Students at P.S. 290 Will No Longer Need to Play in the Street
Necessity is the mother of invention. For one Upper East Side school, a rooftop play area was born from it.
Tag: Schools
Spence Student Accused of Racism in 2018; Parents Legal Pushback Recently Revived by Courts
A 15-year-old student at the Spence School was made to stay home for a half-day of “reflection” in November 2018 after she suggested dressing up as enslaved people, indigenous people, …
Upper East Side Students Forced to Take Recess in Street
Manhattan New School (PS 290) on the Upper East Side is an elementary school “…committed to promoting a diverse, equitable and inclusive culture where all students develop their own identities …
Upper East Side Parent, Treasurer Steals Six-Figure Sum from PTA
East Side Elementary School (PS 267) is a place “…where observation and imagination are celebrated and where the question “why” is welcomed and encouraged.” US News and World Report recently ranked it …
Private Upper East Side Schools Accept State Funds to Pay Teachers
Some of New York City’s most expensive private schools aroused the ire of their public counterparts after the New York Daily News revealed that they received state funding to pay …
Parents Protest “Woke” Private Schools with Digital Billboards
Trucks hauling digital billboards flashing quotes like “Diversity Not Indoctrination” and “Teach How To Think Not What To Think” showed up outside of six private schools on Monday, including the …
Dalton First Graders Taught Lesson on Masturbation
While the class reportedly took place last fall, parents of Dalton first graders have now started “bombarding” the elite private school with complaints about an explicit lesson involving a cartoon …
Dad Who Removed Daughter from Brearley Wants to Open Own School
Andrew Gutmann, the dad who pulled his daughter from the Upper East Side’s Brearley School over its “obsession with race,” is apparently considering launching a school of his own.
