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Alex Zimmerman joined the Chalkbeat team in 2016. Before that, he was a staff writer at the Pittsburgh City Paper and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. His work has appeared in The Atlantic, Village Voice, Vice and Atlas Obscura. Alex can be reached at azimmerman@chalkbeat.org.

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Success Academy, NYC’s largest charter network, to stay remote through March 2021

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Thousands of NYC students with disabilities missed out on services last year, but the pandemic’s full impact remains murky

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Cuomo gives green light for schools in COVID hot zones to reopen with stricter testing

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Facing criticism, Carranza hints that NYC might give students more than one chance to return to classrooms

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In another last-minute change, NYC gives remote families only one chance to switch to in-person learning

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De Blasio pushed to reopen school buildings. Only about a quarter of students showed up for in-person instruction.

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More than 100 NYC schools in coronavirus hotspots can reopen, state officials say

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School shutdowns in NYC coronavirus hotspots could go on for weeks, but nearby restaurants and bars remain open

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NYC mulls cuts to high school programs for students at risk of dropping out

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This is high school in a pandemic: Inside one Bronx freshman’s first day in the classroom