Thank you to all who attended our event! View a recording of the webinar here. Over 30,000 newcomer students have enrolled in NYC public schools since the spring of 2022, and many have previously...

InsideSchools director Natasha Quiroga appeared before the New York City Council Joint Immigration and Education Committee to share our insights and observations from helping over 400 newly arrived...

Welcome our newest blogger, Marilyn O'Day (pictured on the far left). Marilyn volunteers at InsideSchools events for newly arrived families and is entering her junior year of high school. “We’re...

Click here to find resources for newly arrived migrant families New York City has a complicated public school system that's not easy to navigate. It has some of the best schools in the country as...

Contacting the Department of Education is like calling any huge bureaucracy: You have to follow a lot of prompts before getting to a real person. Once you do reach someone, we’ve found that the...

The Baruch College STEP (Science and Technology Entry Program) Academy is a New York State Education Department-funded pre-college program for middle and high school students interested in pursuing...

Are you interested in registering a group of students for after-school programming in the fall? Look no further! Bike New York offers free after school programs to schools and community organizatio...

On a recent hot summer day, July 27th, InsideSchools hosted its first workshop for asylum-seeking immigrants. Our group included several InsideSchools staff, and parent and student volunteers. On...

A Better Chance (ABC) places high-performing students of color in our nation’s best independent and public schools and supports them on their educational and leadership journeys.

InsideSchools has helped millions of families like yours understand the NYC public school system. Now, we need your help to make sure the newest New Yorkers can navigate their educational journey...

The Summer Neuroscience Program (SNP) at The Rockefeller University is a two-week course aimed at introducing NYC public high school students to the brain. Organized and taught by graduate students...

The John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Essay Contest is an annual competition for high school students in the United States. It asks students to write an essay of 700 to 1,000 words on a politician...

The New York Academy of Sciences annually selects passionate high school students (ages 13-17) for The Junior Academy. These students join a global network and collaborate on project-based challeng...

A customizable exploratory tech and computational thinking course for low-income, minority students in the Bronx.

Cooper Union's Saturday Program has offered free studio art courses to New York City public high school students for over 55 years. The current courses are: Architecture, Digital Media/Photography,...

The TEAK Fellowship is a free NYC-based program that helps talented students from low-income families achieve their potential. Through intensive after school and summer classes, TEAK prepares middl...

The Summer Institute is a free, three-week intensive performance workshop for NYC public middle and high school students.

The Thurgood Marshall Summer Law Internship Program places diverse New York City public high school students with legal employers for the summer. This program is part of the Association's continuin...

This opportunity brings students together to complete weekly community service projects that focus on ecology, conservation, and sustainability. TIDES is perfect for students who have an existing o...

This science education initiative engages NYC high school students in studies of biodiversity using DNA technology.

The Weather-camp at the City University of New York is a two week program for high school students from the New York City metropolitan area, and has been offered free of charge to 6-12 students sel...

The main purpose of the program is to expose underprivileged, underrepresented students, especially from inner city high schools, to the vast educational resources and opportunities at Weill Cornel...

A 14-month program offering motivated New York City high school students a unique opportunity to gain in-depth knowledge of ecology, and participate in hands-on fieldwork and authentic science rese...

Youth Food Advocates (YFA) program is a youth-led group for young people who want to learn about social justice, public policy and advocacy, and are ready to create systemic change in New York City...

Youth Art Connection (YAC) is a free, six session summer program for high school students interested in art and museum careers. YAC participants view and discuss artwork from the Museum’s current e...