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Seventh Graders Picture a Safer, Livelier School Zone

By Rebecca Jacobs | Jul 9, 2009 | 4 Comments

Asking kids how they would re-design their streets is a revealing exercise. Students concerned about sustainability have a lot to say about their built environment, and they say it with conviction. This May and June, Livable Streets Education led a six-week project with seventh graders from the Mott Hall II school, a public school located […]

Streetfilms: After School With Livable Streets Education

By Robin Urban Smith | Jun 22, 2009 | 6 Comments

This spring, Livable Streets Education worked with teacher Tim Devaney at De La Salle Academy in Manhattan to bring real world issues into the classroom and the classroom into the real world. This after school program allowed students to explore, observe and interact with the streets and public spaces around their school, and provided firsthand […]

House GOP Urges Elimination of (GOP-Backed) Kid Safety Program

By Elana Schor | Jun 4, 2009 | 7 Comments

House Republicans aren’t known for their well-reasoned spending proposals lately, but they took it to a new level today by sending President Obama a $375 billion budget-cutting plan that slices $1 billion from bicycle and pedestrian programs. One hopes that crossing guard in orange isn’t a House GOPer. (Photo: CA DOT) The cuts have next […]

Streetfilms: Students Paint the Pavement in Brooklyn

By Brad Aaron | May 18, 2009 | 6 Comments

Can public art also mean public safety? A weekend addition to a Brooklyn street could be the start of something big. Clarence Eckerson explains: In what is being called the first event of its kind in New York City, Livable Streets Education teamed up with Community Roots Charter School and P.S. 67, with a […]

Saturday: Paint the Pavement With Brooklyn Students

By Ben Fried | May 15, 2009 | 4 Comments

Laying down a fresh coat on Portland’s Sunnyside Piazza. If you’re in Fort Greene tomorrow, drop by 51 St. Edwards Street for some great Livable Streets action. Students from the Community Roots Charter School will be out in the street from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., working on a new mural covering the pavement in […]

The IndyKids Are Alright

By Brad Aaron | May 14, 2009 | 7 Comments

IndyKids is a New York-based school newspaper distributed online and in print nationwide to students in grades four through eight. With its distinctly progressive point of view, the ad-free pub aims to counter the often commercialized infotainment that has been piped into American classrooms for decades. Say the editors: "We believe that kids understand what […]

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