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Click on the drop-downs below to see news articles, press releases, and other coverage of the New York City Department of Education's Department of Social and Civics.
2025
The New School News: History Professor Natalia Mehlman Petrzela and NYCDOE Uncover the Hidden Voices of Jewish American History
NY Jewish Week: New this school year in NYC: A curriculum to teach public school students about Jewish Americans
Comics Beat: Interview: The Civics for All Comics Group on SKETCHES ON THE SIDEWALK
Spectrum News NY1: New Yorkers, educators reflect on the New York Draft Riots 162 years later
WNYC News: Why some New York City high school graduates will have a "civics seal" on their diplomas
Queens Chronicle: PS/MS 232 unveils new reading garden
Chalkbeat: NYC civics education: Are schools preparing future voters?
Our Time Press: Students Hone Skills for Democracy in ‘Civic for All’ Initiative in Brooklyn Schools
Queens Chronicle: Awash in color, civics at PS 97
Queens Chronicle: PS/MS 232 pupils remain civic-minded
Harlem World: New York City Schools Celebrate Seventh Annual Civics Week
The Wave: Scholars’ Academy Students Host Second Annual “Civics For All” Fair
CBS News: Advanced placement students in East Harlem study "Hidden Voice" curriculum
Chalkbeat New York: LGBTQ history videos find new home after PBS pulls content due to Trump executive orders
WNYC: Kid Civics: A fifth grader talks about how to support people with stutters
2024
New York City Public Schools: PS + You, A Real-Life Lesson in Civic Engagement
WNYC: New York City's Department of Education brings comic books to the classroom
WNYC: NYC DOE breaks new ground with Black Studies curriculum
Forbes: How NYC Public Schools Secretly Became One Of America’s Largest Comics Publishers
New York 1: Students vote on how to spend recess funding as part of 'Civics Week'
The New York State Senate: Senator John Liu celebrates 6th Annual Civics Week in northeast Queens schools
The Pop Verse: The NYC school system is publishing its own comics, including the story of social justice hero Dolores Huerta
QNS: Northeast Queens officials participate in Civics Week with public school students
New York City Public Schools: NYC Kicks Off Sixth Annual Civics Week
CBS Chicago: New York schools substituting traditional history textbooks with comics
The New York State Senate After year of advocating for street safety improvements, PS 22Q students and elected officials cut ribbon on new traffic signal
2022
Harlem World: Civics Week 2022 Kicks Off Civic Engagement And Voter Registration Drive In NYC Schools
Queens Chronicle: Civics Week kicks off
Queens Chronicle: Queens students get on their soapbox
2021
Comic Book Resources: Action Activists: New York City Releases Free Activism Sequel Comic
2019
New York Daily News: NYC students become school funding bosses
amNewYork: Civil rights champion John Lewis pushes activism at NYC discussion with teachers
New York Post: NYC initiative registers more than 18,000 high school students to vote
The Morning Bell: Time to Get into ‘Good Trouble’
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