Jillian Jorgensen

1 week ago | ny1.com | Jillian Jorgensen

Students at P.S. 244 in Flushing, Queens heard from a polar explorer and a City Council member on a recent morning — grown-ups who showed them the kinds of futures that they can have, too. “It felt great. I never, I never really saw many Asian people do all that stuff,” second grader Kaira Wong said. “I never saw a real polar explorer, because I only saw one on the internet,” second grader Haru Torrzoza said.

3 weeks ago | ny1.com | Jillian Jorgensen

About two hours north of their Brooklyn school, a class of fourth graders and two buckets full of tiny trout stood beside the Cross River. They were there to say goodbye — to the fish they'd first met as trout eggs in October, and had raised in their classroom at Arts & Letters 305 United, with their teacher Katie Giordano.

1 month ago | ny1.com | Jillian Jorgensen

For months, advocates have been sounding the alarm about proposed changes from Gov. Kathy Hochul to the state’s foundation aid formula, which hands out per-student funding to school districts. “This update misses the mark and just makes the situation worse,” Randi Levine, policy director for Advocates for Children, said.

1 month ago | ny1.com | Jillian Jorgensen

Some members of the City Council are asking Albany to crack down on so-called "super speeders" by using technology to force them to slow down. Advocates and family members of people killed in traffic crashes rallied outside City Hall on Monday, where a committee held a hearing on a resolution urging Albany to pass the bill.

1 month ago | ny1.com | Jillian Jorgensen

At Regis High School, and among Jesuits worldwide, there’s a motto that defines the worldview of students. “We usually abbreviate it to AMDG, or Ad majórem Dei glóriam, excuse my Latin,” Philip Liew, 17, a junior at Regis, said. “And it really means to do everything for the glory of God.