There Are No Children Here By Claire Wasserman A young boy with a sweet face, no more than 12 years old, wears a wedding dress and wields a machete. The film opens with the gamin and his band of rebels, robbing a family, slaughtering the neighbors, and forcing the son (who can’t be more than [...]
by Claire Wasserman 750 students- all ages, all backgrounds- in one room, bent over chess boards, silently pouring over their games. These are New York public school students, these are Chess-in-the-Schools students. Since 1986, Chess-in-the-Schools, an educational nonprofit, has taught chess to over half a million public school students, using the game as a tool [...]
