Michael Elsen-Rooney

Michael Elsen-Rooney

Reporter, Chalkbeat New York

Mike Elsen-Rooney writes about New York City public schools. Before joining Chalkbeat, he covered education for the New York Daily News, Columbia Journalism School’s Teacher Project and The Hechinger Report. His writing has appeared in The Atlantic, USA Today, and The Boston Globe Magazine. Mike started his career as a high school Spanish teacher and afterschool program coordinator in the Washington DC area.

Schools would have to come up with their own policies on how to ban phones and would not get additional funding, principals told Chalkbeat.

Brooklyn Frontiers High School recently enrolled eight Guinean immigrants, with help from the nonprofit InsideSchools to improve the enrollment process for older immigrant students.

Ahmed’s tenure at the Division of Early Childhood Education came at a time of upheaval for the city’s sprawling publicly-funded early childhood system.

Both officials took on some of the Education Department’s highest-profile challenges in their prior roles.

The pages break down how much money each school received per student, and allows you to compare it to the citywide average of roughly $21,112 per student.

The policy shift comes after some Manhattan parents lobbied Chancellor David Banks to impose geographic admissions preferences at high-demand local high schools.

The parent leaders were involved in high-profile controversies surrounding transgender students and the Israel-Hamas war.

Some school leaders are hoping the money can subsidize vape sensors to install in schools and additional substance abuse counselors.

The list of schools that would offer the admissions bump hasn’t been finalized. But the campuses under consideration include Millennium, Beacon, Bard Early College and Eleanor Roosevelt High Schools.

Preschool operators say the city policy limiting the shelter stays of migrant families to 60 days has had devastating effects on their families and programs.