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Rolling coverage of education issues in New York City

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

February 27, 2023

NYC Parents Rally Against Mandated Reporting Policies for Educators

Asher Lehrer-Small

February 17, 2023

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

February 16, 2023

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

February 7, 2023

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

February 6, 2023

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

Marianna McMurdock

February 4, 2023

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

January 5, 2023

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

December 12, 2022

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

November 28, 2022

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

November 16, 2022

Adams: NYC Middle School Screening — the Great District Divide

November 13, 2022

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

Lynette Guastaferro & Jacobē Bell

October 26, 2022

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

October 26, 2022

Future of High School

New York City’s Apprenticeship Boom for High School Students

Patrick O’Donnell

October 13, 2022

The 74 Interview

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

Asher Lehrer-Small

October 7, 2022

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

Asher Lehrer-Small

October 6, 2022

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

October 4, 2022

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

Mark Keierleber

September 28, 2022

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

August 21, 2022

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Students with Disabilities Often Overlooked in Gifted Programming

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

‘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

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

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?

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

Asher Lehrer-Small

Bloomberg’s $50M Plan to Give NYC Charter Students a ‘Summer Boost’

Asher Lehrer-Small

Are 4-Year-Olds Really Ready for Kindergarten? Here's a No-Cost Solution

New Law Center to Fight Illegal Family Separation by NYC Child Welfare Agencies

Asher Lehrer-Small

Losing a ‘Godsend to the Bronx’: Parents Push Back Against DOE Shakeup

Asher Lehrer-Small

How the CDC Botched Revising Its Mask Guidance for Preschoolers

Asher Lehrer-Small

East Village Ukrainian Students Struggle with War in Homeland

Meghan Gallagher

As Mask Mandate Lifts, Parents Divided Over Their New Choice

Asher Lehrer-Small

Masks Optional in NYC Schools Starting Monday, Mayor Says

Asher Lehrer-Small

NY State Underreported Abuse & Neglect Allegations Made by NYC School Staff

Asher Lehrer-Small

How School Can Best Prep Grads for Future Economy: Career Training in Green Jobs

February 23, 2022

Black American History

Black History Month: 'Unforeseen Consequences' of Brown v. Board

Asher Lehrer-Small

February 21, 2022

Where Are the Black Kids? Tracking, G&T and NYC's Top High Schools

February 21, 2022

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CUNY Community Colleges Contend With Plunging Enrollment

Gabriel Sandoval

February 16, 2022

The 74 Interview

UFT’s Mulgrew on the Fighting City Hall and How the Pandemic ‘Made us Stronger’

February 14, 2022

Parents Push to Get ‘School Bus Bill of Rights’ on Nov. Ballot

Julian Roberts-Grmela

February 14, 2022

Williams: Year-Round Schooling, Not Just a Question of Time, But Quality

Conor P. Williams

February 7, 2022

Surprising Numbers Behind Which NYC Schools Actually Educate Kids

February 1, 2022

Over 9,600 NYC Students Reported to Child Protective Services Since Aug. 2020

Asher Lehrer-Small

January 27, 2022

As COVID and culture wars roil schools, choice backers see an opening

January 24, 2022

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Charter Founder Pleads Guilty in Fraud Scheme

January 18, 2022

Mayor, Union, Schools Chancellor Appear at Odds Over Remote Learning Option

January 13, 2022

Adams: No Remote Learning Option in NYC Schools For 6 Months

Asher Lehrer-Small

January 12, 2022

COVID Tests, Cold School Lunches & Classroom Chaos After Return From Break

January 10, 2022

Reopening Struggle Revived as Thousands of Schools Close and COVID Cases Explode

Asher Lehrer-Small

January 4, 2022

I Don’t Know Where My Son Is Applying to College & That’s (Kind of) OK

January 4, 2022

Now's the Time to Get Teaching Reading Right

Juliana Worrell

December 21, 2021

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Watch: NYC’s New Schools Chief on His ‘North Star’ for America’s Top District

December 10, 2021

Alberto Carvalho

Miami’s Carvalho Brings Rock Star Status to Top L.A. Schools Job

December 9, 2021

NM Requires K-12 Staff Booster Shots as Omicron Fears Fuel Vaccination Spike

Asher Lehrer-Small

December 6, 2021

The Brooklyn Public Library Already Knows How to Get Books Back Without Fines

November 22, 2021

Online Parent-Teacher Conferences Aren't Great But Still Better Than In-Person

November 22, 2021

Who Are NYPD’s New ‘Youth Coordination Officers’ Headed to Schools?

