In high schools like Celia Cruz Bronx High School of Music, students previously had unsanctioned use of their own devices—during free periods or discreetly in class. With the end of thatl approach, the law is […]
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By Alisa Uchaykina After school, you can hear the sound of small shovels, students’ laughter, the rustling, the wind — that’s what the Gardening Club sounds like. At Kingsborough Early College Secondary School, students recently started the club under the supervision of biology teacher Tasha Grant, with help from main office staff member, Jose Reyes. […]
By Jeffrey Wang When students logged onto Jupiter, the grading and scheduling platform, this semester, they found that their physical education class was listed as being in the “Community Center,” instead of the GYM that they were used to. Beginning in the 2025–26 school year, the Brooklyn Latin School (BLS) announced its plan to partner […]
By Sanaii Coke School lunch is a topic that has been long discussed.. Whether it’s people disliking it, liking it, or eating it simply because they have nothing else to eat. At Brooklyn College Academy, upperclassmen take classes on a college campus where they’re not allotted a warm school lunch. They don’t have access to […]
By Veralyn Vislocky “All Guests Under the Age of 18 Must Be Accompanied by an Adult Monday Through Friday at This Target Store,” reads a sign located at the Target in Brooklyn’s Atlantic Terminal Mall. Since Covid there has been a lack of teen spaces, whether it be clubs and programs in school or activities […]
Thursday, January 29, 2026, 6:00 PM Puffin Brooklyn227 5th AvenueBrooklyn, NY 11215 It’s a fraught time for media. Close to forty percent of newspapers have disappeared in the past twenty years, and there’s been tremendous consolidation among the ones that remained, as well as steep declines in employment within the media industry. In this context, […]