May 20, 2021 In the spring of 2020, Mayor Bill de Blasio made a drastic decision to cancel the Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP) in New York City, the largest of
May 6, 2021 By Jennifer Friedlin, Director of Communications When 12-year-old Tamir Rice was fatally shot by a police officer, the officer said he thought Rice was about 20. The
May 5, 2021 By Saskia Traill, President & CEO The recovery effort ahead presents a tremendous opportunity to rethink citywide literacy strategies to better meet the integrated academic and social-emotional
April 6, 2021 By Tarilyn Little, Program Director of Early Literacy As our world continues to reckon with the past and present of racism, educational institutions, schools, communities, and families
March 18, 2021 By Jacques Noisette, Director of Social-Emotional Learning Young people around the world are rising up to use their voice to make change. From Nobel Peace Prize winner
March 17, 2021 By Jailain Hollon, Marketing Associate ExpandED’s Pathways Fellowship seeks to diversify New York City’s teaching workforce by helping aspiring teachers of color prepare for success in the
March 1, 2021 By Emma Banay, Director, STEM Programs Hypothesis: Afterschool and school-day educators can team up to thoughtfully design and skillfully implement lessons that engage students in afterschool STEM. Prediction:
February 2, 2021 By Jailain Hollon, Marketing Associate London, a bubbly 8th grader at the Urban Assembly Unison School in Brooklyn is an adept communicator. Thanks to her school’s emphasis
January 11, 2021 By Jennifer Friedlin, Director of Communications Even before the pandemic and the recent outcry against systemic racism, ExpandED and its partners were thinking about how to apply
December 15, 2020 By Jennifer Friedlin, Director of Communications It 3:30 p.m. on a Wednesday during the pandemic and students are logging into an afterschool STEM class run by Community