November 18, 2021

Photo Story: Inside a Local Pharmacy Offering Vaccines to Kids

Marianna McMurdock

November 8, 2021

Career and Technical Education

Eric Adams Is NYC’s Next Mayor. 3 Key Education Issues He’ll Face

Asher Lehrer-Small

November 3, 2021

NYC Retained More Students than Other Major Districts, But Tallies Questioned

Asher Lehrer-Small

November 1, 2021

New NYC Proposals to Turn Governors Island Into Climate Research Hub

Rachel Holliday Smith

October 29, 2021

New NYC Mayor Must Re-Engage Students, Families Hit Hardest by COVID

Barbara A. Glassman & Frankie Miranda

October 27, 2021

When Schools, Early Voting & COVID Rules Clash

October 25, 2021

Advanced Learners

Gifted and Talented Education Must Evolve or Die

October 25, 2021

NYC Won’t Say How Many Kids Are in School This Year. New Fears About Mass Exodus

Asher Lehrer-Small

October 22, 2021

Record-High Gun Violence Sweeps The Country, More than 1000 Kids Killed in 2021

Meghan Gallagher

October 22, 2021

A ‘Crisis Within a Crisis’ at NYC’s Youth Jails; Staff & Advocates Demand Fixes

October 20, 2021

A Clear Path to Success for NYC Students

Dia Bryant & Lazar Treschan

October 19, 2021

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Free Tutoring Could Replace Gifted-and-Talented Education

October 18, 2021

COVID Shots Required for School Staff in 36% of Top Districts

Asher Lehrer-Small

October 12, 2021

Gifted Schools Say They Want Diversity — But Don't Help Students Get There

September 27, 2021

How Schools Stayed Open During COVID-19

Betsy Ladyzhets

September 27, 2021

CDC Director OKs Booster Shots for Teachers and Other Frontline Workers

Asher Lehrer-Small

September 24, 2021

Shock: From Fires to Floods, Climate Change Disrupts School For 1 Million Kids

Meghan Gallagher

September 16, 2021

Lessons from Children of 9/11 Help the Kids of COVID

Samantha Maldonado

September 11, 2021

Will NYC Parents Strike Over Remote Learning?

September 8, 2021

No More Cops in Schools: How the Pandemic Delayed Push to Rethink Student Safety

September 5, 2021

NYC reaches $700K Student Sexual Assault Settlement

Mark Keierleber

August 25, 2021

Education Is Not a Zero-Sum Game. So Why Are We Demanding Identical Results?

August 20, 2021

Gen Z is Looking for Balance, Mentorship, and Meaning in Work

Parents Want Better School Ventilation this Fall, But Costs May Be Too High

Survey Finds Schools Forcing NYC Parents to the Sidelines

Wendy Luttrell, Mieasia Edwards & Kelly Brady

More G&T Classes Would Help School Diversity, Not Harm It

Instruction Suffered, but Some Want to Keep Online Classes

Julia Kaufman, Heather Schwartz & Melissa Kay Diliberti

Samuels: NYC’s Annual Debates About Specialized HS Admissions and Gifted-&-Talented Programs Distract from a Much Bigger Failure — Middle School

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NYC Mayor’s Race Flips the Script on Charters

Mulgrew: Good Riddance to NYC's Absent Teacher Reserve Pool

Michael Mulgrew

Amid a Push to Get More Young Voters to the Polls, Will NYC’s Mayoral Wannabes Listen to the Priorities of New York’s Students?

Eileen Grench & Samantha Maldonado

Teachers’ Unions Leverage Reopenings

Do NYC's Mayoral Candidates Care About Education?

NYC’s New Idea to Help Teens Get Their COVID Vaccines: Bring the Shots to School

De Blasio is Turning His Back on Remote Learning Innovations, Critics Say

How Algorithms Are Cementing School Segregation In America’s Largest District

Colin Lecher & Maddy Varner

Parents Say NYC Pre-K G&T Admissions Is Now a Confusing Mess

New Data: 27 States Abandon Universal Masking in School

Asher Lehrer-Small

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