The capitalist economic system has major failures. It generates extreme, socially divisive inequalities of wealth and income. It consistently fails to achieve full employment. Many of its jobs are boring, dangerous, and/or mind-numbing. Every four to seven years it suffers a mysterious downdraft in which millions of people lose jobs and incomes, businesses collapse, falling tax revenues undermine public services, […]
Education
RHSR Roundup: Kids Beat the summer brain drain with these reading challenges
When students go home for the summer, sometimes the excitement surrounding vacation trips and other plans might make them forget what they’ve learned in school all year. So, to beat the ‘summer brain drain,’ here are five summer reading challenges and activities – with prizes – that might give your kids the extra incentive to pick up a book and […]
Kids can get reading help at the Red Hook Library
During the summer at the Red Hook library young kids get the chance to improve on their reading skills in an interactive and fun way in a group setting. Team up to Read is happening this summer at the Red Hook Library for the first time and is a free program designed to enhance comprehension and fluency in the reading […]
Back to School Bash
The Red Hook Recreation Center will be organizing a back to school party and parents and children are invited. The back to school party will take place on Thursday, August 15, from 11:30 am until 5:00 pm at Coffey Park (85 Richards Street). Community members will be able to enjoy the annual basketball tournament, carnival games, field day activities and […]
Breaking down the proposed District 15 school rezonings, by Erin DeGregorio and Nathan Weiser
A new school building is about to open in Gowanus, and District 15 is figuring out how best to make use of it. PS 32 (317 Hoyt St.) will have 436 new seats, early childhood and special education classrooms, a rooftop playground, and a new cafeteria and library come September 2020. The goal is to reduce overcrowding and waitlists at […]
New York teachers question Regents exams
Last month in Albany, Board of Regents Chancellor Betty A. Rosa announced that, in the fall, she would assemble a commission to evaluate the possibility of dropping the Regents Examinations as a graduation requirement for high schoolers in New York State. New York remains one of 12 states that require students in public high schools to pass standardized exit exams […]
BASIS produces good bassists!
Lois Wang, a soon-to-be 12th-grader at BASIS Independent Brooklyn, scored a 99 of 100 on her cello solo at the New York State School Music Association (NYSSMA) Spring Evaluation Festival. She played on a Level VI performance level, which is the highest, most difficult level one can do, according to the school’s music teacher, Luis Ingels. An adjudicator noted her […]
11 Alternative Education Destinations in New York City By Anna Ben Yehuda Rahmanan
An authentic New York education should go beyond mathematical formulas and dissections of Karl Marx’s Das Kapital (albeit both essential lessons, of course). Here, learning is a multidisciplinary endeavor that requires creativity, because to survive amongst a myriad of high-strung New Yorkers requires a deep-dive into a culture defined by more than school: music, art, literature, science and, yes, even […]
Snatch a Master Workshop Spot with Stylist Alastair McKimm
There’s one day left to submit an application to be one of 10 participants in Red Hook Lab’s Master Workshop with Alastair McKimm. Selected participants will have their work evaluated by the renowned stylist whose vision has collaborated with brands like Calvin Klein, Alexander Wang, Jill Sander and Saint Laurent, and teamed with photographers including Mario Sorrenti, Collier Schorr, Inez and Vinoodh, Dan Jackson and Davis Sims. McKimm will […]
BASIS Independent Brooklyn’s Jo Goldfarb Talks Trucks, Traffic and Warehouses Story and photos by Erin DeGregorio
As reported last month, Red Hook Civic Association co-president John McGettrick informed residents that three giant warehouses will be built in Red Hook. One will be located at 537-555 Columbia Street, just northeast of the BASIS Independent School; another at 640 Columbia Street, just south of BASIS Independent and next to IKEA; and the third at the old White Rock/Snapple […]