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There were roughly 145,723 English language learners (ELL)—representing 13.3 percent of all students, including school-age and preschool students—in New York City public schools last year. Two years after the pandemic hit the city, there are several academic areas in which ELLs have not recovered.

THE Filipino community of New York and its allies are up in arms against hate as numerous community members continue to be viciously attacked. Different organizations and individuals gathered in a united front with one agenda, to keep the community safe.

“Time Is a Mother” is Ocean Vuong’s second collection of poems being released this week. A winner of major literary prizes and a MacArthur Fellowship, Vuong searches for life among the aftershocks of his mother’s death. He shares his brief But Spectacular Take on “reclaiming language for joy” as part of our arts and culture … Read more

Twenty groups, part of the Asian American Pacific VOICE Redistricting Task Force, gathered outside City Hall on Tuesday to announce a series of workshops on the Council’s map-making process known as redistricting. Redistricting happens every 10 years following the release of the latest U.S. Census.

As of 2019, there were about 22.9 million people of Asian or Pacific Islander descent in the United States. According to the Pew Research Center, AAPI people are a diverse and growing population that make up about 7 percent of the total U.S. population. AAPI Heritage Month 2022 will take place from Sunday, May 1 … Read more

Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC/CUNY) and the 33rd Annual Asian Heritage Month committee are presenting both in-person and remote events for BMCC faculty, students and staff throughout April.