Gothamist16h
4 days in March 2020: Behind the decision to close NYC schools
Gothamist asked decision makers, educators and students to share their memories about shutting down the nation’s largest ...
NYC public schools boss says mammoth $41.2B budget ask still isn’t enough — wants ‘hundreds of millions’ more
The Department of Education’s mammoth $41.2 billion budget plan for next year is a whopping third of the entire city’s — but ...
Chalkbeat on MSN1d
Top NYC schools officials warn Trump’s Education Department cuts could harm most vulnerable students
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Hoodline7h
Reflecting on NYC's Historic School Shutdown, Five Years Since the COVID-19 Education Crisis
Reflections emerge on NYC's school closure during COVID-19 five years ago, detailing the tensions before the decision.
A Black Studies Curriculum Is (Defiantly) Rolling Out in New York City
Educators are embracing rather than restricting discussions of race in schools. Leaders have said they’ll do so whether the ...
NYC school leaders tight-lipped on contingency plans amid threats of federal funding cuts
The nation’s largest school district receives more than $1 billion from the U.S. Education Department that President Trump ...
The New York Sun17h
Greater Support for Charter Schools Offers a Path for New York To Address Devastating Covid ‘Learning Loss’
The Empire State ranks among the bottom 20 states in this decline, despite having the most expensive public schools in the ...
Chalkbeat on MSN1d
Linda McMahon’s first official K-12 visit: A Bronx charter school
U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon took a tour of Vertex Partnership Academies founded by Ian Rowe, a senior fellow at ...
Proposed cellphone ban in New York schools gets backing of prominent teachers' union
New York State United Teachers is strongly backing a proposal to ban cellphone use in schools. On Wednesday, the union asked ...
Campus Safety Magazine17h
New York City School Safety Agents Down 28% in 5 Years
Some NYC campuses have seen their school safety agents cut in half or more in recent years, according to an open letter from ...
Chalkbeat on MSN6h
This teacher traded in-person instruction for NYC’s growing virtual learning program
Veteran educator Steve Lazar argues NYC’s growing virtual learning program is nothing like pandemic-era instruction.
United Federation of Teachers1d
City legislative priorities
Read the UFT's 2025 legislative policy recommendations for New York City below or download a PDF of these priorities. Protecting our schools. Protecting New York City’s schools ...