Education News – Caribbean Life

New York Family

Join us at the 2nd Annual Bronx Charter School Fair on Saturday 2/‌28!

University of the West Indies Vice Chancellor, Sir

Jamaica

UWI among world’s top universities

By Dawn Plummer

People standing around a table at a camp fair

New York Family

The Ultimate Camp Fair & Activity Expo Is Coming to Brooklyn This Saturday!

President of the New Jersey-based Guyana Heritage Foundation Inc, Lady Ira Lewis flashes a big smile, as the happy kids looks on during a ribbon-cutting ceremony to unveil the Lady Ira Family Empowerment (LIFE) Library in the small Agricola Village, on the East Bank of Demerara in Guyana. The very first public reading room was launched on Jan. 10, 2026.

Guyana

First public library opens in Agricola Village, boosting literacy in Guyana

By Tangerine Clarke

Family memeber of Victoria Mompoint, Victoria’s mother, Council Member Farah Louis, Jahmila Edwards, director of Intergovernmental Affairs for NYC Mayor's Office, student elected mayor, Victoria Mompoint, and school principal, Jamie Hendrickson.

Brooklyn middle school launches NYC-style student government

By Orlande Fleury

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New York Family

Explore Brooklyn’s Charter Schools on February 1st at the Brooklyn Basketball Training Center

New Schools Chancellor Kamar Samuels with students of P.S./M.S. 194 in the Bronx.

Jamaica

EXCLUSIVE: Newly appointed NYC Schools Chancellor Kamar Samuels visits Bronx school where he began teaching career

By Lesley Cosme Torres

Bronx Times

EXCLUSIVE: Newly appointed NYC Schools Chancellor Kamar Samuels visits Bronx school where he began teaching career

Singer Nicki Minaj presents a creation at the Versace show during Milan Fashion Week Spring 2019 in Milan, Italy, Sept. 21, 2018.

Trinidad & Tobago

Thousands petition to deport rapper Nicki Minaj to TT

By Vinette K. Pryce

Reimagining campuses

AMNY

Op-Ed | Reimagining our campuses to lead our students into careers

mayor eric adams with school safety button

AMNY

Op-ed | School safety saves lives

Caribbean-American Democratic Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke addresses a town hall meeting at George Wingate High School Auditorium in Brooklyn on Jun. 16, 2025.

Jeffries, Clarke denounce ‘terroristic threats’ against HBCUs

By Nelson A. King

NYS Senator Kevin Parker celebrates 18th Annual Harvest back-to-school fest

By Tangerine Clarke

Attorney General Letitia James is challenging Nassau County’s trans sports ban.

James secures major victory in education funds

By Nelson A. King

New York Attorney General Letitia James.

AGs win court order stopping dismantling of Department of Education

By Nelson A. King

Mayor Eric Adams speaks at the Billie Holiday Theatre in Restoration Plaza on July 28, 2022 in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn borough in New York City

Mayor Adams celebrates 120 years of career, technical education at NYC public schools

By Nelson A. King

More from Around NYC

Saint Barnabas Hospital hosts celebration honoring Dominican changemakers during Dominican Heritage Month

Nine vehicles were involved in a massive crash on the Long Island Expressway in the Blissville section of Long Island City on Friday, Feb. 27.

Four injured in massive chain-reaction crash on the Long Island Expressway in Long Island City: FDNY

Brooklyn public library passport services

Brooklyn Public Library ends passport services after State Department order

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First of Mamdani’s ‘Rental Ripoff Hearings’ sees hope, skepticism, and one outburst