The Brooklyn Emerging Leaders Academy Charter High School, aptly known as BELA, co-founded by Nicia Fullwood and Shannon Riley, has chosen an untraditional approach to create the next generation of…

In Tatiana Gonzales’s neighborhood, she said, people “can’t even go outside and play in the park without us feeling like we’re not protected.” For Gonzales and about 60 students at…

BEDFORD-STUYVESANT — The former assistant principal of two downtown Brooklyn schools is teaming up with a longtime colleague and social worker in hopes of empowering young teens through a new…