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Eric Adams Expands Reading, Math Curriculum Mandates to All NYC Middle Schools

Alex Zimmerman

Survey: Why Are Families Leaving NYC Public Schools?

Alex Zimmerman

NYC Kicks Off Class Size Hiring Spree with 3,700 New Teachers

Alex Zimmerman

NYC Mayoral Candidates Will Have to Teach for a Day to Get Union Endorsement

Lauren Wagner

To Make Sure Gifted Kids Get an Appropriate Education, Put Them in Special Ed

Alina Adams

Could New York Become the First Major City to Offer Universal Child Care?

Bryce Covert

Families Unaware of How Alternate Assessments Impact Students with Disabilities

Sarah Komar

Some Parents Seek Assurance from NYC Chancellor After Trump Order on Gender

Michael Elsen-Rooney & Alex Zimmerman

NYU Provides College-Level STEM Research Courses to Middle, High School Students

Lauren Wagner

How Keeping 8th Graders from Taking Algebra Can Derail Their Futures in STEM

Alina Adams

Manhattan School Communities Worry Over Long-Term Impact of Congestion Pricing

Julian Shen-Berro

NYC Reformed High School Admissions 20 Years Ago. Did it Make Things Better?

Michael Elsen-Rooney

How NYC Schools Exclusively Serving New Immigrants are Preparing for Trump

Michael Elsen-Rooney

NYC Asks Private School Families to Waive Lawsuit Rights for Special Ed Services

Michael Elsen-Rooney & Alex Zimmerman

Report on Updating New York School Funding Formula Calls for ‘Significant Change’

Julian Shen-Berro

Gallery: New York City Debuts Nation’s First K-12 Black Studies Curriculum

Marianna McMurdock

I Offer Free Online Therapy to Teens. Here’s What I’m Seeing — and Why it Matters

Erin Mack

FTC: AI ‘Weapons Detection’ Co. Evolv Misled Schools About its Safety Abilities

Mark Keierleber

NYC Eases on Shelter Evictions for Migrants with School-Age Children

Alex Zimmerman

With Starkest Increase in a Decade, More NYC Students Without Homes Than Ever

Marianna McMurdock

NYC Schools Launch Anti-Hate Hotline as Antisemitism and Islamophobia Reports Rise

Amy Zimmer

To Curb Chronic Absenteeism, NYC Schools Embrace Data and Peer Connections

Mia Hollie

Amid a Federal Probe, New NYC Schools Chancellor Could Provide Calm in the Storm

David C. Bloomfield

Amid Federal Investigations, NYC Schools Chancellor Banks Says He Will Retire

Alex Zimmerman, Michael Elsen-Rooney & Julian Shen-Berro

New York School Funding Formula Needs Overhaul, More Than 100 Organizations Urge

Julian Shen-Berro

AI’s New Role in NYC Schools? Chancellor Banks Teases Personalized Learning and College Counseling

Alex Zimmerman

New Report: Special Ed Students, English Learners Face Greatest Setbacks

Amanda Geduld

Q&A: NYC Shelter Dir. on ‘Complete Destabilization, Chaos’ Facing Migrant Kids

Marianna McMurdock

How is Your School’s Literacy Curriculum Changing? What Parents Should Know About NYC Reads

Alex Zimmerman

Federal Agents Seize Phones of NYC Schools Chancellor David Banks & His Brothers

Michael Elsen-Rooney, Alex Zimmerman & Julian Shen-Berro

Citing Free Speech Violations, Judge Reinstates NYC Parent to Ed. Council

Marianna McMurdock

How Letting My Kid Fail Empowered Her — & Forced Her School to Fix Its Failures

Alina Adams

From Success Mentors to Washing Machines, Ways to Help Kids Stay in School

Phoebe Boyer

NYC Planning a School Cellphone Ban for February, Principals Say

Amy Zimmer & Michael Elsen-Rooney

Students Speak Out: How to Make High Schools Places Where They Want to Learn

Beth Fertig

JUMP In: Math Tutoring Program Slows Pace, Builds in Repetition and Gets Results

Julian Roberts-Grmela

As NYC Removes Two Parents from Ed. Councils, Free Speech Violations Charged

Marianna McMurdock

NYC Educator Cries Foul on Equity in School Sports, Files Civil Rights Complaint

Alina Adams

NYC High School Reimagines Career & Technical Education for the 21st Century

Andrew Bauld

WATCH: When Noma Makes School Lunch for New York City Students

Jim Fields & Emmeline Zhao

Critics Call ‘Consumer Reports’ of Curriculum Slow to Adapt to Reading Reforms

Linda Jacobson

NYC-Based Mentoring Program Gives First-Gen Students a Boost at 75 Colleges

Michael Coughlin

New York City’s First Hybrid School Gives Students Flexible, Real-World Learning

Andrew Bauld

What’s the Right Goal for Student Achievement? Is 50% Proficiency Enough? 63%?

David Wakelyn

NYC Ed Dept. Orders Parent Leader to Cease ‘Derogatory,’ ‘Offensive’ Conduct

Marianna McMurdock

NYC Parent Council Seeks Trans Sports Policy Change, Condemned by Chancellor

Marianna McMurdock

Why is a Grading System Touted as More Accurate, Equitable So Hard to Implement?

