Collegiate’s Dutchman character got a makeover after students demanded the exclusive Manhattan school “address its own problems with racism and intolerance.” Source: New York Times
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Connecticut High School Hockey Player Dies After Fall on the Rink
By Gotham Rex on January 8, 2022
Teddy Balkind, a sophomore at St. Luke’s School, died after he fell and his neck was cut by another player’s skate, police and school officials said. Source: New York Times
A School Won 92-4 in Basketball. Then the Coach Was Suspended.
By Gotham Rex on January 6, 2022
Sacred Heart Academy, a Catholic high school for girls in Hamden, Conn., said that running up the score against Lyman Hall High School did not mesh with its values. Source: New York Times
New York City Sets Vaccine Mandate for Religious and Private School Workers
By Gotham Rex on December 2, 2021
The directive, which affects 56,000 employees, faced immediate opposition from some Jewish and Catholic leaders, who sent a letter to Mayor Bill de Blasio urging him to reconsider. Source: New York Times
Gay Choir Director and Music Teacher Fired Over Catholic 'Minister' Role
By Gotham Rex on October 27, 2021
Matthew LaBanca is bringing attention to a legal loophole that allows religious institutions to exclude people in same-sex civil marriages from jobs by deeming them ministers. Source: New York Times
When Dasani Left Home
By Gotham Rex on September 28, 2021
What happens when trying to escape poverty means separating from your family at 13? Source: New York Times
New York’s Private Schools Tackle White Privilege. It Has Not Been Easy.
By Gotham Rex on August 27, 2021
In this world — where tuition runs as high as $58,000 — the topic has become flammable. Parents, faculty, students and alumni have all entered the fray. Source: New York Times
A Private-School Sex Educator Defends Her Methods
By Gotham Rex on July 7, 2021
After nine years at Dalton, why was Justine Ang Fonte suddenly being pilloried by parents? Source: New York Times
How Andrew Yang Won Over Ultra-Orthodox Brooklyn
By Gotham Rex on May 21, 2021
A slew of influential Jewish leaders endorsed Mr. Yang, motivated by one overriding issue: “Yeshivas, yeshivas, yeshivas.” Source: New York Times
‘I’ve Lost a Lot of Faith’: Suburban Parents Push Schools to Reopen Faster
By Gotham Rex on March 23, 2021
Frustration over pandemic reopening plans is growing in New Jersey’s affluent suburbs, where taxes are high and many students are barely in classrooms. Source: New York Times
Lourdes Rivera, Private High School’s Beating Heart, Dies at 68
By Gotham Rex on February 9, 2021
Ms. Rivera was Columbia Prep’s receptionist, and emanated empathy, tough love and comfort to students, faculty and parents alike at the New York City school. She died of complications of Covid-19. Source: New York Times
$25,000 Pod Schools: How Well-to-Do Children Will Weather the Pandemic
By Gotham Rex on July 30, 2020
“This is our emergency fund,” said one parent considering a pod school. “And this is our emergency.” Source: New York Times
Chapin, Brearley and Spence Schools Accused of Racist Culture by Alumni
By Gotham Rex on June 18, 2020
Prestigious all-girls schools, including Brearley and Chapin, have been rocked by allegations of racism made by generations of black graduates on Instagram. Source: New York Times