Navigating NYC’s vast public school system can be overwhelming. Education journalists share key data points and red flags you need to know to find the right fit for your child.
It’s the first time New York City has enrolled from the waitlist in more than a year. But the expansion still leaves roughly 20,000 children on the waitlist.
If New York moves ahead with its plan to scrap the Regents graduation requirement, this year’s high school juniors would just need to pass their required classes to graduate.
The city’s inaction on closing Murry Bergtraum High School — which once enrolled 3,000 students — is shortchanging the 90 students still there. It comes at a cost of $46,000 per pupil, a Chalkbeat investigation reveals.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani is betting big on the program, which he hopes to expand to 12,000 seats next year and citywide by the end of his first term.
Free 2-K and new AI restrictions are taking effect, but much of the mayor’s K-12 agenda remains unclear. Here are five issues to watch.
Erica Phillips, a nonprofit leader with a history of supporting family childcare providers, will take over the Education Department’s Division of Early Childhood Education at a critical juncture.
NYC is banning student-facing generative AI tools in preschool through 8th grade and calling for screen time limits. But with key details still murky, educators face uncertainty just days before school starts.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced $43 million in funding and other reforms to resolve chronic city payment delays to early childhood education providers. The backlog threatens the rollout of his signature 2-K program.
Mamdani’s administration said the city was paying for far more internet coverage than necessary, and could secure internet service for students who need it at a much lower cost.