Amanda Geduld

NYC Schools Will No Longer Require 5-Day COVID Quarantines, Following CDC Guidance

Julian Shen-Berro

NYC Child Abuse Investigators Violate Parents’ Civil Rights, Lawsuit Alleges

The 74

In NYC Schools, Substitute Teachers are Systematically Denied COVID Sick Pay

Teddy Ostrow

In Private Texts, NY Ed Council Reps, Congressional Candidate Demean LGBTQ Kids

Marianna McMurdock

Principal ‘Covered Up’ After Second Grader Brought Knife to Target Classmate, Say Parents

Haidee Chu & Claudia Irizarry Aponte

The Fine Print: Why Some New York City Parents Are Against Smaller Class Sizes

Alina Adams

To Get STEM Education to Every Student, Train All New Teachers in Computing

Rita Joseph & Eli Dvorkin

Moms for Liberty Launches First New York City Chapter in Queens

Marianna McMurdock

Schools Are 100K Counselors Short. Here’s a New Approach to Student Mental Health

Joan Wasser Gish

As Schools See a Wave of Immigrants, the Past Offers Lessons for NYC & the U.S.

Adam Strom & Meisha Lamb-Bell

New Class Size Law Means 17,700 More NYC Teachers. Where Will They Come From?

Alina Adams

Will NYC Mayor Invest in Universal Pre-K or Let It Starve?

Elise Anderson

What I Learned Touring a NYC Arts School With Its Founder, Tony Bennett

Greg Toppo

NYC Schools Punish Students for Doing Challenging Work & Reward Minimal Learning

Alina Adams

Why Is New York City Paying Teachers Union Members $3,000 to Accept a 20% Raise?

Mike Antonucci

NYC Teachers Union & Mayor Reach Tentative Agreement on Raises, Remote Learning

Claudia Irizarry Aponte

They Stood Up to NYC Schools For Their Disabled Child. Then CPS Arrived

Asher Lehrer-Small

NYC Charter School Raises Teacher Starting Salary to $140,000

Marianna McMurdock

Fordham Graduate Students Walk Out of Teaching to Demand a Better Contract

Jonathan Custodio

Educating Kids in Foster Care: Lessons Learned from a Unique School in the Bronx

Jessica Nauiokas & Melanie Hartzog

Robotics-Themed NYC High School Fills Roster in Inaugural Year

Jo Napolitano

A Year into the War, A Small NYC School Has Become A Haven for Ukrainian Teens

Meghan Gallagher

My Humbling Education in What Families Really Want from their Kids’ Schools

Alina Adams

NYC Mayor’s Comments on Charter Cap a No-Confidence Vote in District Schools

Alina Adams

NYC Parents Rally Against Mandated Reporting Policies for Educators

Asher Lehrer-Small

Equity Builder or Racial Barrier: Debate Rages Over Role of 8th-Grade Algebra

Jo Napolitano

Indy Summer Program Proves Acceleration, Not Remediation, Is Key for Students

Brandon Brown

Principal’s View: How High-Dosage Tutoring Transformed My NYC Middle School

Chuck Jones

What One NYC Educator’s Grief Reveals About Teachers’ Mental Health Struggles

Marianna McMurdock

Lawsuits, Protests, Lobbying: Uproar as Retirees Fight NYC Unions over Medicare

Mike Antonucci

Should Kids Be Allowed to Retake Tests? A Parent’s — and a Teacher’s — View

Alina Adams

Study Shows Small Emergency Grants Can Help College Students Stay in School

Peter Sloane

Educator’s View: Charity Election Engaged My Students — & Helped Feed 528 People

Daniel Roeder

Adams: NYC Middle School Screening — the Great District Divide

Alina Adams

How Listening to Student Voices Improved Learning Outcomes at 16 NYC Schools

Lynette Guastaferro & Jacobē Bell

All Struggling Students Deserve Tutoring — Like My Daughter Gets from Her Dad

Alina Adams

New York City’s Apprenticeship Boom for High School Students

Patrick O’Donnell

Ending ‘Child Poverty Surveillance’: NYU Professor On Schools & Child Welfare

Asher Lehrer-Small

Exclusive Data: Educators’ ‘Careless’ Child Abuse Reports Devastate Thousands of NYC Families

Asher Lehrer-Small

Screening Is Back in at NYC Middle & High Schools — But Will It Help or Hurt?

Alina Adams

4 Big Takeaways on the Pandemic’s Mixed Effects on NYC Students’ Test Scores

Mark Keierleber

Parents Tell What It Would Take to Get Their Kids Back into NYC Public Schools

Alina Adams

Students with Disabilities Often Overlooked in Gifted Programming

Jo Napolitano

After Huge Illuminate Data Breach, Ed Tech’s ‘Student Privacy Pledge’ Under Fire

Mark Keierleber

Adams: Public Funds for Religious Schools? It’s Been Happening in NYC for Years

Alina Adams

‘They’ve Been Through the Worst’: Grads at NYC Ukrainian School Celebrate & Ache

Meghan Gallagher

Adams: What NYC’s New Remote-Only Schools Could Mean for Educational Choice

Alina Adams

Analysis: New York City Schools Take on Every Contentious Issue at Once

Mike Antonucci

Educator’s View: How Outward Bound Schools Support Student Wellness — & Learning

Vanessa Rodriguez

Districts Recommend Masks — But Don’t Require Them — as COVID Counts Rise

Asher Lehrer-Small

Staffing Challenges Could Await New $100M Success Academy School in the Bronx

Asher Lehrer-Small

Can New Gifted Programs Coax Families Back into NYC's Public Schools?

Alina Adams

The Children Left Behind By 1 Million U.S. COVID Deaths

Asher Lehrer-Small
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