Author Archives: Shea Connelly

Embracing sexual identity

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LGBTQ teens in foster care deal with additional obstacles, such as discrimination, being sent to group homes, and more placements than their peers.

LGBT foster kids struggle for support

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State foster care systems are slow to change to support LGBTQ foster kids’ needs. In the meantime, some foster children struggle to make their way through the system.

In the Bronx: negative consequences of school closures

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Overcrowding and dropping graduation rates have critics questioning whether New York City’s public school reforms favoring smaller schools benefit all students.

Bronx’s Crotona neighborhood fights to save its community center

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Parents and members of the Bronx’s Crotona neighborhood community gathered Sept. 24 for a serious matter: to save the Mary Mitchell Family and Youth Center.