Queens-based high school teacher Jeff Kaufman went from patrolling the streets of New York City to being a bridge builder in the war against online misinformation. As a computer science instructor at Queens High School for Information, Research, and Technology, Kaufman has been teaching a media literacy course for seven years. Having started out asContinue reading “Ex-Cop turned Teacher Promotes Media Literacy”
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#CuomoLetThemGo Addresses Mass Incarceration in New York State
Despite its status as a progressive state, New York state is reported to have a prison population that ranks higher than other countries. While Governor Cuomo did order the release of 3,109 New Yorkers who were either incarcerated for nonviolent offenses and 90 days away from the end of their sentence or pregnant as wellContinue reading “#CuomoLetThemGo Addresses Mass Incarceration in New York State”