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Welcome to the PLNY Blog. We are pleased to share knowledge and tips from parenting experts and esteemed educators. We hope you’ll check back often to make parenting in NYC a little easier!

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Early ChildhoodElementary AgeMiddle & High School Age 10 mins reading

Mon, January 13, 2025

A Parent’s Perspective: Finding the Just-Right Educational Setting for My Daughter

By Julie Kandall Director, Columbus Pre-School I have been an educator far longer than I have been a parent. For the past 25 years, I have worked primarily with children between the ages of two to ten years old and for the past 8 1/2 years I have had the awesome privilege and responsibility of […]

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Independent Schools 12 mins reading

Mon, January 13, 2025

Looking at Progressive Education: How to Decide if It Is a Good Fit

Progressive schools in a variety of ways ask parents to step back so that students can step up. This doesn’t mean that they don’t partner with parents, but the partnership looks different. 

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All AgesIndependent Schools 4 mins reading

Mon, July 1, 2024

NYC School Notification Dates 2024-25

Elizabeth Ainslie, Director of Technology & Communications

Be sure to have these important application deadlines and notification dates on your calendar during the school admissions process. Many New York City private and independent schools follow these guidelines for notifying families of school acceptances and waitlists.

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