Month: September 2023

This article was written by Valarie Stauss on September 4, 2023, and published by The Washington Post.    NEW ROCHELLE, NY — U.S. Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) and students from NY-16 at his annual Youth Conference at New Rochelle High School on June 3rd, 2023. (Emma Simon, used with permission) In 2020, Jamaal Bowman was…

This article was written by Ron Lee on September 2, 2023, and published by Spectrum NY 1 News. As 10-year-old Rohan Rao looks forward to the start of a new school year this coming Thursday, his mother Anita Rao is temporarily feeling relief. “I’m really hoping a strike will be avoided,” the Upper West Side…

This article was written by Mary Walrath-Holdridge on August 13, 2023, published by USA Today.    It’s almost time for back to school – or is it? For some students, like those in Indiana, school has already started as of the first week in August. For others in states like New York, where class is back in session…